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analogue

adjective
🔊/ˈænəlɒɡ/
🔊/ˈænəlɔːɡ/
(also analog)
(specialist)
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  1. (of an electronic process电子处理方法) using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data模拟的
    • an analogue circuit/computer/signal模拟线路／计算机／信号
    Topics Computersc1, Engineeringc1
  2. (British English also analog)
     (of a clock or watch钟表) showing the time using hands on a dial and not with a display of numbers
    3. 指针式的compare digital
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.

analogue

noun
🔊/ˈænəlɒɡ/
🔊/ˈænəlɔːɡ/
(also analog)
(formal or specialist)
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  1. a thing that is similar to another thing相似物；类似事情
    • Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.科学家正试图把已灭绝动物的特征与现存类似动物的相比较。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.