analogue
noun/ˈænəlɒɡ/
/ˈænəlɔːɡ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually analog)
(formal or specialist)- a thing that is similar to another thing
- Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate’.
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