Definition of Analog/Analogue

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Just noticed one definition of "Analog" by Merriam-Webster as "being the same as", or "analogous". I think they are saying that listening to an analog/analogue playback is analogous to listening to a live event. I do not seem to be able to find that definition under digital however?
 

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Just noticed one definition of "Analog" by Merriam-Webster as "being the same as", or "analogous". I think they are saying that listening to an analog/analogue playback is analogous to listening to a live event. I do not seem to be able to find that definition under digital however?

One of Merriam-Webster's entries:
of, relating to, or being a mechanism or device in which information is represented by continuously variable physical quantities

But do we really need another analog vs digital thread, especially at the semantic level?
 

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One of Merriam-Webster's entries:
of, relating to, or being a mechanism or device in which information is represented by continuously variable physical quantities

But do we really need another analog vs digital thread, especially at the semantic level?
It was a cheeky rhetorical tongue-in-cheek entry. No debate needed or wanted, thank you.
 

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