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similarity
1. n. Closeness of appearance to something else.
2. n. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.
3. n. (maths) A transformation that preserves angles and the ratios of distances

Example Sentences

So you see we share a similarity.  When you come to take a really good look at the specimens there is no real similarity.  I meant only that there is a slight similarity in that conscription, by definition, is involuntary.

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