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Word: analogue (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • of a device or system in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

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Noun:

  • chemistry a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element
  • biology an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
  • countable something that bears an analogy to something else

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