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analogue — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • akin adj Similar in nature, quality, or character; comparable.
  • alike adj Similar or resembling one another.
  • 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.
  • analogous adj Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)

Senses

analogue is used for these senses in English:

  • akin (often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
  • alike Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
  • 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.
  • analogous Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)

akin — full definition

  1. adj Similar in nature, quality, or character; comparable.
  2. adj Related by blood or descent.

alike — full definition

  1. adj Similar or resembling one another.
  2. adv In the same way; equally, often used after a list to mean "both/all of these".

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