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📚 noun • entry_id 38150

blip

/blɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
parpadeo • señal luminosa
A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
At 6:45 pm, the chief officer saw a blip on the radar, approximately seven nautical miles away.
When the blip began to move up the oscilloscope screen, they followed again.
pitido
A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
Blip..Blip..Blip..Blip / There was that annoying noise again. Anger entered my subconscious as the dream came to an abrupt end.
The most popular event is Joel's computer-based biofeedback game. […] The goal is to move the balloons skyward while avoiding the rockets that the computer shoots toward the balloo…
bache
A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
As a cell moves through the aperture it causes a blip (a brief change) in the voltage when the nonconductive cell briefly displaces the conductive medium.
There's a chance this is just a viral blip, an intermittent spike of low-level virus that just happens in people on successful HIV treatment.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 38151

blip

/blɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pitar
To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
Phrases