analogue
or an·a·log
something having analogy to something else.
Biology. an organ or part analogous to another.
Chemistry. one of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition.
a food made from vegetable matter, especially soybeans, that has been processed to taste and look like another food, as meat or dairy, and is used as a substitute for it.
Origin of analogue
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How to use analogue in a sentence
In fact, a very close analogue comes in the form of an Air Force program called SkyBorg, which is already in progress.
DARPA’s new combat drones could catch a ride from other aircraft | Rob Verger | February 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn these cases, map rooms were being used to command air forces, and the dashboard was an analogue board on a wall that kept track of troop readiness.
Covid-19 dashboards are vital, yet flawed, sources of public information | Jacqueline Wernimont | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostMore importantly, it puts them at $50 less than the AirPods Pro – their clearest analogue.
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro are a solid AirPods alternative | Brian Heater | January 15, 2021 | TechCrunchNeighboring Finland offered an analogue telephone exchange as a gift and the Estonian government declined, envisaging communicating over the internet rather than analogue telephone.
Estonia Is a ‘Digital Republic’—What That Means and Why It May Be Everyone’s Future | Dr. Imtiaz Khan | October 15, 2020 | Singularity HubAstonishingly, they found that the glyoxylate and pyruvate reacted to make a range of compounds that included chemical analogues to all the intermediary products in the TCA cycle except for citric acid.
New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life | John Rennie | October 12, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
It is in this latter sense, that it is the analogue of the Bone.
British Dictionary definitions for analogue
sometimes US analog
/ (ˈænəˌlɒɡ) /
a physical object or quantity, such as a pointer on a dial or a voltage, used to measure or represent another quantity
(as modifier): analogue watch; analogue recording
something analogous to something else
biology an analogous part or organ
chem
an organic chemical compound related to another by substitution of hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups: toluene is an analogue of benzene
an organic compound that is similar in structure to another organic compound: thiols are sulphur analogues of alcohols
informal a person who is afraid of using new technological devices: Compare digital native, digital immigrant
analogue
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