analogue

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If they recalled the tusked monsters that charged in the van of Asiatic armies, his analogue was the desert horse.

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  1. noun Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.
  2. noun Biology An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
  3. noun Chemistry A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.

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  • "I understand that in your frame my analogue was your mother," she said. —  Serpents's Silver
  • Everything is working fine and we can tape record programmes on all our analogue (terrestial) and satellite (sky) channels BUT how can we record video tapes on this digital television from the digital channel? —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • The "dwenda" being Morgan's elf-analogue, (by way of Moorcock's Melnibonéans,) an ancient race long-since absconded from the world, shrouded in myth and legend, revered by some, feared by others, what are Ringil's first words to the lightning-fast, lithe threat of the dwenda Seethlaw, gracile and mysterious, beautiful and powerful, subject of whispers and rumours of pure awe that have built him up even before his first appearance? —  Notes From The Geek Show
  • We found that SB203580, but not its inactive analogue (SB202474), prevented insulin-stimulated glucose transport in both cell types with an IC50 similar to that for inhibition of p38 MAP kinase —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Ah BUT - analogue to those who travel on the U-Bahn or similar, get caught & then demand to know if they can get out of paying the same will happen here. —  Toytown Germany - Germany feed
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, analogous, analogue, from Medieval Latin analogus, from Greek analogos, proportionate; see analogous.

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  1. from French analogue, adjective and n., from Latin analogus, adjective, analogous: see analogous.
 

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/ˈænəlɑg/
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