Similarity

Contents

1 Specific definitions
2 In mathematics
3 In computer science
4 In other fields
5 See also

Specific definitions

Different fields provide differing definitions of similarity:

In mathematics

In computer science

string metric, aka string similarity
semantic similarity in computational linguistics

In other fields

In engineering, Similitude (model) describe the geometric, kinematic and dynamic 'likeness' of two (or more) systems.
In psychology, similarity (psychology)
In music, musical similarity
In chemistry, chemical similarity

See also

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