The use of a similar example or model to explain or extrapolate from.
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
similarity in some respect between things that are otherwise dissimilar: "the operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the brain"
(logic) inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
a theoretical account based on a similarity between the model and the phenomena that are to be explained; "it was a computer simulation of problem solving"
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
