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sweep 1. the distance, arc, etc., through which something, such as a pendulum, moves 2. Cards a. the winning of every trick in a hand of whist b. the taking, by pairing, of all exposed cards in cassino 3. short for sweepstake 4. Cricket a shot in which the ball is hit more or less square on the leg side from a half-kneeling position with the bat held nearly horizontal 5. a. a long oar used on an open boat b. Austral a person steering a surf boat with such an oar 6. any of the sails of a windmill 7. Electronics a steady horizontal or circular movement of an electron beam across or around the fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube sweep [swēp] (electronics) The steady movement of the electron beam across the screen of a cathode-ray tube, producing a steady bright line when no signal is present; the line is straight for a linear sweep and circular for a circular sweep. The steady change in the output frequency of a signal generator from one limit of its range to the other. (metallurgy) A profile pattern used to form molds for symmetrical articles made by sweep casting. (ordnance) Swift flight of a formation of combat airplanes over enemy territory. To cover a wide area with gunfire. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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His life was spent far from the court and away from the sounds of civil warfare, in the endeavour to set himself in harmony with the universe -- to become, in fact, like an Aeolian harp through which all the cords of nature might sweep at will. The Aged Man was about to speak further, but the meeting informally adjourned in order to sweep the floor of the temple - for the men of Gakwak are the tidiest housewives in all that province. Lady Arabella looked like a soulless, pitiless being, not human, unless it revived old legends of transformed human beings who had lost their humanity in some transformation or in the sweep of natural savagery. |
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