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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•logue or an•a•log /ˈænəˌlɔg, -ˌlɑg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- something having a strong similarity in form or function to something else:An insect's wings and a bird's wings are analogues.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•logue (an′l ôg′, -og′),USA pronunciation n. - something having analogy to something else.
- Biologyan organ or part analogous to another.
- Chemistryone of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition.
- Nutritiona food made from vegetable matter, esp. soybeans, that has been processed to taste and look like another food, as meat or dairy, and is used as a substitute for it.
Also, analog. - Greek
- Greek análogon, neuter of análogos analogous; replacing earlier analogon
- French
- 1820–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: analogue, sometimes US analog /ˈænəˌlɒɡ/ n - a physical object or quantity, such as a pointer on a dial or a voltage, used to measure or represent another quantity
- (as modifier): analogue watch, analogue recording
- something analogous to something else
- an analogous part or organ
USAGE
analog an•a•log /ˈænəˌlɔg, -ˌlɑg/USA pronunciation n. - analogue
adj. [before a noun] - representing data by measuring voltage or some continuous variable quantity.
- being a method of sound recording in which sound waves are converted into electrical signals.
- displaying a readout of information by a pointer or by hands on a dial, rather than by numerical digits (opposed to[digital]):an analog wristwatch.
See -log-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•log (an′l ôg′, -og′),USA pronunciation n. - analogue.
adj. - Weights and Measuresof or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: analog /ˈænəˌlɒɡ/ n - a variant spelling of analogue
USAGE
The spelling analog is a US variant of analogue in all its senses, and is also the generally preferred spelling in the computer industry |