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Vocabulary
switch off
phrasal verb
if you switch off something such as a light or a machine, or if it switches off, it stops working
to stop listening to someone, or to stop thinking about something
intuitive
adjective
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
Having a marked degree of intuition.
turn off
phrasal verb
to leave the road that you are travelling along in order to go along another one that leads away from it
to make someone feel bored or no longer interested in something
to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button or by moving a switch
to stop paying attention
to stop someone feeling sexually attracted or sexually excited
to stop using a supply of water, gas, or electricity by turning a tap, pressing a button, or moving a switch
halfway
adverb
Half of the way between two points; midway.
Moderately; somewhat.
find out
phrasal verb
to discover a fact or piece of information
to discover that someone has been dishonest
unveils
verb
To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.
gadget
noun
A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.
Any consumer electronics product.
A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
inductive
adjective
Of, or relating to logical induction.
Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
Introductory or preparatory.
Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
induces
verb
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
To cause, bring about, lead to.
To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
To infer by induction.
To lead in, bring in, introduce.
To draw on, place upon.
oscilloscope
noun
An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.
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