resemblance

UK /ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/ US /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

The quality or state of resembling.

His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.

Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.

2

That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

3

A comparison; a simile.

4

Probability; verisimilitude.

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