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Analog vs Analogues - What's the difference?

analog | analogues |

As nouns the difference between analog and analogues

is that analog is something that bears an analogy to something else while analogues is plural of analogue.

As an adjective analog

is in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial.

analog

English

Alternative forms

* analogue (Commonwealth)

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

    • Antonyms

    * digital * discrete

    Derived terms

    * analog circuit * analog computer * analog meter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
  • (countable, 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

    • Related terms

    * homolog * analogy * homology * superanalog

    Related terms

    * * analogical * analogous

    Anagrams

    * * American English English words suffixed with -log ----

    analogues

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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