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 an·a·logue /ˈænḷˌɔg, ˌɑg/
 類似物,相似體

 an·a·logue /ˈænḷˌɔg, ˌɑg/ 名詞
 類似的,模型,模擬,(結構)類似物,模擬量

 analogue
 類比

 An·a·logue n.
 1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
    The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.   --I. Taylor.
 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.”
 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.
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 analogue
      adj : of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional
            to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"
            [syn: analog, linear] [ant: digital]
      n : something having the property of being analogous to
          something else [syn: analog, parallel]