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  2. Analogy - Wikipedia

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    Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. [1]In logic, it is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction.

  3. Analog - Wikipedia

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    Analog electronics, circuits which use analog signals Analog computer, a computer that uses analog signals; Analog recording, information recorded using an analog signal; Functional analog (electronic), a system that fulfills the same function as another; Structural analog (electronic), a system that has the same structure as another

  4. Analog signal - Wikipedia

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    An analog signal (American English) or analogue signal (British and Commonwealth English) is any continuous-time signal representing some other quantity, i.e., analogous to another quantity. For example, in an analog audio signal , the instantaneous signal voltage varies continuously with the pressure of the sound waves .

  5. Word art - Wikipedia

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    Word art or text art [1] is a form of art that includes text, forming words or phrases, as its main component; it is a combination of language and visual imagery. [2]

  6. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  7. Glitch art - Wikipedia

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    Animated example of what a glitched video can look like, by Michael Betancourt (Mae Murray in a screen test). Glitch art is an art movement centering around the practice of using digital or analog errors, more so glitches, for aesthetic purposes by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices.

  8. Analogue electronics - Wikipedia

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    Analogue electronics (American English: analog electronics) are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels. The term analogue describes the proportional relationship between a signal and a voltage or current that represents the signal.

  9. Analog device - Wikipedia

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    There are notable non-electrical analog devices, such as some clocks (sundials, water clocks), the astrolabe, slide rules, the governor of a steam engine, the planimeter (a simple device that measures the surface area of a closed shape), Kelvin's mechanical tide predictor, acoustic rangefinders, servomechanisms (e.g. the thermostat), a simple mercury thermometer, a weighing scale, and the ...