Meaning of ANALOGUE
| Pronunciation: | | 'an`log
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- [n] something having the property of being analogous to something else
- [adj] (electronics) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"
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| | Synonyms: | | analog, analog, linear, parallel |
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| | Antonyms: | | digital | | |
| | See Also: | | similarity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An"a*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ?, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some
other thing.
The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets
its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.
--I. Taylor.
2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in
another; an analogous term; as, the Latin ``pater'' is the
analogue of the English ``father.''
3. (Nat. Hist.)
(a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a
different organ in another species or group, or even
in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the
analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two
are not of like structural relations.
(b) A species in one genus or group having its characters
parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
(c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a
species of the same genus, or a genus of the same
group, in another: such species are often called
representative species, and such genera,
representative genera. --Dana.
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| | Definition: | | (US: "analog") A description of a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device designed to handle such signals. The opposite is "discrete" or "digital". Analogue circuits are much harder to design and analyse than digital ones because the designer must take into account effects such as the gain, linearity and power handling of components, the resistance, capacitance and inductance of PCB tracks, wires and connectors, interference between signals, power supply stability and more. A digital circuit design, especially for high switching speeds, must also take these factors into account if it is to work reliably, but they are usually less critical because most digital components will function correctly within a range of parameters whereas such variations will corrupt the outputs of an analogue circuit. See also analogue computer. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ally, alter ego, analogon, associate, brother, close copy, close match, cognate, companion, complement, congenator, congener, coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, each other, equivalent, fellow, image, kindred spirit, like, likeness, match, mate, near duplicate, obverse, one another, parallel, pendant, picture, reciprocal, reciprocatist, reciprocator, second self, similitude, simulacrum, sister, soul mate, such, suchlike, tally, the like of, the likes of, twin |
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