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Average :: Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc..

Divine :: Divine (a.) Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies..

Compare :: Compare (n.) Comparison.

To :: To (prep.) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him..

Kinematics :: Kinematics (n.) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions..

Ratiocinative :: Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate..

Conference :: Conference (n.) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

Standard :: Standard (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver..

Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

With :: With (prep.) To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast..

Dissimile :: Dissimile (n.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.

Incommensurable :: Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable..

Positivism :: Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useles

Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..

Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..

Resemblance :: Resemblance (n.) A comparison; a simile.

Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..

Contrast :: Contrast (n.) The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities..

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