analogue

Everyday

1. An analogue clock or watch has hands that move around a dial instead of showing numbers. tree →
2. Analogue describes old-style machines that work with smooth changes, not with digital numbers, like a vinyl record or an old radio. tree →
3. As a noun, an analogue is something that is like something else and can be compared with it. tree →

In the lessons

In school maths, children learn to tell the time on an analogue clock, reading the hour hand and the minute hand, and compare it with a digital clock. In science and technology, analogue is the opposite of digital. Phrases: analogue clock, analogue watch, analogue and digital.

Examples

• Can you read the time on an analogue clock? tree →
• The analogue clock in our classroom shows half past two. tree →
• My watch is analogue, so it has hands. tree →
• Grandpa still listens to an analogue radio. tree →
• Draw the hands on the analogue clock to show quarter to five. tree →
• A digital clock shows 3:15, and an analogue clock shows the same time with hands. tree →
• Vinyl records are analogue sound. tree →

Note

British, Irish, Australian and NZ spelling: analogue; American spelling: analog. Opposite: digital. On an analogue clock the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes; each number on the dial means 5 minutes for the minute hand.