squid

Definitions


[skwɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles, typically able to change colour


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Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin


[skwɪd], (Verb)

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- fish using squid as bait


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Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin


[skwɪd], (Noun)

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- a device used in particular in sensitive magnetometers, which consists of a superconducting ring containing one or more Josephson junctions. A change by one flux quantum in the ring's magnetic flux linkage produces a sharp change in its impedance


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Origin:
1960s: acronym from superconducting quantum interference device




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