different between complementary vs analog

English

Etymology

complement +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
• (General American) enPR: k?m'pl?-m?n?t?-r?, -tr?, IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
• Homophone: complimentary
• Rhymes: -?nt??i, -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: com?ple?men?ta?ry

Adjective

complementary (comparative more complementary, superlative most complementary)

1. Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

   • Using the terminology we intro-
     duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple-
     mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly,
     black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and
     secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that
     the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64
     squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not
     either black or white).

2. (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
3. (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

Usage notes

• Complementary and complimentary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.

Derived terms

Related terms

• complemental

Translations

Noun

complementary (plural complementaries)

1. A complementary colour.
2. (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
3. An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Translations

Further reading

• complementary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• complementary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• analogue (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos, “proportionate”), from ??? (aná, “up to”) + ????? (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (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)

Antonyms

• digital
• discrete

Derived terms

• analog circuit
• analog computer
• analog meter

Translations

Noun

analog (plural analogs)

1. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
2. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
3. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

Related terms

• homolog
• analogy
• homology
• superanalog

Descendants

• ? Irish: analóg

Translations

Related terms

• analogetic
• analogical
• analogous

Anagrams

• Algona, Angola, agonal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?analok]

Noun

analog m

1. analog, analogue (something that bears an analogy to something else)
2. (chemistry) analog, analogue (structural derivative of a parent compound)

Related terms

German

Etymology

French analogue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ana?lo?k/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (formal) analogous

   Synonyms: ähnlich, vergleichbar, gleichartig

2. (physics, computing) analog

   Antonym: digital

3. (colloquial) material, not electronic or computerised

   Synonym: materiell

Declension

Synonyms

• analogisch

Further reading

• “analog” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analogue (UK) or analog (US)

References

• “analog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analog (US) or analogue (UK)

References

• “analog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?na.l?k/

Noun

analog m inan

1. analog (something that bears an analogy)
2. (chemistry) analog (structural derivative)
3. (colloquial, music) phonograph record

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) analogowy

Related terms

• (adverb) analogowo

Further reading

• analog in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• analog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French analogue, from Latin analogus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na?lo?/

Adjective

analog m or n (feminine singular analoag?, masculine plural analogi, feminine and neuter plural analoage)

1. analogue (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

ana- +? -log

Adjective

analog

1. analogue

Declension

Antonyms

• digital

Anagrams

• Angola