pattern card

  • 51test card — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms test card : singular test card plural test cards British a pattern of lines and colours that you see on your television screen when there are no programmes …

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  • 52punch card — punch′ card n. cmp a rectangular card on which data is stored in the form of a pattern of small holes • Etymology: 1940–45 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 53punch card — /ˈpʌntʃ kad/ (say punch kahd) noun a standard sized card through which a pattern of holes is punched to represent information in a form which can be read by a computer or business machine. Also, punched card …

  • 54test card — n BrE a pattern or picture that is shown on television when there are no programmes …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 55test card — test ,card noun count BRITISH a TEST PATTERN …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56punch card — n. card which is perforated in a specific pattern representing certain data to be read by a machine …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 57playing-card — n. each of a set of usu. 52 oblong pieces of card or other material with an identical pattern on one side and different values represented by numbers and symbols on the other, used to play various games …

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  • 58Jacquard card — (in a Jacquard loom) one of a series of perforated cards that control the manipulation of the warp threads and determine the intricate pattern woven on the material. * * * …

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  • 59test card — noun A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown). Syn: test pattern …

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  • 60test card — noun (C) a pattern or picture that is shown on television when there are no programmes …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English