Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Analogous \A*nal"o*gous\, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
   due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
   {Logic}.]
   Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some
   resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.

         Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.

         Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
         analogous to natural death.              --J. H.
                                                  Newman.

   {nalogous pole} (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which
      becomes positively electrified when heated.

   Syn: Correspondent; similar; like. -- {A*nal"o gous*ly}, adv.
        -- {A*nal"o*gous*ness}, n.