Learn English – “Similarly to” at the beginning of a sentence

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I have a follow up question to using "Similarly to" at the beginning of a sentence.

"similarly to" in the sentence beginning
suggests to use "As in".

Does "as in" mean "equally" or just "similar to"?

Example sentence:
"Similarly to DSST, we only use the first 27-channels of the FHOG feature map appended with a gray-scale image for the translational filter of DSSTcpp."

"As in the DSST tracker, we only use the first 27-channels of the FHOG feature map appended with a gray-scale image for the translational filter of DSSTcpp."

The sentence should reflect a similarity, but DSSTcpp is not euqal to DSST.

Thanks
myro

Best Answer

"As in" doesn't necessarily mean the two things being compared are equals, but it can convey that. The definition of "as": to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally. So when using "as in", you are essentially saying "[to the same or similar degree] in the DSST tracker".

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