A-năl'ō-gōŭs, a.

a. [Lat. analogus, Gr. ἀνάλογος, according to a due ratio, proportionate, from ἀνά, according to, and λόγος, ratio, proportion.] 1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. 2. (Chem.) Closely similar, but differing in some approximate degree as to each of the more prominent characters. Dana. Syn.—Correspondent; similar; like.