Analog vs Homologous - What's the difference?
analog | homologous |
(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)
(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
Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
: (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
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: (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group.
: (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome.
As adjectives the difference between analog and homologous
is that 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 while homologous is showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.As a noun analog
is something that bears an analogy to something else.analog
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Alternative forms
* analogue (Commonwealth)Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* digital * discreteDerived terms
* analog circuit * analog computer * analog meterNoun
(en noun)homologous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.
- Flippers and hands are homologous structures .