analogue

analogue
[[t]æ̱nəlɒg, AM -lɔːg[/t]]
analogues
(The spelling analog is used in American English, and also in British English for meaning 3.)
1) N-COUNT: oft N of n If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way. [FORMAL]

No model can ever be a perfect analogue of nature itself.

2) ADJ: usu ADJ n An analogue watch or clock shows what it is measuring with a pointer on a dial rather than with a number display. Compare digital.
3) ADJ: usu ADJ n Analogue technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage. Compare digital.

The analogue signals from the video tape are converted into digital code.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Analogue — An a*logue (?; 115), n. [F. ?, fr. Gr. ?.] 1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing. [1913 Webster] The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. I. Taylor.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • analogue — (n.) 1826, an analogous thing, from Fr. analogue, from Gk. analogon (itself used in English from c.1810), from ana up to (see ANA (Cf. ana )) + logos account, ratio (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). Computing sense is recorded from 1946 …   Etymology dictionary

  • analogue — [an′ə lôg΄, an′əläg΄] n. [Fr analogue < L analogus: see ANALOGY] a thing or part that is analogous …   English World dictionary

  • analogue — analogue. См. аналог. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • analogue — index correlate, counterpart (complement) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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