Analog Definition
anəlôg, anəläg
analogs
noun
analogs
Something that bears an analogy to something else; something that is comparable.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
American Heritage Medicine
A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
American Heritage Science
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a device in which data or a signal is represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure.
American Heritage
Of a system of measurement in which a continuously varying value, as sound, temperature, etc., corresponds proportionally to another value, esp. a voltage.
Webster's New World
Of or by means of an analog computer.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with transmission of a signal that varies continuously and analogously with the waveform of the voice or other source.
Analog TVs, telephones, and recordings.
Webster's New World
Using hands, dials, etc. to show numerical amounts, as on a clock.
Webster's New World
Origin of Analog
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Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (analogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (ana, “up to”) + λόγος (logos, “ratio”).
From Wiktionary
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French analogue analogous, analog from Medieval Latin analogus from Greek analogos proportionate analogous
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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