analogue
/ˈænəlˌɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.28 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
Countable
noun
Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
Example Sentences
- ""But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that."
- "See also: convergent evolution"