- a variant spelling of analogue
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an•a•log /ˈænəˌlɔg, -ˌlɑg/USA pronunciation
n.
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025adj. [before a noun]
- representing data by measuring voltage or some continuous variable quantity.
- being a method of sound recording in which sound waves are converted into electrical signals.
- displaying a readout of information by a pointer or by hands on a dial, rather than by numerical digits (opposed to[digital]):an analog wristwatch.
an•a•log
(an′l ôg′, -og′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- analogue.
adj.
- Weights and Measuresof or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure.
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an•a•logue or an•a•log /ˈænəˌlɔg, -ˌlɑg/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- something having a strong similarity in form or function to something else:An insect's wings and a bird's wings are analogues.
an•a•logue
(an′l ôg′, -og′),USA pronunciation n.
- something having analogy to something else.
- Biologyan organ or part analogous to another.
- Chemistryone of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition.
- Nutritiona food made from vegetable matter, esp. soybeans, that has been processed to taste and look like another food, as meat or dairy, and is used as a substitute for it.
- Greek
- Greek análogon, neuter of análogos analogous; replacing earlier analogon
- French
- 1820–30
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a physical object or quantity, such as a pointer on a dial or a voltage, used to measure or represent another quantity (as modifier): analogue watch, analogue recording something analogous to something else an analogous part or organ
analog
'analog' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
analog clock
- analog computer
- analog recording
- analog watch
- analogism
- analogist
- analogize
- analogue
- azathioprine
- computer
- differential analyzer
- digital clock
- digital computer
- digital recording
- digital watch
- doxycycline
- fluorouracil
- hybrid computer
- log
- nonanalogic
- nonanalogical
- recording head
- unanalogical