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Analogue

Definition: Analogue

Analogue

Adjective

1. (electronics) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier".

Noun

1. Something having the property of being analogous to something else.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "analogue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references)

Etymology: Analogue \An"a*logue\ , noun. [French expression, from the Greek]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Analogue

DomainDefinition

Computing

Analogue (US: "analog") A description of a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device designed to handle such signals. The opposite is "discrete" or "digital". Analogue circuits are much harder to design and analyse than digital ones because the designer must take into account effects such as the gain, linearity and power handling of components, the resistance, capacitance and inductance of PCB tracks, wires and connectors, interference between signals, power supply stability and more. A digital circuit design, especially for high switching speeds, must also take these factors into account if it is to work reliably, but they are usually less critical because most digital components will function correctly within a range of parameters whereas such variations will corrupt the outputs of an analogue circuit. See also analogue computer. (1995-11-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Analogue switch

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The analogue (or analog) switch is an electronic component that behaves in a similar way to a relay, but has no moving parts. The switching element is normally a MOSFET, which is a type of transistor. The control input to the switch is a standard CMOS or TTL logic input, which is shifted by internal circuitry to a suitable voltage for switching the MOSFET. The result is that a logic 0 on the control input causes the MOSFET to have a high resistance, so that the switch is off, and a logic 1 on the input causes the MOSFET to have a low resistance, so that the switch is on. Analogue switches are usually manufactured as integrated circuits in packages containing multiple switches (typically two, four or eight).

Unlike a relay, however, the analogue switch does not provide electrical isolation between the analogue signal and the control signal. This means that it cannot be used in high-voltage circuits. Also, since there is no metallic path between the input and output, the maximum current allowed to flow through the switch is much smaller than that in a typical relay.

Important parameters of an analogue switch are:

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Synonyms: Analogue

Synonyms: linear (adj), analog (n), parallel (n). (additional references)
Antonym: digital (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Analogue

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Similarity

Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Analogue

English words defined with "analogue": analog-digital converter, Analogon, analog-to-digital converter ♦ bush ♦ cephalothin ♦ Deltasone, digital-analog converter, digital-to-analog converter, digitizer ♦ Ekaboron, Ekasilicon ♦ Liquid pred ♦ Meticorten ♦ Orasone ♦ prednisone ♦ Vannevar Bush. (references)
Specialty definitions using "analogue": 56 kbps ♦ Advanced Mobile Phone System, analog control, analog DI, analog dielectric isolation, analog mode, analog signal processing, analog trunk, analog-digital convertor, analogue control, analogue DI, analogue dielectric isolation, analogue mode, analogue signal processing, analogue trunk, analogue-digital convertor, analogue-to-digital converter, Azacitidine ♦ B.C.C., bivariate sign test, b-mac ♦ Cellular Neural Network, channel service unit, CI food black 1, C-Net, component analog video, component analogue video, component digital, component digital signal, cordless telephone-first generation, counter type a/d converter, counter type analog/digital converter, counter type analogue/digital converter ♦ data service unit, differential line, digital loop carrier, digital multimeter, digital signal processing, discrete Pareto distribution, discrete type III distribution, DSP ♦ echo cancellation ♦ frequency divison multiple access ♦ GI14721, Group 3 ♦ Hodges bivariate sign test ♦ interim standard number 54, irinotecan ♦ master group, mastergroup, modulator-demodulator, multiplexed analog component, multiplexed analogue component ♦ near instantaneous companded audio multiplex, Nyquist Theorem ♦ Oxidopamine ♦ phase hit, phase jump ♦ Radiocom 2000 ♦ S/H, sample and hold, sample/hold, sample-and-hold service, sampled data system, SCR bases, sound in syncs, speech recognition, statistically equivalent block, synchronised compressor and expander, synchronized compressor and expander, syncompex ♦ TNP-470, tocladesine, total access communication system, total access communications, total access communications system, track and hold unit, track and store unit ♦ virus HBLV, virus lymphotrope B humain, voice digitisation, voice digitization, voice recognition. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Analogue" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (analogous, analogue, like, parallel, similar).

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Commercial Usage: Analogue

DomainTitle

References

  

Books

  • Analogue Electronic Circuits and Systems (Electronics Texts for Engineers and Scientists) (reference)

  • Analogue Electronics (reference)

  • Analogue IC Design: The Current-Mode Approach (EII Circuits and Systems Series) (reference)

  • Analogue Imprecision in Mlp Training (Progress in Neural Processing, 4) (reference)

  • Early Interactive Services on DTV - Access Providers Drive a Rapid Transition from Analogue to Digital Services [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Analogue

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Therefore, any chemical that induces mutation in the AR gene or acts as an analogue that binds and represses AR activity may have serious deleterious effects on embryogenesis. (references)

Business

The others are analogue networks provided by different suppliers. (references)

ST also provides national and international analogue and digital transmission of audio, video and data signals through radio-relay links. (references)

Most cable networks offer one-way connectivity only using coaxial cable, and they can support only 330MHz to 450MHz of analogue capacity. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

The IBA is also looking at the issue of moving from analogue to digital transmission. (references)

Luxembourg

Currently, the fleet of eleven ASTRA satellites broadcasts to over 87 million households throughout Europe and carries more than 1000 digital and analogue TV and radio services. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Analogue

"Analogue" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Analogue" is used about 452 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%45212,885

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Analogue

Expressions using "analogue": analogue computer ♦ analogue control ♦ analogue data ♦ analogue DI ♦ analogue dielectric isolation ♦ analogue gate ♦ analogue information ♦ analogue line module ♦ analogue mode ♦ analogue ramp ♦ analogue signal processing ♦ analogue simultaneous data/voice ♦ analogue trunk ♦ camptothecin analogue ♦ component analogue video ♦ geldanamycin analogue ♦ multiplexed analogue component ♦ multiplexed analogue component video ♦ Multiplexed Analogue Components ♦ nucleoside analogue. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "analogue": analogue-digital, analogue-minded, analogue-models, analogue-pulse, analogue-to-digital.

Ending with "analogue": digital-to-analogue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Analogue

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

analogue

24

analogue nucleotide

3

audio analogue

16

audio analogue maestro

3

analogue scalles visual

14

analogue digital player record

3

analogue scale visual

12

analogue phone

3

analogue clock desktop

9

analogue teletext

3

analogue clock

7

nottingham analogue

3

analogue device

6

american analogue set

2

analogue digital

6

analogue x

2

addressable analogue detection fire

5

audio analogue puccini

2

amplifier analog analogue catv optical

5

analogue card interface lcd tft

2

addressable analogue system

4

analogue detection level

2

gnrh analogue

4

analogue card display interface

2

analogue solution

4

analogue synth

2

analogue digital keyphones

4

analogue data

2

analogue woodpecker

4

analogue audio donizetti

2

analogue interface

3

analogue digital vs

2

addressable analogue detection

3

analogue heaven

2

analogue and digital and converter

3

analogue production

2

analogue somatostatin

3

analogue signal

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Analogue

Language Translations for "analogue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

surrogat (bastard, ersatz, mock, replacement, substitute, surrogate). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏النظير (analogous, parallel, peer), ‏العضو المتناظر. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

успоредица (parallel), нещо сходно, нещо подобно (like), заместител (analog, makeshift, stand in, sub, substituent, substitute, succedaneum, surrogate), аналог (analog), подобие (analogy, effigy, likeness, parity, portrait, propinquity, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude, simulacrum). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

模式 (analog). (various references)

   

Czech

  

analog (analog). (various references)

   

Danish

  

analog (analogous). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

analoog (analogous). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مانند (Analog, Analogous, As, Like, Similar), نظیر (Analog, Comparable, Like, Make, Match, Rival, Tally), لغت متشابه (Analog), شی قابل قیاس (Analog), شباهت (Analog, Analogy, Equality, Likeness, Propinquity, Proportion, Resemblance, Semblance). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

analoginen (analogous). (various references)

   

French

  

analogique (analog). (various references)

   

German

  

analog (analogous, analog, analogical). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανάλογο. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מקביל (analogous, corresponding, opposite, parallel), תואם (coincidence, commensurate, compatble with, compatible, congruous, coordination, corresponding, fit, harmony, matching, suitable, symmetry), אנלוגיה (analogy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

analógiája vminek (analog), analóg eset (analog), analóg dolog (analog), vminek az analógiája (analog), hasonló eset (analog), hasonló dolog (analog), hasonló (akin, alike, analogous, cousin, like). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kesamaan (sameness, similiarity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

analogico (analog), simile (similar, alike, like). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アナプラズマ病 (analog, analog computer, analog speedometer, analysis, analyst, analyzer, anaplasmosis). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アナログ (analog). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아날로그 (analog). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

analogueay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

análogo (analog, analogous, similar). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

аналог аналоговый (analog), аналог (analog, counterpart, lookalike). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

analogico, analógico (analogical), análogo (analogous), término análogo (analog), cosa análoga (analog), órgano análogo (analog). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

motsvarighet (correlate, counterpart). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

analog, benzer şey, benzer (alike, analogic, analogical, analogous, approximate, closely, conformable, congener, congenerous, connate, correlative, counterpart, double, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, homologous, image, in common, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look alike, match, of a piece, parallel, same, similar, simulant, stand in, vicinal). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

аналог (analog). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vật tương tự, lời tương tự. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Analogue

Derivations

Words beginning with "analogue": analogues. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Analogue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anagogue, analagus, analgous, analoge, analogie, analogoe, analogon, analogus, analoguz, annalogue. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Analogue"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "analogue" (pronounced a"nulô'g)
6a" n u l ô' ganalog.
5-n u l ô' gmonologue.
4-u l ô' gcatalogue, dialogue, epilogue, travelogue.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Analogue

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-n-o-u"

-2 letters: agonal, analog, anlage, galena, laguna, lagune, langue, lanugo, lounge.

-3 letters: agone, alane, alang, algae, alone, along, angel, angle, anole, galea, genoa, genua, glean, gluon, guano, lagan, lauan, logan, longe, lunge, ulnae.

-4 letters: aeon, agon, ague, alae, alan, alga, aloe, anal, anga, anoa, egal, elan, enol, gaen, gala, gale, gane, gaol, gaun, genu, glen.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-n-o-u"
 

+1 letter: analogues.

 

+3 letters: nonlanguage, uncataloged.

 

+4 letters: agranulocyte, congratulate, gallinaceous, nonlanguages.

 

+5 letters: agranulocytes, analogousness, bougainvillea, congratulated, congratulates, degranulation, gubernatorial, protolanguage, undiagnosable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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