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   analogue

   /ˈanəlɒɡ/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position, voltage, etc.: "analogue signals"
   • ▪ (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of hands or a pointer rather than displayed digits.
   • ▪ not involving or relating to the use of computer technology, as a contrast to a digital counterpart: "old-school analogue paper map skills"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing seen as comparable to another: "an interior analogue of the exterior world"
   • ▪ a compound with a molecular structure closely similar to that of another: "thioacids are sulphur analogues of oxyacids"

   Word Origin early 19th century (as noun): from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.

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