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• a variation of analogue.

analog

American  

[an-l-awg, -og] / ˈæn lˌɔg, -ˌɒg /

noun

• analogs
  plural

1. analogue.

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adjective

1. of or relating to a mechanism, device, or technology that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure.

2. displaying a readout by a pointer or hands on a dial rather than by numerical digits.

   an analog clock.

3. relating to or denoting an activity, process, etc., that is not online or computerized but that can also exist or happen with the help of such technology: She prefers analog dating, meeting and getting to know someone first in a real-life setting before deciding whether to pursue a personal relationship.

   In most ways, the grocery industry has remained stubbornly analog for the past few decades.

   She prefers analog dating, meeting and getting to know someone first in a real-life setting before deciding whether to pursue a personal relationship.

analog British  

/ ˈænəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of analogue

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analog Scientific  

/ ăn′ə-lôg′ /

1. Measuring or representing data by means of one or more physical properties that can express any value along a continuous scale. For example, the position of the hands of a clock is an analog representation of time.

2. Compare digital

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1. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin. The wings of birds and the wings of insects are analogs.

2. A chemical compound that has a similar structure and similar chemical properties to those of another compound, but differs from it by a single element or group. The antibiotic amoxicillin, for example, is an analog of penicillin, differing from the latter by the addition of an amino group.

3. Compare homologue

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• analogs
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of analog

First recorded in 1955–60; see origin at analogue ( def. )

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Explanation

Analog is the opposite of digital. Any technology, such as vinyl records or clocks with hands and faces, that doesn't break everything down into binary code to work is analog. Analog, you might say, is strictly old school. The original definition of analog is something that is similar to something else; the two are said to be analogous. In technological terms, it means something that has an output that's proportional or similar to its input — usually a voltage. Anything digital is the exact opposite: whatever comes out the other end bears no relationship to the soup of binary code that goes in. The word can also be spelled analogue.

Example Sentences

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“The closest analog is 2021, just before the last energy crisis.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Participants received standard chemotherapy either alone or in combination with paricalcitol, a vitamin D analog already approved by the FDA for other medical uses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Stevie, conveniently, is a sound engineer with an analog heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Against that sort of backdrop, he expects “greater resilience” from makers of AI and analog chips, as well as networking providers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

For flat runs, he had the Norden bombsight, an extremely sophisticated analog computer that, at $8,000, cost more than twice the price of the average American home.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

By altering this protective environment rather than targeting only the cancer cells themselves, vitamin D analogs could offer a way to make other therapies more effective.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Courts and litigants have spent years searching for historical analogs, debating how close is close enough and struggling to determine when a modern regulation meaningfully resembles something from the founding era.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

Citi’s global macro strategy team led by Dirk Willer went in search of historical analogs, looking through the last five oil crises.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

Both have analogs in the real world, Ricke said, allowing scientists to estimate the impacts of the techniques.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024

Some of the operations of tensor calculus have analogs in algebra; many do not.

From Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Randall Garrett

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