analog

See also: analóg and analōg

English

Alternative forms

• analogue (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Early 19th century; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French analogue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɒɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɔɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɑɡ/

• Audio (US):

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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 continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

Antonyms

• digital
• discrete

Derived terms

• analog circuit
• analog computer
• analog meter

Translations

represented by a continuously variable physical quantity

• Arabic: تَنَاظِرِيَّة (tanāẓiriyya)
• Armenian: անալոգային (analogayin)
• Bulgarian: аналогов (analogov), непрекъснат (bg) (neprekǎsnat)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: analogový m
• Dutch: analoog (nl)
• Esperanto: analoga (eo)
• Finnish: analoginen (fi)
• French: analogique (fr)
• German: analog (de)
• Greek: αναλογικός (el) m (analogikós)
• Hebrew: אָנָלוֹגִי m
• Hungarian: analóg (hu)
• Icelandic: hliðrænt
• Interlingue:
• Irish: analógach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: analogico (it)
• Japanese: アナログ (anarogu)
• Korean: 아날로그 (ko) (anallogeu)
• Norwegian: analog
• Polish: analogowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: analógico (pt)
• Romanian: analog (ro), analogic (ro)
• Russian: ана́логовый (ru) m (análogovyj)
• Slovene: analogen
• Spanish: analógico (es)
• Swahili: Mfano
• Swedish: analog (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: analog (tr)
• Vietnamese: tương tự (vi)

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
• superanalog

Descendants

• → Irish: analóg

Translations

something that bears an analogy

• Armenian: նմանակ (hy) (nmanak)
• Bulgarian: аналог (bg) (analog)
• Czech: obdoba (cs) f
• Finnish: vertaus (fi), analogia (fi)
• German: Analogon (de) n
• Greek: ανάλογος (el) m (análogos)
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• Hungarian: analogon
• Irish: analóg f
• Portuguese: análogo (pt) m
• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)
• Swedish: motsvarighet (sv) c

organ or structure

• Finnish: samatoimintainen elin
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• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)

structural derivative

• Bulgarian: аналог (bg) (analog)
• Finnish: analogia (fi)
• French: analogue (fr)
• Italian: analogo (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: análogo (pt)
• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)
• Spanish: análogo (es)

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} analóg f
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Related terms

• analogetic
• analogical
• analogous

Anagrams

• Algona, Angola, agonal

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanalok]

Noun

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• analogický
• analogie

 

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. analogous
2. analogue
3. (colloquial) not computerised

Synonyms

• analogisch

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analogue (UK) or analog (US)

References

• “analog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analog (US) or analogue (UK)

References

• “analog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈloɡ/

Adjective

analog m or n (feminine singular analoagă, masculine plural analogi, feminine and neuter plural analoage)

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

Declension

Declension of analog

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	analog		analoagă	analogi	analoage
	definite	analogul		analoaga	analogii	analoagele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	analog		analoage	analogi	analoage
	definite	analogului		analoagei	analogilor	analoagelor

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Swedish

Etymology

ana- +‎ -log

Adjective

analog

1. analogue

Declension

Inflection of analog
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	analog	—	—
Neuter singular	analogt	—	—
Plural	analoga	—	—
Masculine plural3	analoge	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	analoge	—	—
All	analoga	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

• digital

Anagrams

• Angola