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 recording

      analogue watch

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. 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

In fact, a very close analogue comes in the form of an Air Force program called SkyBorg, which is already in progress.

From Popular-Science

In these cases, map rooms were being used to command air forces, and the dashboard was an analogue board on a wall that kept track of troop readiness.

From Washington Post

More importantly, it puts them at $50 less than the AirPods Pro – their clearest analogue.

From TechCrunch

Neighboring Finland offered an analogue telephone exchange as a gift and the Estonian government declined, envisaging communicating over the internet rather than analogue telephone.

From Singularity Hub 

Astonishingly, they found that the glyoxylate and pyruvate reacted to make a range of compounds that included chemical analogues to all the intermediary products in the TCA cycle except for citric acid.

From Quanta Magazine

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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