*analog*

a. [ See Analogous. ] Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having analogy; analogous. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being analogical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; course of reasoning, fr. &unr_; to think over, to calculate ] 1. (Logic) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To employ, or reason by, analogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Analogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. analogous, Gr. &unr_; according to a due ratio, proportionate; &unr_; + &unr_; ratio, proportion. See Logic. ] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. &unr_;, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 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 ]

n. a computer that represents information by continuously variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]