analogue
adjective
(USanalog)uk/ˈæn.ə.lɒɡ/us/ˈæn.ə.lɑːɡ/analogueadjective(RECORDED SIGNALS)
An analoguerecordingis one that is made bychangingthesoundwavesintoelectricalsignalsof the sametype. An analoguesignalis asignalof thistype:
Istartedrecordingthesoundson analogue reel-to-reeltape.
This is thestandardmethodused toconvertanaloguesignalstodigital.
Analoguetelevisionisbroadcastusinganaloguesignals,ratherthan usingdigitalsignals:
Grants can be given topeoplewho stillwatchanaloguebroadcastsonoldtelevisionsets tohelpthemcoverthecostof adigitalconverter.
An analoguecameraor analoguephotographyrecordsimagesonfilm,ratherthan in aformthat can belookedat on acomputer:
Manymanufacturersarediscontinuingtheirlinesof analoguecameras.
Ifyourcamerais analogue, you'll need toinstalla video-capturedevicethat willconvertthe analoguesignalfromyourcameraintodigitalcode.
Analoguephotographyappearsto be back infashionrightnow.
Compare
digital
- Avinylrecordis analogue. A CD isdigital, whichmeansthat thesound, whichstartsas analogue, has to bedigitallycoded.
- ThealbumwasrecordedinParison analogueequipment.
- Thatyearthevastmajorityoftelevisionbeingwatchedwas still on analogueterrestrialchannels.
- The 2,000householdsin theareawhich are stillwatchinganalogue have less than fourweekstoconverttodigital.
- There's been arealtransitionfrom theoldanaloguesecuritycameras.
- We areupgradingtheexistingCCTVcamerasfrom analogue todigital.
Recording sounds and images
- audiovisual
- AV
- deepfake
- digitally
- distort
- distortion
- erase
- fade
- misrecord
- mix
- mono
- playsomethingback
- production
- re-record
- record
- release
- resynthesis
- resynthesize
- sampler
- sound effect
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Broadcasting in general
Audio & video equipment
Photography
analogueadjective(CLOCK)
An analogueclockorwatchshowsthetimeusingnumbersaround theedgeandhandsthatpointto thenumbers:
You canchooseto have thetimedisplayas an analogue ordigitalclock.
She still uses anold-fashionedanaloguealarmclock.
Opposite
digital
- An analoguewatchuserwill justglanceat thetimepieceand say, "It's aboutquarterto five."
- Thechildrenareaskedtodrawapictureof an analogueclockshowingaparticulartime.
Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clockidiom
- alarm
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke ofsomethingidiom
- atomic clock
- clock
- horologist
- horology
- hour hand
- hourglass
- jewel
- military time
- movement
- stroke
- ticking
- timekeeper
- timepiece
- turn the clocks backphrase
- twenty-four-hour clock
analogue
noun[C]
formal(USusuallyanalog)uk/ˈæn.ə.lɒɡ/us/ˈæn.ə.lɑːɡ/something that issimilarto or can be usedinsteadof somethingelse:
相似物，类似物；对等物；代用物He has beenstudyingtheEuropeananaloguesofthe British Parliament.他一直在研究相当于英国议会的欧洲政治机构。
An analoguetopenguins, theextinctplotopterids,appearedin theNorthPacificabout 37 millionyearsago.
- This is theclosestanalogue we have onEarthto what mightexistelsewhereinoursolarsystem.
- Modern-dayOlympicevents, such asrunning,jumping, and discus-throwing, haveclassicalanalogues.
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargainsomethingaway
- change over
- instead
- instead of
- lieu
- make up forsomething
- name
- rep
- represent
- shoe
- sing
- someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
- spare
- step
- step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
- step into the breachidiom
- sub outsomething
- substitution