Analog quantity - Analog quantity

Japanese: アナログ量 - あなろぐりょう
Analog quantity - Analog quantity

Refers to expressing a numerical value using a continuous physical quantity. The word "analog" comes from the Greek word analogia (meaning similarity), and refers to a quantity whose magnitude changes continuously and can take any number of intermediate values, such as common physical quantities such as length, current, and resistance. In analog instruments, the value of a quantity is expressed by a scale marked by the movement of a pointer. Also, in analog computers, mathematical problems are solved by the voltage or current of electronic circuits. In contrast, a discrete quantity, such as counting the number of units of a certain quantity (such as counting natural numbers), is called a digital quantity.

[Katsuaki Ono]

[Reference] | Digital quantity

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

連続的な物理量をもって数値を表すことをいう。「アナログ」とはギリシア語のanalogia(相似を意味する)からきたことばで、大きさが連続的に変化して、いくらでもその中間の値をとることのできるような量をいい、長さ、電流、抵抗などの一般の物理量がこれに相当する。アナログ計器では、指針の移動による目盛りによって量の値を表す。また、アナログコンピュータでは、電子回路の電圧または電流によって数学上の問題の解を得ている。これに対し、ある一定量の単位が何個集まったかを数えていくような離散的な量(たとえば自然数を数えるような場合)をデジタル量という。

[小野勝章]

[参照項目] | デジタル量

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