| Bifilar | a. [ Pref. bi- + filar. ] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bifilar micrometer (often called
a bifilar), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filar micrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Similar | a. [ F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate. ] 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Homogenous; uniform. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. --
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. --
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Similar | n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Similarity | n.; pl. -ties [ Cf. F. similarité. ] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. [ 1913 Webster ] Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
