EGAVE

analog

About 4.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
    an analog watch
  2. adjective Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
    an analog (paper) map
  3. noun Something that bears an analogy to something else.
  4. noun An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
    See also: convergent evolution
  5. noun A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.

Similar words

linear parallel analogue simulation modeling mock-up simulated imitation port analogous

Often followed by

of signal and computer to signals input computers devices

Word family

analogs

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