analogue

or an·a·log

[ an-l-awg, -og ]

noun

1. something having analogy to something else.
2. Biology. an organ or part analogous to another.
3. Chemistry. one of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition.
4. a food made from vegetable matter, especially soybeans, that has been processed to taste and look like another food, as meat or dairy, and is used as a substitute for it.

analogue

/ ˈænəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. 1. a physical object or quantity, such as a pointer on a dial or a voltage, used to measure or represent another quantity
   2. ( as modifier )

      analogue watch

      analogue recording

2. something analogous to something else
3. biology an analogous part or organ
4. chem
   1. an organic chemical compound related to another by substitution of hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups

      toluene is an analogue of benzene

   2. an organic compound that is similar in structure to another organic compound

      thiols are sulphur analogues of alcohols

5. See digital immigrant, digital native
   informal.
   a person who is afraid of using new technological devices Compare digital native digital immigrant

Usage

See analog

Word History and Origins

Origin of analogue¹

1820–30; < French < Greek análogon, neuter of análogos analogous; replacing earlier analogon < Greek

Example Sentences

It is in this latter sense, that it is the Analogue of the Bone.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• analog