Analog computer
a computer that represents data by measurable quant-ties, as voltages or, formerly, the rotation of gears, in order to solve a problem, rather than by expressing the data as numbers.
noun
a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quant-ty, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
-n-logue computer
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- Analog watch
a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- Analog signal
-n-log signal -n-log signal [(an-uh-lawg, an-uh-log)] a signal in which some feature increases and decreases in the same way as the thing being transmitted. in am radio, for example, the strength of the radio wave goes up and down in -n-logy with the loudness of the original sound. (contrast digital signal.)
- Analogia
a lectern.