Sentences with phrase «useful analogy»
The phrase "useful analogy" means comparing two things that are different but have similarities, in order to help understand or explain something more easily. Full definition
The disheveled surfaces may often say Rauschenberg, but Joseph Cornell's delicate precision is frequently the more useful analogy.
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There have been useful analogies made between climate and the credit crunch that I have seen and been involved in but they don't happen all the time.
Also, the strength of fit is often a qualitative judgment, and identifying useful analogies, say between a securities case and an environmental law case, is a nuanced cognitive ability.
The word Roman might serve as a useful analogy.
It is here that Holloway begins to see a useful analogy for the Trinity.
But we can easily be trapped by this useful analogy into losing sight of two basic aspects of living beings which are clearly evident to the physicist but, curiously enough, overlooked by the biologist.
Dance forms are a useful analogy for illustrating the characteristics of eternal objects.
Handicapped parking provides a useful analogy (12).
A useful analogy is the monitoring of a person's journey through physical terrain.
Debt is a useful analogy for a second reason.
The head is frequently compared to an egg, a useful analogy, not only in reference to contour, but also as descriptive of the requisite smooth, full, unblemished surface.
«A useful analogy may be drawn from physics.
Personally, I have no interest in the climate of 20000 years ago as the world circumstances were so different then that I do not think any useful analogies can be drawn to today.
A useful analogy is the stock market.
The Tory government has committed to finding another 178Mt / yr of emissions reductions by 2020, so it's actually a useful analogy for just how big of a challenge it would be.
Those can be useful analogies, but there is a fundamental difference between a customer who buys iPhones and a client who buys legal services.
Water is a useful analogy for content.
The work product issue raised above provides a useful analogy with, anything beyond the contract subject to a similar «good cause shown» and «otherwise unavailable» standard.
There are significant differences from a savings account, but it is a useful analogy for this discussion.
Another useful analogy is the purchase of technology tools by professionals.
A useful analogy for understanding the concept of «regulation» is the thermostat.
A useful analogy is that of a school teacher teaching classroom rules.