adjective
analogue
Representing information through continuously varying physical quantities rather than digital values.
The museum displays an analogue computer that models changing physical quantities.
Etymology
The underlying idea is correspondence or proportion. An analogue signal represents information through a physical quantity whose continuous variation corresponds to the quantity being represented.
More examples
- The instrument produces an analogue signal rather than a sequence of digits.
- She records the performance on analogue tape.
- The dial gives an analogue representation of the changing pressure.
Similar words
- continuous
- Describes uninterrupted variation without identifying an information system.