What does analog mean?

Definitions for analog
ˈæn lˌɔg, -ˌɒgana·log

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. analogue, analog, paralleladjective

    something having the property of being analogous to something else

  2. analogue, analog, linearadjective

    of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

    "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"

Wiktionary

  1. analognoun

    something that bears an analogy to something else

  2. analognoun

    an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin

  3. analognoun

    a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

  4. analogadjective

    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)

  5. Etymology: Early 19th century; from analogue, from ἀνάλογος, from ἀνά + λόγος.

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  1. analog

    Analog refers to a system or device that represents data using a directly proportional physical quantity or mechanism, such as voltage or frequency. It is commonly used in contrast with digital, which represents data as discrete values. The term, originating from analogy, is often associated with signals or information that varies continuously over time, such as analog watches or record players.

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  1. agonal

  2. Angola

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of analog in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of analog in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of analog in a Sentence

  1. Donna Kalinkiewicz:

    I think everybody should teach a child how to read an analog dial, you’re always going to have those people who rely on digital [because] that’s all they know [and] that’s all they care about. All they understand is 12:48 [but] they don’t understand that that’s 12 minutes to one.

  2. Evolv CEO Peter George:

    The pandemic has changed things forever, everybody is rethinking their physical security strategies and we are taking an analog technology and making it digital.

  3. Blaine Pfeifer:

    The analogs produced here are really just a small sub-set of those possible. So, one future direction is to further test the analog-producing limit for the platform we have at hand.

  4. Matthew Schmidt:

    Theres no real U.S. analog. Its like a mix of CIA and special forces, its trained to make mayhem. The overall goal is to destabilize targeted political systems, including in Europe, to attack the political will to maintain NATO, with other missions as opportunity allows, including the killing of traitors.

  5. Mike Davis:

    I can download that analog signal and parse through the power trace to get ones and zeroes, i know what the lock is doing internally.

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