SIMILAR

Definitions

1. 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
2. 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. 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.