It means that elements in the same group have similar properties.

Elements in the same column, or period, usually have similar properties.

You have to present a case based upon comparison with similar properties in the same area.

It was far less costly than similar properties she and her husband looked at in the village.

The two were defined differently, but they had similar properties.

Several processes can be joined into a single process with similar properties.

It then looks for similar properties in the target image to be identified.

Each of the cells has similar properties to the others.

However, a similar property for subalgebras does not hold in general.

A similar property was recently put on the market for $210,000.