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
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 June 2025
Each well is a habitat where bacterial species collected from MIT’s campus learn to live together and form an ecological network; think of each one as an analogue of an artificial gut, coral reef or rainforest.
—Gabriel Popkin, Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2025
In 1989, when the Urban Corps of San Diego County was created as a local analogue to the California Conservation Corps, Duran agreed to leave his job as director with the state effort to manage the local program.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
Unlike Drake, who is perhaps his closest analogue, Wallen almost never dwells on his successes.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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