noun Download 🔗Share Something that bears an analogy to something else Examples : ""Modern smartphones, with their ability to access information and connect people globally, are close analogues to the science fiction communicators of the past." " theory science philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin Examples : ""While bird wings and insect wings both allow for flight, they are considered analogues because they developed independently and don't share a recent common ancestor in their evolutionary history." " biology anatomy organism organ science physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element Examples : "Many cough medicines work because they contain analogues of natural compounds that soothe the throat. " chemistry biochemistry compound structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading