類るい推すい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

analogy; analogical reasoning

General use: reasoning from similar cases, or the act of inferring by analogy. Often used as a noun or with する.

• 過か去この事じ例れいから類るい推すいして、今こん回かいの結けっ果かを予よ測そくした。

  We predicted the outcome this time by analogy with past cases.

• 類るい推すいが難むずかしい問もん題だいもある。

  Some problems are hard to reason about by analogy.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

analogical reasoning; analogical inference

Logic/formal reasoning: drawing conclusions based on similarity between cases. Used in academic or technical contexts.

• 論ろん理り学がくでは、類るい推すいは帰き納のうや演えん繹えきと区く別べつされる。

  In logic, analogical reasoning is distinguished from induction and deduction.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

analogy (linguistics)

Linguistics: a process where a form changes under the influence of another form perceived as similar. Technical term.

• 言げん語ご変へん化かの一いち因いんとして、類るい推すいがよく挙あげられる。

  Analogy is often cited as one cause of language change.