Definition of "similitude" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.

   • Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.

2. (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.

   • Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.

3. (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.

4. A parable or allegory.

5. (countable, geometry) A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.