Similitude Definition

sĭ-mĭlĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
similitudes
noun
similitudes
A person or thing resembling another; counterpart; facsimile.
Webster's New World
Similarity; likeness; resemblance.
Webster's New World
The form or likeness (of some person or thing)
Webster's New World
One that closely resembles another.
American Heritage
A simile.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Similitude

Noun

Singular:
similitude
Plural:
similitudes

Origin of Similitude

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin similitūdō from similis like similar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French similitude.

    From Wiktionary

Similitude Sentence Examples

  • He is shown the " holy church " under the similitude of a tower in building, and the great and final tribulation (already alluded to as near at hand) under that of a devouring beast, which yet is innocuous to undoubting faith.

  • Draw Pp and Qq touching both catenaries, Pp and Qq will intersect at T, a point in the directrix; for since any catenary with its directrix is a similar figure to any other catenary with its directrix, if the directrix of the one coincides with that of the other the centre of similitude must lie on the common directrix.

  • Again, Moses differs from all other prophets in that Yahweh speaks to him face to face, and he sees the similitude of Yahweh.

  • He saw the similitude or form of the LORD.

  • John Casey, professor of mathematics at the Catholic university of Dublin, has given elementary demonstrations founded on the theory of similitude and coaxal circles which are reproduced in his Sequel to Euclid; an analytical solution by Gergonne is given in Salmon's Conic Sections.

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