A signal that can vary in a continuous manner (as opposed to a digital signal that only takes discrete values).

plural of analog stick

(video games) A small potentiometer-based joystick mounted on a game controller.

plural of false analogy

plural of q-analog

(mathematics) A generalization of a theorem, identity or expression that involves a new parameter q that returns the original theorem, identity or expression in the limit as q → 1. They have applications in the study of fractals and the entropy of chaotic dynamical systems.

plural of analog watch

(logic) An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.

plural of analogous pole

The pole of a crystal that becomes positively electrified when heated.