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Webster 1913 Edition


Similarity

Simˊi-lar′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
-ties
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
similarité
.]
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;
as, a
similarity
of features
.
Hardly is there a
similarity
detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Similarity

SIMILAR'ITY

,
Noun.
Likeness; resemblance; as a similarity of features. There is a as a similarity in the features of the Laplanders and Samoiedes, but little similarity between the features of Europeans and the woolly haired Africans.