Analogue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.
  • n. Biology An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
  • n. Chemistry A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure.
  • adj. Computer Science Of or relating to an analog computer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Alternative form of analog.
  • n. Alternative form of analog.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
  • n. A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term.”
  • n.
  • n. An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group.
  • n. A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
  • n. A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In general, something having analogy to something else; an object having some agreement or correspondence in relations, functions, or structure with another object.
  • n. Specifically In philology, a word corresponding with another; an analogous term.
  • n. In zoology and botany, an animal or a plant corresponding in some special and essential attributes or relations to a member of another group or region, so that it is a representative or counterpart.
  • n. In biology, an organ in one species or group having the same function as an organ of different structure and origin in another species or group.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
  • n. something having the property of being analogous to something else
    • Antonym
    opposite    contrast    discrete    digital   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    similarity   
    Hyponym
    echo   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    parallel    correlative    correlate    parallelism    equivalent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    analog   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    analog    counterpart    analogy    lispro   
     
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