"dissimilarity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/ [UK] Forms: dissimilarities [plural]
Etymology: From dis- + similarity or dissimilar + -ity. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|similarity}} dis- + similarity, {{suffix|en|dissimilar|-ity}} dissimilar + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dissimilarity (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilarities)
  1. Lack of similarity or lack of likeness in appearance to something else. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dissimilitude, nonresemblance, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, unalikeness, unlikeness Related terms: dissimilation Translations (lack of similarity in appearance to something else): malsimileco (Esperanto), dissimilitude [feminine] (French), éagsúlacht [feminine] (Irish), dissimilaridade [feminine] (Portuguese), dessemelhança [feminine] (Portuguese), desemejanza [feminine] (Spanish), disimilitud [feminine] (Spanish), несхо́жість (nesxóžistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Pulverised Fuel Experiment”, in Railway Magazine, page 318:",
          "text": "The experiment was abandoned when one fine day spontaneous combustion of the pulverised coal in the container occurred, and a black cloud of the very finely divided fuel rose into the air by the force of the explosion, and was slowly wafted by the prevailing breeze over the town, upon which it descended with the resemblance of black snow, but with the dissimilarity that it did not melt.",
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      "sense": "lack of similarity in appearance to something else",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nesxóžistʹ",
      "sense": "lack of similarity in appearance to something else",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "несхо́жість"
    }
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