Definition:Similar

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Similar may refer to:

• Similar geometric figures: Geometric figures which have the same shape but of different sizes. Hence see:
  • Similar triangles
  • Similar segments of circles
  • Similar cones
  • Similar cylinders
  • Similar planes

• Euclid's approach was to treat numbers as geometrical objects, hence the definitions:
  • Similar plane numbers
  • Similar solid numbers

• Similar matrices

• As a general term in natural language meaning having some of the same characteristics, or less formally, alike with, but not identical to, or just a bit like.