Trigonometry is to triangles as ____ is to circles
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00:00 Trigonometry Is To Triangles As ____ Is To Circles
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00:29 Accepted Answer Score 22
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 22
This is called Analogy where the relationship between two objects in a set are the same as the relationship between the two objects in another set.
ANSWER 2
Score 13
On standardized tests in the United States (where such questions are most often seen) these are called analogies
ANSWER 3
Score 0
You could say this is an act of likening (or that this structure is itself "a likening", though I can't find any official definitions including such a noun), i.e. indicating the relationship between the first pair is like the relationship between the second pair.