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COMPARABLE TO
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worthy of comparison; as good as
Example:
at that moment nothing in the world seemed comparable to sleep
Classified under:
Similar:
comparable (able to be compared or worthy of comparison)
Context examples:
The potential impact is considerable and is comparable to prescribing medicines but without the associated problems of side effects or non-adherence.
(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)
These variants possess properties comparable to the desired product and are not considered impurities.
(Pharmaceutical Product-related Substance, NCI Thesaurus)
However, their stiffness and strength is comparable to engineered wood products, making them suitable for structural uses as well.
(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)
The accuracy of the test is comparable to similar biomarkers used in cancer, which have helped transform treatment, say the researchers.
(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)
The planets' orbital periods range from five-and-a-half to 24 days, and two of them may experience irradiation levels from their star comparable to those on Earth.
(Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission, NASA)
Established from only 300 embryonic stem cells, these structures, called ‘gastruloids’, exhibit developmental features and organisation comparable to the posterior part of a six to ten day-old embryo.
(Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes, University of Cambridge)
The scientists report the candidate moon is unusually large – potentially comparable to Neptune.
(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)
This agent is two- to 16-fold more potent than imipenem and comparable to ertapenem and meropenem.
(Doripenem, NCI Thesaurus)
Network of proteinaceous structural elements in the nucleus, comparable to the cytoskeleton of the cytoplasm, responsible for large- scale translocations such as chromosome movement, spliceosome and mRNA transport, etc.
(Nuclear Matrix, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
That’s comparable to the average density of the lunar crust.
(New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous Crust, NASA)
