analogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce analogue in British English:
UK [ˈænəlɒɡ]
How to pronounce analogue in American English:
US [ˈænəlɔːɡ]
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- Noun:
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
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- Adjective:
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
Word Origin
- analogue (n.)
- 1826, "an analogous thing," from French analogue, from Greek analogon (itself used in English from c. 1810), from ana "up to" (see ana-) + logos "account, ratio" (see lecture (n.)). Computing sense is recorded from 1946.
Example
- 1. But that fantasy has its scottish analogue .
- 2. They basically attach it to a human head analogue and measure the transmission power from the perspective of said head .
- 3. These may either be the drug in question or some analogue of it that , for one reason or another , is reckoned to have a better chance of training the immune system .
- 4. All four founders maintain profiles on ok cupid but they are all married and they all met their wives the analogue way .
- 5. A related issue is that it will be more difficult to measure the stance of fed policy : there will be no simple analogue to the fed funds rate .