analog signal

Cultural  

1. A signal in which some feature increases and decreases in the same way as the thing being transmitted. In am radio, for example, the strength of the radio wave goes up and down in analogy with the loudness of the original sound. (Contrast digital signal.)

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Example Sentences

The chattier De Rosnay and contemplative Augé built an iconography straight out of a Black Sabbath double-gatefold vinyl, with a scholar’s attention to Steely Dan’s analog signal chains.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

However, integrated MWP systems have struggled to simultaneously achieve ultrahigh-speed analog signal processing with chip-scale integration, high fidelity, and low power.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

The film chips were left behind when sensors arrived that could send an analog signal about seismic activity through a radio.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Basically, anything that can play digital audio sources and output them to a pair of headphones has a built-in DAC for turning digitally stored audio into an output analog signal.

From The Verge • Jan. 31, 2022

It is a highly specialized machine that feeds an analog signal to a diamond stylus that carves grooves into a blank disk.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2021