strays

/ streɪz /

plural noun

1. Also called: stray capacitance. electronics undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis

2. telecomm another word for static

Example Sentences

Clipper was one of the sweetest strays at the complex.

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They wait motionless for surface vibrations, darting out only when prey strays within reach.

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The Border Patrol’s peewee Patton added he felt his guys used “the least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission. If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that’s on them.”

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It is, in some ways, the most pernicious because it strays far afield from direct claims of military and political heroism to celebrate a scientist, a profession built around facts.

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A tidal disruption event occurs when a star strays too close to a massive black hole and is pulled apart by its immense gravitational forces.

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