proportional analogy (English, noun)
expansion: proportional analogy (plural proportional analogies)
Senses:
glosses: analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: formation of a new word based on morphological parallelism of three existing words, rather than direct derivation. Examples
Forms:
form: proportional analogies
tags: plural