analog

English

Alternative forms

• analogue (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From French analogue, formed on Greek ἀνά (ana, “up to”) + λόγος (logos, “ratio”).

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

Antonyms

• digital

Derived terms

• analog circuit
• analog computer

Translations

represented by a continuously variable physical quantity

Bulgarian: аналог (bg) (analóg) m. Czech: analogový (cs) m. Dutch: analoog (nl) Esperanto: analoga (eo) Finnish: analoginen (fi) French: analogique (fr) German: analog (de) Greek: (analogos), αναλογικός (el) m. (analogikós) Hebrew: אָנָלוֹגִי m. Hungarian: analóg (hu)

Icelandic: Hliðrænt (is) Italian: analogico (it) Japanese: アナログ (ja) (anarogu) Korean: 아날로그 Norwegian: analog (no) Polish: analogowy (pl) m. Portuguese: analógico (pt) Russian: аналоговый (ru) m. Swedish: analog (sv)

Noun

analog (plural analogs)

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
3. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

Related terms

• homolog
• analogy
• homology

Translations

something that bears an analogy

Finnish: vertaus (fi), analogia (fi) German: Analogon n.

Portuguese: análogo (pt) m. Russian: аналог (ru) m.

organ or structure

Finnish: samatoimintainen (fi) elin (fi)

structural derivative

Related terms

• analogous
• analogical

Anagrams

• agonal
• Angola

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Czech

Noun

analog m.

1. analog, analogue (something that bears an analogy to something else)
   • 2007, Karel Riegel, Ekonomická psychologie^[1]:

     Průmyslová výroba, industriální věk již těží ze zdroje, kterému se nešťastně říká "lidská pracovní síla". Je napojena na cyklus, v němž se člověk stává analogem přírodní síly a oživuje soustavu strojů.

2. (chemistry) analog, analogue (structural derivative of a parent compound)
   • 2006, Jaroslav Rybka, Diabetologie pro sestry^[2]:

     Prvním dlouze působícím inzulinovým analogem byl glargin připravený DNA-rekombinantní technologií.

Related terms

• analogický
• analogie

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German

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. analogue

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Romanian

Adjective

analog

1. analogue (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)

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Swedish

Etymology

ana- + -log

Adjective

analog

1. analogue

Declension

Declension of analog

Inflections of analog
Indefinite singular	Common	analog
	Neuter	analogt
Definite singular	Masc.	analoge
	All	analoga
Plural		analoga

Antonyms

• digital