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noun
- (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
- Someone or something that catches.
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noun (abbreviated as CRT)
- a vacuum tube in which electrons from a heated cathode are focused and deflected onto a phosphorescent screen; used in television sets etc
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| CCD |
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initialism
- Charge Coupled Device. (digital camera cell technics)
- Colony Collapse Disorder
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| Chip |
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noun See chip
proper noun - A male given name.
verb See chip
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| clipper |
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noun
- anything that clips
- (especially, in plural) a tool used for clipping something
- (nautical) any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem
- (electronics) a circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value
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| collector |
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noun
- A person or thing which collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
- He is an avid of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
- That old piano is just a big dust .
- A person who is employed to collect payments.
- She works for the government as a tax .
- (context, electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
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| comparator |
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noun
- any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard
- an electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data
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| compatible |
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adjective
- capable of easy interaction.
- able to get along well.
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| compressor |
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noun - A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- A devices that squeezes (compresses).
- (audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal
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| counter |
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noun
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his forward six spaces.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- He put his money on the , and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
- One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.
- He's only 16 months, but is already a good - he can count to 100.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.
- (context, grammar) a class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place.
verb
- To contradict, oppose.
- (context, boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
- "His left hand countered provokingly." -C. Kingsley.
- To take action in response to; to respond.
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adjective
- contrary, Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.
- His carrying a knife was to my plan.
adverb
- Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
- "Running to all the rules of virtue." -Locks.
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| CPS |
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initialism - Child Protective Services
- Current Population Survey
- Clean Plate Syndrome
- Crown Prosecution Service
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| Crystal |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
- (slang) The drug Crystal Meth (methamphetamine hydrochloride)
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