analogue

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ana·logue [analogue analogues] (BrE) (NAmE ana·log)adjective, noun BrE [ˈænəlɒɡ] NAmE [ˈænəlɔːɡ] NAmE [ˈænəlɑːɡ]
adjective (technical)
1. (of an electronic process)using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data
•an analogue circuit/computer/signal
2. (BrE also ana·log) (of a clock or watch)showing the time using hands on a ↑dial and not with a display of numbers
compare ↑digital

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.
 
noun (formal or technical)
a thing that is similar to another thing
•Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  analog, linear, parallel