ANALOGUE


Meaning of ANALOGUE in English

/an"l awg', -og'/ , n.

1. something having analogy to something else.

2. Biol. an organ or part analogous to another.

3. Chem. one of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition.

4. a food made from vegetable matter, esp. soybeans, that has been processed to taste and look like another food, as meat or dairy, and is used as a substitute for it.

Also, analog .

[ 1820-30; análogon, neut. of análogos ANALOGOUS; r. earlier analogon ]

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