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dissimilarities

dissimilarities is the plural of dissimilarity.

Meaning of dissimilarity

Noun

dissimilarity (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilarities)

  1. A lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.
    • The experiment was abandoned when one fine day spontaneous combustion of the pulverised coal in the container occurred, and a black cloud of the very finely divided fuel rose into the air by the force of the explosion, and was slowly wafted by the prevailing breeze over the town, upon which it...1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Pulverised Fuel Experiment”, in Railway Magazine, page 318

Questions about dissimilarities

What is dissimilarities the plural of?
Dissimilarities is the plural of dissimilarity.

Words near dissimilarities in the dictionary

  1. dissilience
  2. dissiliency
  3. dissilient
  4. dissilition
  5. dissimilar
  6. dissimilarities
  7. dissimilarity
  8. dissimilarly
  9. dissimilarness
  10. dissimilars
  11. dissimilate

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