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adjective

analogue

of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

In a sentence

Six example sentences with analogue, each labelled with its topic.

  • Purists still record onto tape because an analogue signal path smooths the edges that a converter would otherwise sharpen.

    Music

  • An analogue light meter swings its needle further as the scene brightens, with no numbers involved at all.

    Photography

  • The thermostat is analogue: a strip of metal bends a little more for every degree the room warms.

    Technology

  • An analogue stick moves the character faster the further you push it, unlike a button that is simply on or off.

    Gaming

  • The old analogue blood pressure gauge is a column of mercury that climbs higher the harder the cuff squeezes.

    Medicine

  • A galvanometer is an analogue instrument, its needle swinging further as more current flows through the coil.

    Science

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