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similitude
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similitude
Archaic a simile, allegory, or parable

similitude [si′mil·ə‚tüd]
(engineering)
A likeness or resemblance; for example, the scale-up of a chemical process from a laboratory or pilot-plant scale to a commercial scale.
(physics)
The use in scientific studies and engineering designs of the corresponding behavior between large and small objects or systems which are of similar nature and, more precisely, have geometrical, kinematic, and dynamical similarity.


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