sensor network

wireless sensor network

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noun

computing a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby sensor network

sensorimotor area, sensorineural, sensorineural deafness, sensorineural hearing impairment, sensorium, sensor network, sensory, sensory aphasia, sensory cortex, sensory deprivation, sensory epilepsy

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And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.
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In the brilliant moonlight, on the white road, the branches cast a network of black shadow.
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They consist of a more or less dense network of hyph and numerous round or oval refractive spores.
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Eventually, they located the tiny green plants with the spirally leaves at the center—the loudest point—of each network.
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And darned if each meteor didn't strike dead center of each plant network.
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And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down: and the pomegranates being a hundred in all, were compassed with network.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

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