analogue

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An analogue recording is one that is made by changing the sound waves into electrical signals of the same type. An analogue signal is a signal of this type:

I started recording the sounds on analogue reel-to-reel tape.

This is the standard method used to convert analogue signals to digital.

Analogue television is broadcast using analogue signals, rather than using digital signals:

Grants can be given to people who still watch analogue broadcasts on old television sets to help them cover the cost of a digital converter.

An analogue camera or analogue photography records images on film, rather than in a form that can be looked at on a computer:

Many manufacturers are discontinuing their lines of analogue cameras.

If your camera is analogue, you'll need to install a video-capture device that will convert the analogue signal from your camera into digital code.

Analogue photography appears to be back in fashion right now.

An analogue clock or watch shows the time using numbers around the edge and hands that point to the numbers:

You can choose to have the time display as an analogue or digital clock.

She still uses an old-fashioned analogue alarm clock.

something that is similar to or can be used instead of something else:

He has been studying the European analogues of the British Parliament.

An analogue to penguins, the extinct plotopterids, appeared in the North Pacific about 37 million years ago.

using a system in which information, such as sound or images, is stored or sent in a continuously changing form, such as electrical signals, radio waves, or film:

analogue TV/radio/phone

analogue system/signal/service

Viewers would be forced to make the switch from analogue to digital.

showing information as a picture rather than using whole numbers:

an analogue clock/watch