Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A mode in which data is transmitted repeatedly without separate transactions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A mode enabling the firing of a predetermined number of rounds with a single pull of the trigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
The capture of several photographs in quick succcession by pressing or holding the shutter button.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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noun
An activation pattern of neurons, where periods of rapid action potential spiking are followed by quiescent periods much longer than typical interspike intervals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
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