analog computer
C12
concept
An analog computer is a computing device that represents and processes data as continuously variable physical quantities, such as voltages or mechanical motions, to model and solve mathematical problems.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| scientific instrument | 135 |
| analog computer canonical | 3 |
| hydraulic computer | 2 |
| measurement device | 2 |
| signal analysis device | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: analog computer
Generated description
An analog computer is a computing device that represents and processes data as continuously variable physical quantities, such as voltages or mechanical motions, to model and solve mathematical problems.
Instances (139)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Holmdel Horn Antenna | scientific instrument |
| FEL-2 | scientific instrument |
| Solar Isotope Spectrometer | scientific instrument |
| Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer | scientific instrument |
| Low Energy Telescope | scientific instrument |
| Virgo interferometer | scientific instrument |
| Wood–Anderson torsion seismometer | scientific instrument |
| Thermal Emission Imaging System | scientific instrument |
| tunable laser spectrometer | scientific instrument |
| DMR | scientific instrument |
| Haldane apparatus | scientific instrument |
| OCAMS | scientific instrument |
| OVIRS | scientific instrument |
| OTES | scientific instrument |
| SEIS seismometer | scientific instrument |
| Instrument Deployment Camera | scientific instrument |
|
hydraulic economic computer MONIAC
surface form:
MONIAC
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| MONIAC hydraulic computer | — |
| CheMin | scientific instrument |
| APXS | scientific instrument |
| DAN | scientific instrument |
| REMS | scientific instrument |
| RAD | scientific instrument |
| MARDI | scientific instrument |
| Armillary sphere | scientific instrument |
| PIXL | scientific instrument |
| WATSON | scientific instrument |
| MEDA | scientific instrument |
| CacheCam | scientific instrument |
| Chandra’s Altitudinal Composition Explorer | scientific instrument |
| Video Imaging System | scientific instrument |
| Solar Wind Monitor | scientific instrument |
| MOM camera | scientific instrument |
| MSM | scientific instrument |
| ChemCam | scientific instrument |
| Mastcam | scientific instrument |
| MAHLI | scientific instrument |
| Mastcam-Z | scientific instrument |
| Giant Magellan Telescope | scientific instrument |