2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics. --
Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having analogy; analogous. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin “pater” is the analogue of the English “father.” [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Nat. Hist.) (a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations. (b) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group. (c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an analogy between these objects, or one thing has an analogy to or with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of relations, and in this consists the difference between the argument from example and that from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their relations. Karslake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ultimate,
Proximate,
Qualitative,
Quantitative, and
Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic. Also See: a priori, deductive, logical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Syn. -- appraising(prenominal), evaluative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an analytical mind [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Analytical geometry or
coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. --
Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. --
Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. [ 1913 Webster ]

No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.
Syn. -- analyze, break down, dissect, take apart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. subject to psychoanalytic treatment. I was analysed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
Syn. -- analyze, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Opt.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. [ 1913 Webster ]