similarity

English

Etymology

From French similarité. Morphologically similar +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
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  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi], /ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ti/, [ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ɾi]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -æɹɪti

Noun

similarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)

  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
  3. (geometry) A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
  4. (mathematics, linear algebra) The property of two matrices being similar.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem- (0 c, 83 e)

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