"analog" meaning in English

See analog in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæ.nə.lɒɡ/ [UK], /ˈæ.nə.lɔɡ/ [US], /ˈæ.nə.lɑɡ/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-analog.ogg [US]
Etymology: Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|analogue}} French analogue, {{uder|en|grc|ἀνάλογος||proportionate}} Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), {{m|grc|ἀνά||up to}} ἀνά (aná, “up to”), {{m|grc|λόγος||ratio}} λόγος (lógos, “ratio”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} 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). Tags: not-comparable Translations (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity): تَنَاظِرِيَّة (tanāẓiriyya) (Arabic), أنالوج (analōg) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), անալոգային (analogayin) (Armenian), аналогов (analogov) (Bulgarian), непрекъснат (neprekǎsnat) (Bulgarian), 模擬 (Chinese Cantonese), 模拟 (mou⁴ ji⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 模擬 (Chinese Mandarin), 模拟 (mónǐ) [China, Singapore] (Chinese Mandarin), 類比 (Chinese Mandarin), 类比 (lèibǐ) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), analogový [masculine] (Czech), spojitý (Czech), analoog (Dutch), analoga (Esperanto), analoginen (Finnish), analogique (French), analog (German), αναλογικός (analogikós) [masculine] (Greek), אָנָלוֹגִי [masculine] (Hebrew), analóg (Hungarian), hliðrænt (Icelandic), analógach (Irish), analogico (Italian), アナログ (anarogu) (Japanese), аналогты (analogty) (Kazakh), 아날로그 (anallogeu) (Korean), analog (Norwegian), analogowy [masculine] (Polish), analógico (Portuguese), analog (Romanian), analogic (Romanian), ана́логовый (análogovyj) [masculine] (Russian), analogen (Slovene), analógico (Spanish), análogo (Spanish), Mfano (Swahili), analog (Swedish), analog (Turkish), tương tự (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-analog-en-adj-~3iPFt0H Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -log, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 21 1 10 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 25 1 16 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -log: 28 31 3 18 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 30 2 18 25 Disambiguation of 'represented by a continuously variable physical quantity': 83 17
  2. Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: material
    Sense id: en-analog-en-adj-zxX353Kp Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -log, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of American English: 26 34 5 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 21 1 10 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 25 1 16 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -log: 28 31 3 18 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 30 2 18 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: analogue [Commonwealth]

Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.nə.lɒɡ/ [UK], /ˈæ.nə.lɔɡ/ [US], /ˈæ.nə.lɑɡ/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-analog.ogg [US] Forms: analogs [plural]
Etymology: Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|analogue}} French analogue, {{uder|en|grc|ἀνάλογος||proportionate}} Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), {{m|grc|ἀνά||up to}} ἀνά (aná, “up to”), {{m|grc|λόγος||ratio}} λόγος (lógos, “ratio”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} analog (plural analogs)
  1. (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else. Tags: countable Translations (something that bears an analogy): նմանակ (nmanak) (Armenian), аналог (analog) (Bulgarian), obdoba [feminine] (Czech), vertaus (Finnish), analogia (Finnish), Analogon [neuter] (German), ανάλογος (análogos) [masculine] (Greek), analogon (Hungarian), analóg [feminine] (Irish), analōg (Livonian), analog [masculine] (Polish), análogo [masculine] (Portuguese), ана́лог (análog) [masculine] (Russian), motsvarighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-analog-en-noun-5mv6Ry1f Disambiguation of 'something that bears an analogy': 86 7 7
  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. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (organ or structure): samatoimintainen elin (Finnish), ана́лог (análog) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-analog-en-noun-JanzWdCi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -log, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 21 1 10 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 25 1 16 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -log: 28 31 3 18 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 30 2 18 25 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'organ or structure': 3 84 13
  3. (chemistry) 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. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (structural derivative): аналог (analog) (Bulgarian), analogia (Finnish), analogue (French), analogo (Italian), analog [masculine] (Polish), análogo (Portuguese), ана́лог (análog) [masculine] (Russian), análogo (Spanish), analog (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-analog-en-noun-nUu6F8wk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -log, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 21 1 10 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 25 1 16 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -log: 28 31 3 18 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 30 2 18 25 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'structural derivative': 1 11 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: analogue [Commonwealth] Related terms: homolog, homologue, analogy, homology, superanalog, analogetic, analogical, analogous

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "아날로그"
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          "word": "analog"
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          "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
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          "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
          "word": "analog"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
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          "text": "an analog (paper) map",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 January 30, Tish Harrison Warren, “Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But for these digital natives, the stubborn analog wonders of skin, handshakes, hugs, bread and wine, faces, names and spontaneous conversation is part of what intrigued them and kept them going to church.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 November 18, Kara Swisher, “The Prescience of 1970’s ‘Future Shock’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Not that I expect my children’s generation to be shocked by it all. Unlike my analog upbringing, they were born into a digital world.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 September 15, Reeves Wiedeman, “Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But what, exactly, is a platform? In the analog world, a platform is where you catch a train or launch a rocket or give a speech — somewhere you go to do something else.",
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      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "China",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "模拟"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "類比"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèibǐ",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
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      "word": "类比"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "analogový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "spojitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analoog"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analoga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analoginen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analogique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "analogikós",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αναλογικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָנָלוֹגִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "hliðrænt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analógach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analogico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anarogu",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "アナログ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "analogty",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "аналогты"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anallogeu",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "아날로그"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "analogowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analógico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analogic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "análogovyj",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ана́логовый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analógico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "análogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "Mfano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "represented by a continuously variable physical quantity",
      "word": "tương tự"
    }
  ],
  "word": "analog"
}

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        "US"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "nmanak",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "նմանակ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "analog",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "аналог"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obdoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "vertaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "analogia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Analogon"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "análogos",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανάλογος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "analogon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "analóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "word": "analōg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "análogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "análog",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ана́лог"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something that bears an analogy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "motsvarighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organ or structure",
      "word": "samatoimintainen elin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "análog",
      "sense": "organ or structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ана́лог"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "analog",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "аналог"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "analogia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "analogue"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "analogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "analog"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "análogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "análog",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ана́лог"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "análogo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "structural derivative",
      "word": "analog"
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}

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