sim Ilar

& s. [Fr. similaire, as if from a Lat. similar is, extended from similis like; Ital. similare.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Like; having a like form. appearance, characteristics, or qualities; resembling, alike. Similar sometimes means exactly alike, but generally it denotes a resemblance le than exact likene , that is, a general likene in the principal points. "My present concern is with the commandment to love our neighbors, which is a duty second and similar to that of the love of God." -Water land : Works , vol. ix., ser. 2. *2. Homogeneous; having all parts alike; uniform. "Minerals appear to the eye to be perfectly similar , as metals."-Boyle. II. Geom., & c .: Applied to figures made up of the same number of parts, those parts being arranged in the same manner, so that the figures shall be of the same form and differ from each other only in magnitude. *B. As subst.: That which is similar to or resem bles something else in form, appearance, quality, or the like.