Analogue

Analogue
Analogue An"a*logue (?; 115), n. [F. ?, fr. Gr. ?.] 1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing. [1913 Webster]

The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin ``pater'' is the analogue of the English ``father.'' [1913 Webster]

3. (Nat. Hist.) (a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations. (b) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group. (c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. --Dana. [1913 Webster]


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  • analogue — (n.) 1826, an analogous thing, from Fr. analogue, from Gk. analogon (itself used in English from c.1810), from ana up to (see ANA (Cf. ana )) + logos account, ratio (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). Computing sense is recorded from 1946 …   Etymology dictionary

  • analogue — [an′ə lôg΄, an′əläg΄] n. [Fr analogue < L analogus: see ANALOGY] a thing or part that is analogous …   English World dictionary

  • analogue — analogue. См. аналог. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • analogue — index correlate, counterpart (complement) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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