Sentences with phrase «analogous role»
The phrase "analogous role" refers to a similar or comparable position or job that has similarities or parallels to another role. It means that the role in question may have different specifics but shares certain characteristics or functions with the other role. Full definition
Chandelier cells play analogous roles in other networks, capable of inhibiting excitatory neurons in a variety of contexts.
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For Catholics, the Rosary has played an analogous role as a spiritual «rope» as a means to enter heaven and as a means of fortification against adversaries, spiritual and temporal.
You would not claim that a nurse practitioner, an analogous role, is professionally equal to a doctor.
NGOs could play an analogous role in a laissez faire economy too, and get an ironhanded libertarian society to be more lenient.