An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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similar
  همانند  
hamânand (#)
Fr.: similaire  

  1. Geometry: Having the same shape; representing the same figure drawn to different scales (same corresponding angles and proportional sides).

  2. Math.: Related by means of a → similarity transformation.

Etymology (EN): From Fr. similaire, from L. similis “like,” → simulate.

Etymology (PE): Hamânand, contraction of hammânand, from ham-, → com-, + mânand “resembling, like,” → simulate.