blip
A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screenA small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
» It's just a blip on a screen.
Это всего лишь точка на экране. — odexed
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesA small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
(broadly)A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
(Internet, historical)An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
Examples
3 sentencesIt's just a blip on a screen.
ruЭто всего лишь точка на экране. — odexed
Squad Leader Justin, a blip's appeared on the hyperspace radar!
Командир рою Джастін, на екрані гіперпросторогово радара з’явилася ціль! — User55521
ruКомандир отделения Джастин, на экране гиперпространственного радара появилась цель! — User55521
The Finance Minister said the July rise in inflation was only a blip.
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plural: blipsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface:pipradar target
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4 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.