"self-similar" meaning in English

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      "form": "more self-similar",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having parts that resemble the whole",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "soběpodobný"
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          "roman": "samopodóbnyj",
          "sense": "having parts that resemble the whole",
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          "word": "самоподо́бный"
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          "roman": "samopodóbnaja",
          "sense": "having parts that resemble the whole",
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          "word": "самоподо́бная"
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