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Digital

Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

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Dactyl 74% connected

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6cifu…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dactyl 74% connected

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6cifu…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dactyl 66% connected

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6cifu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Digit 66% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

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Analog 94% connected

something having the property of being analogous to something else

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Analog 94% connected

something having the property of being analogous to something else

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Content noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Contents noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Creator noun · 78% connection

a person who grows or makes or invents things

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Internet site noun · 78% connection

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet…

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Multimedia noun · 78% connection

transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

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Multimedia system noun · 78% connection

transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

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Online adverb · 78% connection

through a computer or a computer network; "People were encouraged to submit their designs online at www.flag.govt.nz and suggest what…

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Platform noun · 78% connection

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the el…

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Podcast noun · 78% connection

a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player; "Marbles does a weekly pod…

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Political platform noun · 78% connection

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the el…

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…

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Ascii noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…

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Audit adjective · 78% connection

An examination in general; a judicial examination.

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Binary adjective · 78% connection

Expressed using only two possible values, usually 0 and 1.

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Binary code noun · 78% connection

code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters

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Carnivore noun · 78% connection

a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"

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Cerebroscopy noun · 78% connection

Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by exami…

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Didactyl noun · 78% connection

An animal having only two digits.

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Didactylous adjective · 78% connection

Having only two digits; two-toed.

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Envelop noun · 78% connection

A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Fiddle verb · 78% connection

To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifl…

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Figure noun · 78% connection

one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

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Fingering noun · 78% connection

The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in pl…

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Flute verb · 78% connection

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys whi…

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Guarantee noun · 78% connection

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of…

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Hand noun · 78% connection

Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

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