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- noun Plural form of
analogy .
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Examples
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The one thing I hate with historical (hysterical) analogies is that, in many cases, technology has improved so much that these analogies may not apply any more.
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Meyerhof was also interested in analogies between oxygen respiration in muscle and alcoholic fermentation in yeast and the role that enzymes played in both. 1918 marked the first experimental milestone in Meyerhof's career, when he showed that a coenzyme involved in the production of lactic acid in muscle was the same coenzyme as Harden and Young had found involved in alcohol fermentation in yeast.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Social networks, those loose, busy and self-absorbing communities of Facebookers and Twitterers, have always invited analogies from the insect world.
Twitter and Facebook cannot change the real world, says Malcolm Gladwell Tim Adams 2010
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But I think the observation of analogies is appropriate and useful to make and will fit comfortably in mainstream science.
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The trouble with these historical analogies is that the real deciding factor has not been victory in the battlefield, but post-Victory reconstruction.
Matthew Yglesias » The Risk of Catastrophic Success In Gaza 2009
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And Laurie Colwin, despite the Austen analogies, is one of them.
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And Laurie Colwin, despite the Austen analogies, is one of them.
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Also, that mixing and mangling metaphors and analogies is good for the soul.
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I think that the issue of historical analogies is unimportant if they stay within bounds.
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I felt that the twin analogies were contrived for Margaret, then mad at myself because how would I know?
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