analogue
2 of 2chiefly British spelling of analog
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Analogue is a handy word for something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc., as in “tofu is a meat analogue.” Like its relations analogy and analogous, it traces back ultimately to the Greek word lógos, meaning “word,” “speech,” “relation,” “correspondence,” and “proportion.” Not to get too meta about analogue, but the nouns analogue and analog are themselves analogues (or, ahem, analogs) of one another: they differ only in spelling, though the analogue spelling is more common except in contexts related to chemistry. The pair also function as adjectives—as in “an analog watch” or “analog recording”—but in that case the shorter form is preferred except by those who use British English.
Examples of analogue in a Sentence
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Hook up your smartphone to the Marshall Bluetooth app or use the analogue controls on the speaker’s top panel to craft the perfect sound.
—Mia Maguire, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
One analogue is the city of New Orleans, which lost more than a quarter of its population between 2005 and 2011.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
The researchers narrowed the list of potential habitat analogues to three categories.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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