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chirp

  • noun
  • /t͡ʃɜːp/

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

Other meanings

  1. A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.

Related words

  • chirplet
  • chirpy
  • gammachirp
  • interchirp
  • dechirp
  • downchirp
  • upchirp
  • chirped-pulse amplification

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