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similarities

similarities is the plural of similarity.

Meaning of similarity

Noun

similarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)

  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. The relation of sharing properties.
    • Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...
  3. A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
  4. The property of two matrices being similar.

Questions about similarities

What is similarities the plural of?
Similarities is the plural of similarity.

Words near similarities in the dictionary

  1. simiiforms
  2. similacin
  3. similar
  4. similarily
  5. similarish
  6. similarities
  7. similariton
  8. similaritons
  9. similarity
  10. similarization
  11. similarizations

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