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Analogical reasoning
Analogical reasoning means drawing inductive inferences that specify a fourth (D) term that projects a relationship found between the first two (A and B) terms into the third (C) term of the analogy, in problems of the form A is to B and C is to D.
Reasoning based on relational similarity; reasoning that involves using something one knows already to help reason about something not known yet.
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