A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease
Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of operations of rotation, translation and scaling
having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generaly alike in background and taste"
two triangles are similar iff their vertices can be matched up so corresponding sides are proportionate
If one thing is similar to another, or if two things are similar, they have features that are the same. a savoury cake with a texture similar to that of carrot cake The accident was similar to one that happened in 1973. a group of similar pictures. different. almost the same alike different (similaire, from similis )
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality"
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; "interchangeable parts"
marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc
Two matrices A and B are said to be similar if B can be obtained from A by the use of a transformation matrix: B = Inverse(M) * A * M Matrices which are similar have the same eigenvalues Special cases include the matrix M being an elementary transformation, or orthogonal or unitary