WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Sim"i*lar
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
Definition : 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. -- Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. -- Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sim"i*lar
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913