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bit
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?t, IPA(key): /b?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd- (“to split”).
Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.
Noun
bit (plural bits)
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value.
- (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 10, [3]
- The smallest coin we had in Canada in early days was a dime, worth ten cents. The Indians called this coin "a Bit". Our next coin, double in buying power and in size, was a twenty-five cent piece and this the Indians called "Two Bits".
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 10, [3]
- (now US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 6:
- I trusted to the Lord to be with me; and at one of our trips to St. Eustatia, a Dutch island, I bought a glass tumbler with my half bit, and when I came to Montserrat I sold it for a bit, or sixpence.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 6:
- (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- A portion of something.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- T. Hook
- My young companion was a bit of a poet.
- T. Hook
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- Short for bit part.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
Synonyms
- (coin): coin, piece
- (small piece): morsel (of food), piece, scrap
- (portion): portion, share, segment
- (horse equipment): snaffle, pelham, kimberwicke
- (prison sentence): bid
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bit (third-person singular simple present bits, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)
- (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
Etymology 2
See bite
Verb
bit
- simple past tense of bite
- Your dog bit me!
- (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten
- I have been bit by your dog!
Adjective
bit (not comparable)
- (colloquial) bitten.
- (only in combination) Having been bitten.
Etymology 3
Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”. First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon. Compare byte and nybble.
Noun
bit (plural bits)
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- Synonym: b
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.
- The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ban, nat, qubit
References
Anagrams
- Bti, ITB, TBI, TiB, tib
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bit]
Noun
bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitl?r)
- louse
Declension
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bit/
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
bit m (plural bits)
- (computing) bit
Czech
Etymology
From English bit, from binary digit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
bit m
- (computing) bit
Declension
Derived terms
- bitový
- osmibitový
- šestnáctibitový
- kilobit
- megabit
- gigabit
- terabit
Further reading
- bit in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- bit in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
- bit in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?t/
- Hyphenation: bit
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Ablaut of bijten.
Noun
bit n (plural bitten, diminutive bitje n)
- bit (for a working animal)
- bit (rotary cutting tool)
- mouthguard
Etymology 2
From English bit.
Noun
bit m (plural bits, diminutive bitje n)
- bit (binary digit)
- bit (unit of storage)
- bit (datum with two possible values)
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bit/
Noun
bit m (plural bits)
- (computing) bit
Derived terms
- bit le moins significatif
- bit le plus significatif
Further reading
- “bit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
From English bit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bit]
- Hyphenation: bit
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
bit (plural bitek)
- (computing) bit (binary digit)
Declension
Derived terms
- jelz?bit
References
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?t]
- Hyphenation: bit
Etymology 1
From English bit (“binary digit”).
Noun
bit (first-person possessive bitku, second-person possessive bitmu, third-person possessive bitnya)
- (computing) bit, smallest unit of storage.
Etymology 2
From Dutch biet (“binary digit”).
Noun
bit (first-person possessive bitku, second-person possessive bitmu, third-person possessive bitnya)
- Beta vulgaris, common beet, beetroot, sugar beet, and chard.
Further reading
- “bit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bit/
Noun
bit
- sun
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[6], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?it/
Verb
bit
- supine of bi?
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English beat.
Verb
bit
- beat
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse biti
Noun
bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural biter, definite plural bitene)
- a bit, piece (of something)
- a bite, mouthful (of food)
Derived terms
- isbit
- smakebit
Etymology 2
From English bit (binary digit)
Noun
bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or biter, definite plural bitene)
- a bit (binary digit)
References
- “bit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?t/
Noun
bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bitar, definite plural bitane)
- a bit, piece (of something)
Derived terms
- isbit
- smakebit
Etymology 2
From English bit (binary digit)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?t?/
Noun
bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or bitar, definit plural bitane)
- a bit (binary digit)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse bit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?t/
Noun
bit n (definite singular bitet, indefinite plural bit, definite plural bita)
- a bite (e.g. insect bite, dog bite)
- a bite, mouthful (of food)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?t/
Verb
bit
- inflection of bite:
- present
- imperative
References
- “bit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Verb
bit
- third-person plural future of is
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English bit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bit??(i)/, /?bit(i)/
Noun
bit m (plural bits)
- (mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit)
Synonyms
- Abbreviations: b
Coordinate terms
- Multiples: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit
Related terms
- byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From b?ti (“to be”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bî?t/
Noun
b?t f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- essence
- point, meaning
Declension
Etymology 2
From English bit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bît/
Noun
b?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (computing) bit
Declension
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *b???tei, from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH-.
Verb
bit pf or impf
- to be
References
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 409–412
Spanish
Etymology
From English bit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bit/, [?bit?]
Noun
bit m (plural bits)
- bit (binary digit)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse biti, noun definitions 2 and 4: From English bit, from binary digit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?t/ (1–4)
- IPA(key): /b?t/ (3–4)
Noun
bit c
- bit (small piece)
- bit (portion)
- bit (binary digit)
- bit (unit of storage)
- bit (piece of music)
Declension
Related terms
- pusselbit
- sockerbit
Verb
bit
- imperative of bita.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bit/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ????, ???, from Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).
Noun
bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitler)
- (zoology) louse
Declension
Derived terms
- bit yeni?i (fishy)
- bitli (lousy)
See also
- pire (flea)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bit, abbreviation of binary digit.
Noun
bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitler)
- (computing) bit
Declension
Etymology 3
Verb
bit
- second-person singular imperative of bitmek
Turkmen
Etymology
From Old Turkic bit? (bit), from Proto-Turkic *b?t (“louse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bit?/
Noun
bit (definite accusative bidi, plural bitler)
- (zoology) louse
Declension
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [??it???]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [??it???]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [???t???]
Noun
bit
- (computing) bit
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pit?/
- Tone numbers: bit7
- Hyphenation: bit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *pit? (“duck”). Cognate with Thai ???? (bpèt), Lao ???? (pet), Lü ??? (?ed), Tai Dam ????, Shan ????? (pét), Ahom ???????????????? (pit), Bouyei bidt, Saek ????. Compare Old Chinese ? (OC *p?id).
Noun
bit (classifier duz, Sawndip form ?, old orthography bit)
- duck
Derived terms
- roegbit
Etymology 2
From Chinese ? (MC p?i?t?).
Noun
bit (classifier gaiq, Sawndip form ????, old orthography bit)
- pen; pencil; writing implement
Classifier
bit (old orthography bit)
- Classifier for sums of money and deals.
Etymology 3
From Chinese ? (MC p?i?t?).
Classifier
bit (old orthography bit)
- Classifier for cloth: bolt of
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touch
English
Etymology
From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tucc? (“to knock, strike, offend”), from Frankish *tukk?n (“to knock, strike, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *tukk?n? (“to tug, grab, grasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull, lead”). Displaced native Middle English rinen, from Old English hr?nan (“to touch, reach, strike”)" (whence Modern English rine); Middle English repen, from Old English hrepian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?t??/, enPR: tûch
- Rhymes: -?t?
Verb
touch (third-person singular simple present touches, present participle touching, simple past and past participle touched)
- Primarily physical senses.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact. [from 14th c.]
- Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.
- The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.
- She touched her lips to the glass.
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To consume, or otherwise use. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at). [from 16th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander — from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain — this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs. [from 17th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- (transitive or reflexive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate. [from 20th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- Primarily non-physical senses.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to. [from 14th c.]
- , I.2.4.vii:
- Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched, […] there is a superstitious fear […] which much trouble many of us.
- , I.2.4.vii:
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something). [from 14th c.]
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- "Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand."
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with. [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- Men of Israhell take hede to youreselves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men.
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), page 423:
- And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
- to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
- nobody.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- (transitive, dated) To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend). [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head". [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality. [from 19th c.]
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to touch her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
touch (countable and uncountable, plural touches)
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- a heavy touch, or a light touch
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- He promised to keep in touch while he was away.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch.
- (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
- (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- (obsolete) A brief essay.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
- a neat new monument of touch and alabaster
- (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- equity, the true touch of all laws
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Knowles to this entry?)
- The children's game of tag.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- (Britain, plumbing, dated) Tallow.
- Form; standard of performance.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- touch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- chout, couth
Spanish
Adjective
touch (invariable)
- touch; touch-screen
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