similitude

1 similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: likeness, alikeness] [ant: unlikeness, unlikeness]

2 a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, twin]

English

Pronunciation

s&-'mi-l&-"tüd, -"tyüd

Etymology

From similitude.

Noun

1. In the context of "uncountable": similarity or resemblance to something else
2. In the context of "countable": someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin

French

Etymology

From similitudinem (accusative of similitudo), from similis.

Noun

fr-noun f

1. similitude

Similitude may refer to:

• "Similitude" (Enterprise episode), an episode of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
• Similitude (geometry), a concept in Euclidean geometry
• Similitude (model), a concept used in the testing of engineering models

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