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
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The Pocket 4 Pro is a portable gaming device with the requisite analogue sticks, face buttons, d-pads, shoulder buttons and triggers.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Mike Jay, a historian and the author of Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, told me that the effects of a psychedelic analogue may be construed as either trips or side effects, depending on when and how people experience them.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
By contrast, think of Doom’s closest analogue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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