ANALOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analog mean? 

• ANALOG (noun)
  The noun ANALOG has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ANALOG used as a noun is very rare.

• ANALOG (adjective)
  The adjective ANALOG has 1 sense:

1. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

  Familiarity information: ANALOG used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something having the property of being analogous to something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

analog; analogue; parallel

Hypernyms ("analog" is a kind of...):

similarity (the quality of being similar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "analog"):

echo (a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.)

• ANALOG (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

Synonyms:

analog; analogue; linear

Context example:

linear amplifier

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

 Context examples 

Brominated analog of MANNITOL which is an antineoplastic agent appearing to act as an alkylating agent.

(Mitobronitol, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A brominated analog of mannitol with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Mitobronitol, NCI Thesaurus)

From modulator/ demodulator; a device that converts digital data into analog data that can be transmitted via telephone or cable lines used for communications.

(Modem Device Component, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The hydrochloride salt form of moricizine, a phenothiazine analog with class I antiarrhythmic activity.

(Moricizine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of nucleoside analog.

(NB1011, NCI Dictionary)

This GONADORELIN analog has been used in the treatment of central precocious puberty and endometriosis.

(Nafarelin Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A bisdioxopiperazines analog with antineoplastic activity.

(Mitindomide, NCI Thesaurus)

Micronomicin is an analog of gentamicin and has broad-spectrum activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

(Micronomicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A triphosphate nucleotide analog that is the metabolized, biologically active form of cytarabine.

(Arabinofuranosylcytosine Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A substituted dithiolthione and analog of chemopreventive agent oltipraz.

(Anetholtrithion, NCI Thesaurus)