About The Word Analogue
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Analogue
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What's The Definition Of Analogue?
[n] something having the property of being analogous to something else
[adj] (electronics) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier" Synonyms | Synonyms for Analogue: analog | analog | linear | parallel Related Terms | Find terms related to Analogue: ally | alter ego | analogon | associate | brother | close copy | close match | cognate | companion | complement | congenator | congener | coordinate | correlate | correlative | correspondent | counterpart | each other | equivalent | fellow | image | kindred spirit | like | likeness | match | mate | near duplicate | obverse | one another | parallel | pendant | picture | reciprocal | reciprocatist | reciprocator | second self | similitude | simulacrum | sister | soul mate | such | suchlike | tally | the like of | the likes of | twin See Also | similarity Analogue In Webster's Dictionary \An"a*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ?, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some
other thing.
The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets
its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.
--I. Taylor.
2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in
another; an analogous term; as, the Latin ``pater'' is the
analogue of the English ``father.''
3. (Nat. Hist.)
(a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a
different organ in another species or group, or even
in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the
analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two
are not of like structural relations.
(b) A species in one genus or group having its characters
parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
(c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a
species of the same genus, or a genus of the same
group, in another: such species are often called
representative species, and such genera,
representative genera. --Dana.
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