analogue
- Adjective. (context, 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).
- Noun. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else.
- Noun. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- Noun. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.
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