analog-to-digital converter

noun

A device that converts an infinite resolution analog signal to a finite resolution digital signal.

“Coordinate term: digital-to-analog converter”

Similar
digitizerdigitiseranalog-digital converter

Meanings

nounanalog-to-digital converter (plural analog-to-digital converters)

plural analog-to-digital converters · alternative A-D · alternative A2D · alternative ADC

  1. businessA device that converts an infinite resolution analog signal to a finite resolution digital signal.

    Coordinate term: digital-to-analog converter

Synonyms & antonyms

noundevice for converting analogue signals into digital signals

Similar
digitizerdigitiseranalog-digital converter
Broader
data converter
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto ciferecigilo
  • ciferecigilodevice that converts analog signal to digital signal
Finnish analogia-digitaalimuunnin
  • analogia-digitaalimuunnindevice that converts analog signal to digital signal
Japanese アナログデジタルコンバータ
  • アナログデジタルコンバータ (anarogu dejitaru konbāta)device that converts analog signal to digital signal
Polish przetwornik analogowo-cyfrowy
  • przetwornik analogowo-cyfrowydevice that converts analog signal to digital signal
Portuguese conversor analógico-digital, conversor analógico/digital
  • conversor analógico-digitaldevice that converts analog signal to digital signal
  • conversor analógico/digitaldevice that converts analog signal to digital signal
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APA

analog-to-digital converter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analog-to-digital%20converter

MLA

“analog-to-digital converter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analog-to-digital%20converter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “analog-to-digital converter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analog-to-digital%20converter.

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