Source: Thévenin’s theorem – Wikipedia
Month: September 2017
Norton’s theorem
Source: Norton’s theorem – Wikipedia
Maximum power transfer theorem
Three Latin American Dances III: Joropo Peligroso – Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour
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Source: Three Latin American Dances III: Joropo Peligroso – Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour | Song Info | AllMusic
WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub
It is pretty obvious but I think it is worth to be mentioned. When the password is too short (less than 8 characters) the WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) function doesn’t work. Of course there is no warning during compilation.
Source: WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub
Multicast DNS
In computer networking, the multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) resolves host names to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server. It is a zero-configuration service, using essentially the same programming interfaces, packet formats and operating semantics as the unicast Domain Name System (DNS). Although Stuart Cheshire designed mDNS to be stand-alone capable, it can work in concert with unicast DNS servers.[1]The mDNS protocol is published as RFC 6762, uses IP multicast Us
Source: Multicast DNS – Wikipedia
gregarious
gregarious
grɪ‘gɛ:rɪəs■ adjective
fond of company; sociable.
(of animals) living in flocks or colonies.
(of plants) growing in clusters.
gregariously adverb
gregariousness noun
ebulliently adverb
ebullient
ebullient
ɪ‘bʌljənt, -‘bʊl-■ adjective
cheerful and full of energy.
archaic (of liquid) boiling or turbulent.
ebullience noun
ebulliently adverb
twang
twang
■ noun
a strong ringing sound such as that made by the plucked string of a musical instrument.
a distinctive nasal pronunciation characteristic of the speech of an individual or region.
■ verb
make or cause to make a twang.
utter with a twang.
Bluster
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bluster
■ verb
talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect.
(of wind or rain) blow or beat fiercely and noisily.
■ noun blustering talk.
blusterer noun
blustery adjective
ME: ult. imitative.
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blustery
▶ adjective STORMY, gusty, blowy, windy, squally, wild, tempestuous, turbulent; howling, roaring.
calm.
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2bluster
Function: noun
Date: 1583
1 : a violent boisterous blowing
2 : violent commotion
3 : loudly boastful or threatening speech
–blus·ter·ous \-t(ə-)rəs\ adjective
–blus·tery \-t(ə-)rē\ adjective
Squint
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squint
■ verb
look at someone or something with partly closed eyes. ▶partly close (one’s eyes).
have a squint affecting one eye.
■ noun
a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye.
informal a quick or casual look.
an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar.
■ adjective chiefly Scottish not straight or level.
squinter noun
squinty adjective
C16: shortening of asquint.
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squint
▶ verb
the sun made them squint: SCREW UP ONE’S EYES, narrow one’s eyes, peer, blink.
he has squinted from birth: BE CROSS-EYED, have a squint, suffer from strabismus; Scottish be skelly; Brit. informal be boss-eyed.
▶ noun
(informal) we must have another squint at his record card: LOOK, glance, peep, peek, glimpse; view, examination, study, inspection, scan, sight; informal eyeful, dekko, butcher’s, gander, look-see, once-over, shufti.
does he have a squint?: CROSS-EYES, strabismus; Brit. informal boss-eye.
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1squint
Pronunciation: ‘skwint
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English asquint
Date: 1579
1 of an eye : looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
2 of the eyes : not having the visual axes parallel : CROSSED
2squint
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1599
1 a : to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim b : to deviate from a true line
2 a : to look in a squint-eyed manner b : to be cross-eyed c : to look or peer with eyes partly closed
transitive verb : to cause (an eye) to squint
–squint·er noun
–squint·ing·ly \’skwin-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
3squint
Function: noun
Date: circa 1652
1 : STRABISMUS
2 : an instance of squinting
3 : HAGIOSCOPE
–squinty \’skwin-tē\ adjective
stra·bis·mus
Pronunciation: strə-‘biz-məs
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strabismos condition of squinting, from strabizein to squint, from strabos squint-eyed; akin to Greek strephein to twist
Date: circa 1684
: inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball ― called also squint ― compare CROSS-EYE
–stra·bis·mic \-mik\ adjective