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Analog computer refers to a computer that represents variables as changing in a continuous rather than discrete fashion, in contrast with a digital computer.
- Analog study : Analog study refers to a study conducted in the laboratory under conditions that are purportedly analogous to real life.
Analogical reasoning means drawing inductive inferences that specify a fourth (D) term that projects a relationship found between the first two (A and B) terms into the third (C) term of the analogy, in problems of the form A is to B and C is to D.
Reasoning based on relational similarity; reasoning that involves using something one knows already to help reason about something not known yet.
Analogue codes refer to a form of knowledge representation that preserves the main perceptual features of whatever is being represented for the physical stimuli we observe in our environment
Analogue research a kind of Research that evaluates a specific variable of interest under conditions that only resemble or approximate the situation to which one wishes to generalize.
Deutsch: Analogstudie / Español: Estudio analógico / Português: Estudo analógico / Français: Étude analogique / Italiano: Studio analogico /
Analogue study refers to a investigation that attempts to Replicate or simulate, under controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life.