同どう類るい項こう

noun

like terms; similar terms

Mathematical term for terms that can be combined in an algebraic expression because they share the same variable factors.

• 方ほう程てい式しきを解とく前まえに、同どう類るい項こうをまとめてください。

  Before solving the equation, please combine like terms.

noun

same kind; same class

General use for people or things that are of the same type or category, often with a slightly negative nuance of being lumped together.

• 彼かれらはみな同どう類るい項こうで、同おなじような問もん題だいを起おこす。

  They are all the same kind, causing similar problems.