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analog

analog

1 5.4
Using changing physical signals instead of digital numbers
  • adjective
  • /ˈænəˌlɔg/
  • Specialized
translation icon : analógico
  • In the past, many televisions received analog signals, providing a different viewing experience than today's digital broadcasts.
  • analog and naturalistic

OK, but we're not creating an analog computer here.

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Examples

  • The Pocket Operator Modular 170 is an analog synthesizer that uses continuous signals to create sound.

  • While here we have a light sensor connected to analogue input zero.

  • And it's an old school analog car in the best way.

  • I mean, I think, I think these days the analog stuff is really hot.

  • It's the last truly analog high performance sports car.

  • And then that looks like an analog audio port too.

  • Television is still analog, and barely a few channels are available.

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  • And for a tanker fleet so ancient, all operations are analog.

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  • Here we introduce the analog inputs on the Arduino board.

  • It's a fully analog, offline safe room shielded from our digitally-based Entity.

Antonyms

576 3.0

Showing information as numbers on devices like a phone or clock

Compounds

1 2.6

A clock with hands that show the time on a numbered face

1 3.2

A watch with moving hands on a face with numbers that shows the time

4.7

A device that changes digital signals into sound for speakers or images for screens

4.8

A device that changes digital signals into sound or picture signals for speakers and screens

analog computer
  • Specialized
5.8

A machine that processes information using physical values that change, like electrical voltages or movements

5.4

A device that changes electrical signals into digital numbers for computers

4.7

A device that changes real signals like sound into digital numbers a computer can use

How Analog

analog
  • Specialized
1 5.4
hybrid
43 3.9
digital
576 3.0

Surface Forms

analog positive
analogous positive

Etymology

Analog comes from the Greek analogia, which means 'proportion' and is the same root as the word analogy. So an analog device shows information in a smooth, continuous way that keeps the same 'proportion' to what it measures, like the hands of an old clock.