(of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.

plural of analogy

In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.

To express as an analogy. / To treat one thing as analogous to another.

Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.

Of or pertaining to analogy.

(logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument. / The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

plural of analogism