analogue

Speech parts

1. analogue - Noun

2. analogue - Adjective

Meaning

That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."

An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.

A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

linear parallel analog similar like equivalent analogous twin likeness same definition equal match continuous corresponding
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Antonyms

digital foxglove informatics fact computer ordinal
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Hypernyms

similarity

Hyponyms

echo

Phrases with the word

analogue computer system analogue device analogue machine nucleoside analogue analogue to digital converter cytosine nucleoside analogue

Examples

In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is almost seen at a glance. Martin Gardner

Evolution is an obstacle course not a freeway; the correct analogue for long-term success is a distant punt receiver evading legions of would-be tacklers in an oddly zigzagged path toward a goal, not a horse thundering down the flat. Stephen Jay Gould

Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life. Susanne Langer

Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. Noam Chomsky

The machine is supplied with a "tape" (the analogue of paper) running through it, and divided into sections (called "squares") each capable of bearing a "symbol". Alan Turing

Homo economicus was surreptitiously taken as the emblem and analogue for all living beings. A mechanistic anthropomorphism has gained currency. Ivan Illich

Close letter words and terms

analogous weight analogously analogousness analogue camera analogue clock analogue computer