‖ analogon
(əˈnæləgən)
Pl. -a.
[a. Gr. ἀνάλογον that which is analogous, neut. sing. of adj. ἀνάλογ-ος according to due ratio, proportionate, conformable, f. ἀνά up to + λόγος account, ratio, proportion.]
= analogue.
| 1810 Coleridge Friend vi. ii. (1867) 340 It has neither coordinate nor analogon. 1851 J. Nichol Archit. Heavens 232 Would we seek an analogon amid phenomena of the earth, to alternations thus stupendous? 1869 Farrar Fam. Speech iv. (1873) 116 This was the nearest analogon to such a conception as the natives could find. |