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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similarity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | law of similarity |
| Type of | gestalt law of organization, gestalt principle of organization |
similarity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sameness |
| Has types | correspondence, homogeny, homology, homomorphism, homomorphy, alikeness, isomorphy, likeness, parallel, parallelism, similitude, sort, uniformity, uniformness, isomorphism, analog, analogue, approach, approximation |
| Derivation | similar |
Examples of similarities
similarities
The only similarities are that we both love nice girly things and love shopping.
From the people.co.uk
People assume similarities about us, but we are more different than they expect.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Chiefs and Broncos have just enough similarities to compare their contrasts.
From the denverpost.com
Here you had the cultural similarities with the Mexican-Americans and the Poles.
From the jsonline.com
Vilsoet would love to see some similarities to what happened in Wisconsin Dells.
From the dailyherald.com
Tonight's speech, Obama said, will contain few similarities to his 2004 address.
From the delawareonline.com
Despite the rhetorical differences, the candidates share important similarities.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's like we acknowledge the similarities but still whine about the differences.
From the businessweek.com
Besides, cracked Villa, there are some similarities between Krikorian and Baker.
From the ocregister.com
- The quality of being similar
- 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
- Two geometrical objects are called similar if they both have the same shape. More precisely, one is congruent to the result of a uniform scaling (enlarging or shrinking) of the other. ...
- Similarity refers to the psychological nearness or proximity of two mental representations. Research in cognitive psychology has taken a number of approaches to the concept of similarity. Each of them is related to a particular set of assumptions about knowledge representation.
- Closeness of appearance to something else; The relation of sharing properties
- (Similarities) Abstract verbal reasoning (e.g. In what way are an apple and a pear alike?)
- (The similarities) Both provide a representation of a shared understanding of a domain in order to facilitate efficient communication.
- Differentia: Sharing attributes, but with different measurements
- N. a two-place conceptual equivalence predicate, which is independent of the Lisp image so that two objects in different Lisp images can be understood to be equivalent under this predicate. See Section 3.2.4 (Literal Objects in Compiled Files).
