analogue
Something that bears an analogy to something elseSomething that bears an analogy to something else.
» The shop sold analogue and digital clocks.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Something that bears an analogy to something else.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
(countable)An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
See also: convergent evolution
Examples
3 sentencesThe shop sold analogue and digital clocks.
She had an analogue watch.
This hyperbola is important to us. It's the relativistic analogue of a circle.
deDieser Hyperbel ist für uns wichtig. Sie ist das relativistische Analogon eines Kreises.
Origin
Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog.Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog.
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