Dictionary

analogue en · ADJ

Etymology

Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of analog.
   alt of analog
   • "But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that. 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 56:

Deriveds

heteroanalogue · analogue computer · analogue circuit · analogue clock · analogue horror

analogue en · NOUN

Etymology

Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog.

Meanings

1. (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
2. (countable) 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
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
   alt of analog

Forms

Coordinates

homolog · homologue