The second and third letters are closely akin to the first in language and ideas.
Perching ducks are closely akin to dabbling ducks, which they resemble in feeding habits and, in some species, courtship behaviour; in other respects they are like shelducks.
These concepts are closely akin to those of the Postclassic Aztec, but archaeological evidence, such as the nine deities sculptured on the walls of a 7th-century crypt at Palenque, shows that they were part of the Classic Maya cosmology.
There was nothing inherently private about the photograph - it was closely akin to "popping out to buy a pint of milk", the express exception identified by Baroness Hale.
The structural direction of his own work was closely akin to the aim of the Bauhaus: a synthesis of art, science, and technology.
The third proposition has, however, had a wide influence, since, unlike the second proposition, it is closely akin to (rather than antagonistic toward) the theory of aesthetics, in that it regards all the visual arts as generically related.
The Regulus, which was closely akin to the Matador (having the same engine and roughly the same configuration), became operational in 1955 as a subsonic missile launched from both submarines and surface vessels, carrying a 3.8-megaton warhead.
The language of Iran is closely akin to that of northern India, and, hence, the people of the two lands probably had common ancestors who spoke a common Indo-Aryan language.
It also showed that a monotheistic, prophetic religion that in all relevant essentials, including adherence to a basic religious law, was closely akin to Judaism could be the basis of a culture in which science, philosophy, and theology were an indispensable part.
Thus, apperception[51] is closely akin to the will, indeed is a primordial expression of will: "the act of apperception in every case consists in an inner act of will [Willenshandlung]" (L I: 34).
The defense lawyer's argument is closely akin to the "originalism" of such conservative Justices as Scalia and Alito.
