similarity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The relation of sharing properties.

   Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of being similar

3. 3
   noun

   a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

4. 4
   noun

   Closeness of appearance to something else.

5. 5
   noun

   A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances

6. 6
   noun

   The property of two matrices being similar.

Etymology

From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity