analogue

The definition of an analogue is a thing or person that is like something else in some ways.

(noun)

A cherry is red, sweet, and is a fruit like an apple so a cherry is an example of an analogue to an apple.

See analogue in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a thing or part that is analogous

Origin: Fr analogue < L analogus: see analogy

See analogue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also an·a·log

noun

Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.
Biology An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
Chemistry A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.

adjective

often analog Of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure.
often analog Computer Science Of or relating to an analog computer.

Origin:

Origin: French, analogous, analogue

Origin: , from Medieval Latin analogus

Origin: , from Greek analogos, proportionate; see analogous

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