Akademik

1. adjective /ˈsɪmələ,ˈsɪməlɚ/

a) Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

b) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of operations of rotation, translation and scaling.

Syn: akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

Ant: different, unlike

See Also: similarity, similarness, simulate, simile

2. noun /ˈsɪmələ,ˈsɪməlɚ/

A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease