analogue

English

Etymology

Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) +‎ -logue. See analog.

Adjective

analogue (not comparable)

1. (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of analog.
   • 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 56:

     "But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers?
     "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that.

Derived terms

• analogue circuit
• analogue clock
• analogue computer
• analogue horror
• heteroanalogue

Noun

analogue (plural analogues)

1. (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
2. (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.

   Coordinate terms: homolog, homologue

   See also: convergent evolution

3. (chemistry) Alternative spelling of analog (“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.”)

Usage notes

In American English, analog is the preferred spelling for the adjective (e.g., analog signal), while analogue is often used as the noun form (e.g., meat analogue), especially in literary or comparative contexts.

Translations

analog — see analog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.lɔɡ/

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Adjective

analogue (plural analogues)

1. analogous

Noun

analogue m (plural analogues)

1. analog

Descendants

• → English: analog, analogue

Further reading

• “analogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• louangea