Similarity

(noun.) the quality of being similar.

(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.

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• He thought later--in 1748--that there were many points of similarity between lightning and the spark from a Leyden jar, and suggested an experiment to test the identity of their natures. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Ether as a chemical product has been known for several centuries, and as early as 1818 Faraday pointed out the similarity between the effects of ether and nitrous oxide gas. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• No one regards the external similarity of a mouse to a shrew, of a dugong to a whale, of a whale to a fish, as of any importance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• But, as far as structure is concerned, I can see no similarity between tridactyle pedicellariae and avicularia. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• When first collecting in the fresh waters of Brazil, I well remember feeling much surprise at the similarity of the fresh-water insects, shells, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Both, replied Elizabeth archly; for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I had often watched a large dog of ours eating his food; and I now noticed a decided similarity between the dog's way of eating, and the man's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But on a nearer examination of them the similarity vanishes, and they are seen to be distinct characters. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• When silk and linen are tested, it is found that the former behaves in a general way as did wool, while the linen has more similarity to the cotton. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A short abstract of its contents will show its similarity to the meeting of King Richard and Friar Tuck. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This similarity would be a strange fact, if species had been independently created and varieties had been produced through secondary laws. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I often referred the several situations, as their similarity struck me, to my own. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Between the sterility thus superinduced and that of hybrids, there are many points of similarity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It was said that the Abbé Nollet, 1748, had suggested the idea of the similarity of lightning and electricity in his _Le?ons de Physique_. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It is an accidental similarity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With the hide removed from the bear, there are many similarities in the muscles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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