whisker
81cat's whisker — /kæts ˈwɪskə/ (say kats wiskuh) noun 1. Radio the wire forming one contact of the crystal in a crystal detector. 2. Colloquial a small amount, often of distance: she won the race by a cat s whisker. 3. (plural) → facebow. 4. the cat s whiskers,… …
82spontaneous whisker growth — savaiminis adatinių kristalų augimas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. spontaneous whisker growth vok. spontanes Whiskerwachstum, n rus. самопроизвольный рост игольчатых кристаллов, m; самопроизвольный рост нитевидных… …
83cat's whisker — variant of cat whisker …
84cat's whisker. — See cat whisker. [1910 15] …
85cat's whisker — noun The wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio …
86cat's whisker — noun a fine adjustable wire in a crystal radio receiver. Phrases the cat s whiskers informal an excellent person or thing …
87by a whisker — idi by the narrowest margin …
88cat's-whisker — cat s whiskˈer noun (radio) A delicate wire brought into contact with a crystal to rectify the current in some forms of crystal detector and produce audibility • • • Main Entry: ↑cat …
89side whisker — …
90within a whisker of — informal extremely close or near to doing, achieving, or suffering something …