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similarity

/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ noun

In Latin: similitūdō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about similarity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. The relation of sharing properties.
  3. A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances

Origin

From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity

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