analogue
adjective /ˈænəlɒɡ/
/ˈænəlɔːɡ/
(also analog)
(specialist)- (of an electronic process) using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data
- an analogue circuit/computer/signal
- (British English also analog)(of a clock or watch) showing the time using hands on a dial and not with a display of numbers compare digital
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.