01 n. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
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That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.“The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.” — I. Taylor.
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A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin “pater” is the analogue of the English “father.”(Philol.)
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An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.(Nat. Hist.)