analog meaning in English — analog, analogous

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.
analogous adj Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)

analog is used for these senses in English:

analog (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
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".)

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.
noun Something that closely corresponds to or mirrors something else.

adj Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
adj Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

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