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SIMILARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being similar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("similarity" is a kind of...):
sameness (the quality of being alike)
Attribute:
similar (marked by correspondence or resemblance)
dissimilar (not similar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "similarity"):
approximation (the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity))
homogeny ((biology) similarity because of common evolution)
homology (the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function)
homomorphism; homomorphy (similarity of form)
isomorphism; isomorphy ((biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure)
alikeness; likeness; similitude (similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things)
correspondence; parallelism (similarity by virtue of corresponding)
uniformity; uniformness (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))
approach (a close approximation)
sort (an approximate definition or example)
analog; analogue; parallel (something having the property of being analogous to something else)
Antonym:
dissimilarity (the quality of being dissimilar)
Derivation:
similar (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination)
similar (having the same or similar characteristics)
similar (capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability)
similar (marked by correspondence or resemblance)
similar ((of words) expressing closely related meanings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("similarity" is a kind of...):
Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)
Context examples:
Target cells regulate neuronal survival by producing neurotrophic factors, such as NGF and BDNF, which show sequence similarity.
(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
Members of the CEA family consist of a single N domain, with structural similarity to the immunoglobulin variable domains, followed by a variable number of immunoglobulin constant-like A and/or B domains.
(CEA Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
B-lym contains regions of similarity to the amino terminal region of transferrins.
(Oncogene B-LYM, NCI Thesaurus)
The gene product of oncogene YES-1 is associated with tyrosine kinase activity and its amino acid sequence shows high similarity with that of SRC.
(Oncogene YES-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-Like Protein, encoded by the PDGFRL gene, has significant sequence similarity to the ligand binding domain of platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta.
(Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-Like Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
I often referred the several situations, as their similarity struck me, to my own.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Cystatin Superfamily Genes comprise three subfamilies that display structural and/or functional similarities: Stefins (Type 1 Cystatins), Cystatins (Type 2 Cystatins), and Kininogens.
(Cystatin Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The examination of two or more people or things in order to detect similarities and differences.
(Comparison, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the similarities and differences between different living organisms of the biological and physiological chemistry of the organisms.
(Comparative Biochemistry, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the similarities and differences between different living organisms of the process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells.
(Comparative Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
