11 November 2013

analogous

[uh-nal-uh-guhs]

adjective

1. having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
2. Biology . corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.

Origin:

1640–50; < Latin analogus < Greek análogos proportionate, equivalent to ana- ana- + lóg ( os ) ratio + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms
a·nal·o·gous·ly, adverb
a·nal·o·gous·ness, noun
non·a·nal·o·gous, adjective
non·a·nal·o·gous·ly, adverb
non·a·nal·o·gous·ness, noun

Today’s aphorism

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

– Laurence Binyon, from the poem For the fallen, written in September 1914

On this day

11 November 1880 – execution by hanging, of Ned Kelly, Australian bush-ranger.

11 November 1918 – End of World War I. Commemorated as ‘Remembrance Day’ in British Commonwealth countries and ‘Armistice Day’ in other nations, recognising the armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In 1954, the United States, changed Armistice Day to ‘Veterans Day’ and made it a public holiday to recognise those who have served in the armed forces, not just those who served in World War I.

11 November 1954 – Pensioners’ Revolt, United Kingdom. Thousands of pensioners march in a rally in London calling for an increase of their pensions by 17s 6d, which would take a single person’s pension to £2 10s per week.

11 November 1975 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Labor Party) sacked by the Governor-General and replaced by Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Party).

11 November 2004 – death of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader in Paris after falling into a coma. The cause of his death is disputed, with some believing he was poisoned by Israel, others believing it was from cirrhosis.