A2.2. CONTINUOUS RELATION
<-- 16. Uniformity -->
#16. Uniformity. -- N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality[obs3], connaturalness[obs3].
accordance; consonance, uniformness; regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine; monotony.
[ref: normality, conformity &c. 82].
[ref: agreement &c. 23].
[ref: similarity, homology].
[ref: perfection @R650].
V. be uniform &c. adj.; accord with &c. 23; run through.
become uniform &c. adj.; conform to &c. 82.
render uniform, homogenize &c. adj.; assimilate, level, smooth, dress.
Adj. uniform; homogeneous, homologous[obs2].
of a piece[Fr], consistent, connatural[obs3]; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying, invariant.
continuous, unsegmented.
[ref: flawless @R650].
Adv. uniformly &c. adj.; uniformly with &c. (conformably) 82; in harmony with &c. (agreeing) 23.
always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise; by clockwork.
Phr. ab uno disce omnes[Lat].
#16a. [Absence or want of uniformity.] Nonuniformity. -- N. diversity, irregularity, unevenness; multiformity &c. 81; unconformity &c. 83; roughness &c. 256; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence.
[ref: imperfection, flaw @R651].
Adj. diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough &c. 256; multifarious; multiform &c. 81; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of.
[ref: imperfect, flawed @R651].
Adv. variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.
A2.3. PARTIAL RELATION
#17. Similarity. -- N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; analogy, analogicalness[obs3]; homology; correspondence, homoiousia[obs3], parity.
connaturalness[obs3], connaturality[obs3]; brotherhood; family likeness, family resemblance.
[ref: agreement &c. 23].
[context: language] alliteration, rhyme, pun.
repetition &c. 104; sameness &c. (identity) 13; uniformity &c. 16; isogamy[obs3].
analogue, analog; the like; match, pendant.
{{trait_of: twin, mate @P2.3.2.3.2.4.17}}.
parallel; simile; type &c. (metaphor) 521; image &c. (representation) 554; photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, perfect match, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance.
V. be similar &c. adj.; look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of, savor of; approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate &c. 19; favor, span [U. S.].
render similar &c. adj.; assimilate, approximate, bring near; connaturalize[obs3], make alike; rhyme, pun.
Adj. similar; resembling &c. v.; like, alike; twin.
analogous, analogical; homologous; parallel, of a piece[Fr]; such as, so; homoiousian[obs3].
connatural[obs3], congener, allied to; akin to &c. (consanguineous) 11.
approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing.
exact &c. (true) 494.
lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau[Fr]; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium[Lat], cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.
Adv. as if, so to speak; as it were, as if it were; quasi, just as, veluti in speculum[Lat].
et cetera, etc, &c.; and the like, and so forth.
[of meaning] to that effect.
Phr. et sic de similibus[Lat].
[of people] tel maitre tel valet[Fr], like master, like servant; tel pere tel fils[Fr], like father like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.
"a distinction without a difference".
<-- in this classification, the entry "difference" will be considered as one element (part) of "dissimilarity" -->
#18. Dissimilarity. -- N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude[obs3]; unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance[obs3]; divergence, variation.
{{has_part: difference &c. R15}}.
{{&caused_by: change, R140}}.
[ref: novelty, originality, R20].
V. be unlike &c. adj.; bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo[Lat].
[ref: vary &c. (differ) 15].
break new ground.
render unlike &c. adj.; vary &c. (diversify) 140.
Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate; divergent; of a different kind &c. (class) 75 unmatched, unique.
[ref: new, novel, original, patented; ground-breaking, pioneering,
@R20 , non-imitation].
creative, imaginative.
patentable, non-obvious, unobvious.
[ref: unprecedented &c. 83].
nothing of the kind; no such thing, quite another thing; far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid[Lat], as like a dock as a daisy, "very like a whale " [Hamlet]; as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth; lucus a non lucendo[Lat].
diversified &c. 16a.
Adv. otherwise.
Phr. diis aliter visum[Lat]; " no more like my father than I to Hercules" [Hamlet].
[[copy]]
#19. Imitation. -- N. {{has_result: copy. R21}}.
imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; replication.
mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation &c. 554; semblance; copy &c. 21; assimilation.
paraphrase.
{{has_subtype: @R856, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature}}.
plagiarism; celluloid.
[of animals: reproduction, procreation; replication].
{{similar_to(copying): duplication, R90}}.
{{similar_to: forgery, counterfeit &c. (falsehood) 544, M4}}.
<-- imitator to person who ... P2.3.2.3.2.5.38 Imitator -->
V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, replicate, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.
mock, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act &c. (drama) 599; represent &c. 554; counterfeit.
{{has_subtype: @R856, take off, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque}}.
follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
Adj. imitated &c. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.
paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish, mimicking.
counterfeit, phony, ersatz.
Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim[Lat], sic, totidem verbis[Lat], word for word, mot a mot[Fr]; exactly, precisely.
Phr.like master like man; " like - but oh! how different! " [Wordsworth]; " genius borrows nobly " [Emerson]; " pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks " [A. Coles]; " quotation confesses inferiority " [Emerson]; "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery".
<-- && R20 refers mostly to the human trait creativity, and should have its primary location under human traits -->
#20. Nonimitation. -- N. no imitation; originality; creativeness, creativity, inventiveness; novelty.
invention, creation.
no prior art[Law].
imagination, imaginitiveness; oogamy[obs3].
{{has_high_level}} genius.
{{trait_of: originator, producer, R164, P2.3.2.3.2.5.32}}.
{{similar_to: newness, R123}}.
Adj. unimitated[obs3], uncopied[obs3]; unmatched, unparalleled.
unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon[Lat], unexampled.
new, novel, original, patented; ground-breaking, pioneering.
inimitable &c. 13.
#20a. Variation. -- N. variation; alteration &c. (change) 140.
modification, moods and tenses; discrepance[obs3], discrepancy.
divergency &c. 291[obs3]; aberration; innovation.
[math] variance; standard deviation; root mean square deviation, RMS, RMS deviation; standard error; deviation &c. 279.
V. vary &c. (change) 140; deviate &c. 279; diverge &c. 291; alternate, swerve.
Adj. varied &c. v.; modified; diversified &c. 16a.
<-- "replicate" as used here differs somewhat from "copy". A copy is a duplication of an original, whereas a replicate is one of a number of items produced by a procedure (such as casting, printing; even an experiment) all of which are equally original. Thus it is an original and a copy at the same time! -->
#21. [Result of imitation.] Copy. -- N. {{antonym: original, prototype, R22}}{{property_of(posteriority, R117)}}.
copy, facsimile, replica, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.
model, representation, adumbration, study.
resemblance; duplicate, reproduction, replication.
{{has_property(original)}} {{has_member(set/run)}} replicate, copy.
reflex, reflexion[Brit], reflection; shadow, echo.
{{similar_to: imitation &c. R19}}.
{{has_subtype: @R856, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie[obs3]}}.
paraphrase.
[copy into a non-visual form] recording, scan.
transcript.
{{has_subtype: portrait &c. (representation) R554, @M8.1.3.2 Natural Means of communication }}.
[copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision.
reprint, new printing; rechauffe[Fr]; apograph[obs3], fair copy; second edition &c. (repetition) 104.
servile copy, servile imitation.
{{has_subtype(writing): mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint; photo offset}}.
{[of(document)]} {{has_subtype: facsimile, reprint, R590, @M8.1.3.3.2.4}}.
pasticcio[obs3].
$$.
{{has_subtype(replicate): @P2.3.1.3.6.5, cast; mold}}
{{has_subtype(replicate): @P2.3.1.3.6.1, print}}.
[ref: plagiarism, counterfeit, fake &c.(deception) 545].
{{product_of}} copying, replication.
{{product_of(transcript)}} transcription.
{{similar_to(copying): duplication, R90}}.
Adj. faithful; lifelike &c. (similar) 17; close, conscientious.
unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
#22. [Thing copied.] Prototype. -- N. {{property_of(antecedence, R116)}}.
prototype, original, model, paradigm, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, exemplar, example; archetype, antitype[obs3]; protoplast, module, ensample[obs3]; lay-figure.
{{has_subtype: text, copy, (writing), R590, @M8.1.3.3.2.4}}.
design; fugleman[obs3], keynote.
die, mold; matrix, last, plasm[obs3]; proplasm[obs3], protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio; stamp.
negative.
V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy. Phr. a precedent embalms a principle [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa[Lat].
A2.4. GENERAL RELATION
#23. Agreement. -- N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord &c. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.
conformity &c. 82; conformance; uniformity &c. 16; consonance, consentaneousness[obs3], consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.
fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey[obs3]; sortance[obs1]; case in point; aptitude, coaptation[obs3], propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9.
adaptation, adaption[obs3], adjustment, acclimatization, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation.
consent &c. (assent) 488; concurrence &c. 178; cooperation &c. 709.
right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.
V. be accordant &c. adj.; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match &c. 17; become one; homologate[obs3].
consent &c. (assent) 488.
render accordant &c. adj.; fit, suit, adapt, acclimatize, acclimate, accommodate; graduate; adjust &c. (render equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust.
reconcile; fadge[obs3], square.
Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous[obs3], correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with &c. n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece[Fr]; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.
apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem[Lat], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
fit, in loco, a propos[Fr], appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous[obs3], deft; meet &c. (expedient) 646.
adapted, acclimatized.
at home, in one's proper element.
Adv. a propos of[Fr]; pertinently &c. adj.
Phr. rem acu tetigisti[Lat][obs3]; "if the shoe fits, wear it"; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat][Syrus]; discers concordia [Lat][Ovid].
#24. Disagreement. -- N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; incongruity, incongruence[obs3]; discongruity[obs3], mesalliance; jarring &c. v.; dissension &c. 713; conflict &c. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle.
disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportion, disproportionateness[obs3] &c. adj.; variance, divergence, repugnance.
unfitness &c. adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability &c. adj.; inconsistency, inconcinnity[obs3]; irrelevancy &c. (irrelation) 10.
misjoining[obs3], misjoinder[obs3]; syncretism[obs3], intrusion, interference; concordia discors[Lat].
[ref: unconformity &c. 83, fish out of water].
V. disagree; clash, jar &c. (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern &c. 10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam[Lat].
Adj. disagreeing &c. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c. 83; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated[obs3]; inharmonious, unharmonious[obs3]; inconsonant, unconsonant[obs3]; divergent, repugnant to.
inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; ill-timed, unseasonable, mal a propos[Fr], inadmissible; inapposite &c. (irrelevant) 10. uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined[obs3], misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable[obs3]; unsympathetic.
out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with.
Adv. in defiance, in contempt,in spite of; discordantly &c. adj.; a tort et a travers[obs3].
Phr. asinus ad lyram[Lat].
A3. Quantity R25 to R57 [[quantity]]
<-- Absolute Relative -->
A3.1. SIMPLE.QUANTITY
<-- units of measure are located under their respective dimensions, e.g. length under length, volume under volume, etc. -->
#25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity. -- N. quantity, amount, measure; mass, body, quantum.
magnitude.
{{has_subtype: size &c. (dimensions) 192}}.
{{has_subtype}} sum, total, aggregate, bulk.
{{assessed_by: measure, mensuration, R466, @M2.2}}.
substance, strength, force.
load, lot.
amplitude.
{{studied_in}} mathematics, mathesis[obs3].
[Logic.] category, general conception, universal predicament.
{{has_subtype}} [Definite or finite quantity.] armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful; bundle; stock, batch, lot, dose; yaffle[obs3].
{{has_subtype: large quantity, @gathering, R72. Assemblage, @A4.3.1 Group}}.
{{has_subtype: small quantity, @smallness, R32}}.
V. quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.
Adj. quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few.
Adv. to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.
#26. [Relative quantity.] Degree. -- N. degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort.
point, mark, stage &c. (term) 71; intensity, strength &c. (greatness) 31.
Adj. comparative; gradual, shading off; within the bounds &c. (limit) 233.
Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto[It]; however, howsoever; step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop; a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little; in some degree, in some measure; to some extent; di grado in grado[It].
A3.2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY ........
#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality. -- N. equality, parity, coextension[obs3], symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level.
equivalence; equipollence[obs3], equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance[obs3]; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum[Lat]; identity &c. 13; similarity &c. 17.
equalization, equation; equilibration, coordination, adjustment, readjustment.
drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat.
match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.
V. be equal &c. adj.; equal, match,reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing.
render equal &c. adj.; equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt &c. (render accordant) 23; strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.
Adj. equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant[obs3].
equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous &c. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant[obs3], equiponderous[obs3], equibalanced[obs3]; equalized &c. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric[obs3], isoperimetrical[obs3]; isobath[Oceanography], isobathic[Oceanography].
Adv. equally &c. adj.; pari passu[Lat], ad eundum[Lat], caeteris paribus[Lat]; in equilibrio[Lat]; to all intents and purposes.
Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality. -- N. inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation[obs3].
V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple,topple over; overmatch &c. 33; not come up to &c. 34.
Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant[obs3].
Adv. haud passibus aequis [Latin][Vergil].
#29. Mean. -- N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628; middle &c. 68; compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
mediocrity, least common denominator.
V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean &c. n.; strike a balance, pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis[Lat], in round numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat].
<-- && Where does this belong? Mostly refers to human affairs,
purposive behavior. "balance, counterbalance" is relatively abstract. Leave that here? Part to restitution, R790, M9.2.2 -->
#30. Compensation. -- N. neutralization, nullification; compensation, equation.
balance, counterbalance.
set-off, offset.
{{property_of: make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast, counterbalance, tare, @P2.3.1.3.1.3.5 weights}}.
reaction; measure for measure.
retaliation &c. R718; equalization &c. R27.
compromise &c. R774; counteraction &c. R179.
{{property_of: indemnification, restitution, R790}}.
V. make compensation; compensate, compense[obs3]; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance[obs3], overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good; redeem &c. (atone) R952.
Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing &c. v.; in the opposite scale; equivalent &c. (equal) 27.
Adv. in return, in consideration.
Conj. but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding; nevertheless, nathless[obs3], none the less; although, though; albeit, howbeit; mauger[obs3]; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may, for all that, even so; on the other hand, at the same time, quoad minus[Lat], quand meme[Fr], however that may be; after all is said and done; taking one thing with another &c. (average) 29.
Phr. " light is mingled with the gloom " [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Lat][obs3][Vergil]; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas [Lat][Ovid].
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