analogue
adjective/ˈænəlɒɡ/
/ˈænəlɔːɡ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually analog)
(specialist)- (of an electronic process) using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data
- an analogue circuit/computer/signal
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- (of a clock or watch) showing the time using hands on a dial and not with a display of numbers compare digital
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.
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