analog

[ an-l-awg, -og ]

noun

1. analogue.

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

/ ˈænəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. See analogue
   a variant spelling of analogue

analog

/ ăn′ə-lôg′ /

Adjective

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

Noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of analog¹

First recorded in 1955–60; analogue ( def )

Example Sentences

The internet is vast and full of possibilities, but if you want to travel a more analog path, you can organize discussions among your peers or, if you’re in a classroom setting, ask your teacher to help you get the ball rolling.

From Popular-Science

Thoma Bravo takes a similar view to us in finding companies going from analog to digital and making it happen fast.

From Fortune

Such children would be the ideal human analog for all of the animal studies on early adversity, she thought.

From Science News

Thanks to many chemical similarities with Earth rocks, these relatively rare meteorites are widely thought to be good analogs of the dust and space rocks from the inner solar system that formed Earth’s building blocks, Piani says.

From Science News

Such children, she reasoned, would be the ideal human analog for all of the animal studies on early adversity.

From Science News For Students

Today he still remains as the editor of that magazine's evolved and redesigned successor, Analog.

From Project Gutenberg

Analog computers have been used experimentally for theoretical projections of results.

From Project Gutenberg

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