analogia — meaning in English

English meaning

• analog adj Representing information as a continuously variable signal rather than as digital data, such as the hands of a clock or an old vinyl recording.
• analogy noun A comparison between two things to explain or clarify an idea, based on some shared feature.

Senses

analogia is used for these senses in English:

• analog (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
• analog (chemistry) 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.
• analogicalness The state or quality of being analogical.
• analogy A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

analog — full definition

1. adj Representing information as a continuously variable signal rather than as digital data, such as the hands of a clock or an old vinyl recording.
2. noun Something that closely corresponds to or mirrors something else.

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