analogue

Universal Words (BrE) (AmE analog) adjective, noun adjective (technical) 1 (of an electronic process) using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data: an analogue circuit / computer / signal 2 (BrE also analog) (of a clock or watch) showing the time using hands on a DIAL and not with a display of numbers compareDIGITAL noun (formal or technical) a thing that is similar to another thing: Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.