analogue

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Synonyms: analogous, analogy, analog, catalogue, apologue, dialogue, anagoge, analogic, analogon, analogate, analogize

Antonyms: analogous, analogy, analog, catalogue, apologue, dialogue, anagoge, analogic, analogon, analogate, analogize

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|Commonwealth}} {{alternative spelling of|en|analog}}.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} Something that bears an [[analogy]] to something else.
2. {{lb|en|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. {{lb|en|chemistry}} {{alternative spelling of|en|analog|t=A structural [[derivative]] of a parent [[compound]] that differs from it by only one or a few [[atom]]s or [[substituent]] groups; {{lb|en|usually, especially}} such a [[molecule]] that retains most of the same chemical properties.}}

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