Sĭm'i-lar, a.
a. [Fr. similaire, O. Sp. similar, It. similare, from Lat. similis, like, similar.]
- Exactly corresponding; resembling closely; precisely like.
- Somewhat like; nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects.
- Of like substance or structure throughout; homogeneous; uniform. [Rare.] Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. — Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. — Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another. Brande.