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analogy
analogy, in biology, the similarities in function, but differences in evolutionary origin, of body structures in different organisms. For example, the wing of a bird is analogous to the wing of an insect, since both are used for flight. However, there is no common ancestral origin in the evolution of these structures: While the wings of birds are modified skeletal forelimbs, insect wings are extensions of the body wall. Although insects and birds do have a very remote common ancestry (more than 600 million years ago), the wings of the two groups evolved after their ancestries had separated. See also homology.
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Avant! to Acquire Analogy, Inc.
Dec 03, 1999; Addition of Analogy Establishes Avant! as Market Leader for Mixed-Signal Design - an Enabling Technology for System-on-a-Chip...
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ANALOGY: VHDL-AMS standardisation boosts Analogy's TheHDL strategy.
Apr 05, 1999; M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 1999-ANALOGY: VHDL-AMS standardisation boosts Analogy's TheHDL strategy (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...
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The absence of analogy.(Critical Essay)
Mar 01, 2002; I SUPPOSE AN INQUIRER WERE TO ASK what analogy might best be taken to signify. The new standard reference work for philosophy as...
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VHDL-AMS Standardization Boosts Analogy's TheHDL Strategy.
Apr 05, 1999; BEAVERTON, OreBUSINESS WIREApril 5, 1999--Analogy, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ANLG) TheHDL(TM) open simulation strategy received a...
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Perceptions of rebuttal analogy: politeness and implications for persuasion.
Mar 22, 1997; Classical rhetorical scholars and contemporary communication theorists suggest that analogy is an effective persuasive device...
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