Analog

//ˈæn.ə.lɒɡ//

"Analog" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Which kind of watch do you prefer, digital or analog?

Is there some gustatory or culinary analog of a novel or film? In other words, can you eat or taste a complete, riveting story the way you can watch or read one?

My watch is analog.

Astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, and can be considered an analog calculator capable of working out several different kinds of problems in astronomy.

Nowadays, many children can't tell time on analog clocks.

I prefer analog watch faces over digital ones because the physical representation of the hours and minutes helps with my time blindness.

I prefer digital clocks to analog.

The Chicago-based non-profit Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept the analog hands at the same time for a second year in a row — the closest it has been to midnight during its 75 years.

I prefer digital clocks to analog ones.

I prefer digital watches to analog ones.

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an analog watch

an analog (paper) map

But for these digital natives, the stubborn analog wonders of skin, handshakes, hugs, bread and wine, faces, names and spontaneous conversation is part of what intrigued them and kept them going to church.

Not that I expect my children’s generation to be shocked by it all. Unlike my analog upbringing, they were born into a digital world.

But what, exactly, is a platform? In the analog world, a platform is where you catch a train or launch a rocket or give a speech — somewhere you go to do something else.

Effective analog dating demands a similar commitment to strategizing, she said, and “if you have your phone in your face, or earbuds in your ears, you’re not going to meet anyone.”

E-bikes have now become so popular that old-fashioned, human-powered ones are tagged as “analog” or “acoustic” bikes.

See also: convergent evolution

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