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# analogous

«analogous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Similar in some way, so that it can be compared:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (analogous)

### meaning for a pupil

Similar in some way, so that it can be compared: «analogous to» something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it is used to line up the letters with other groups, such as the seven double letters with the six directions and the holy temple. Interpretation: Tradition reads the letters as matching the structure of the world, the year and the body, so that each set of things mirrors the others. In the primary lessons: Used in science, maths and essays to make comparisons: a heart is analogous to a pump. In biology, analogous parts do the same job but evolved differently, like bird and insect wings.

### examples

- The seven double consonants are analogous to the six dimensions: height and depth, East and West, North and South, and the holy temple that stands in the centre, which carries them all. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x1)
- The heart is analogous to a pump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x2)
- A school is analogous to a small town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x3)
- Bird wings and bat wings do analogous jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x4)
- This problem is analogous to the one we did yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x5)
- Electricity in a wire is analogous to water in a pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x6)
- The two stories have analogous endings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/#x7)

### note

Said «a-NAL-a-gus». Noun: analogy. Formal; everyday: «similar», «like».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «analogous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/analogous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.