Meaning of the word analogous in English

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analogous

US /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/

UK /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/

having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it:

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The experience of a mystic trance is in a sense analogous to sleep or drunkenness.

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