OS

Examples

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• The reboot will flush out the system, kill the virus, and revert back to the fail-safe OS.

  Geostorm (2017)

• Based on the early reviews, Microsoft's mobile OS is shaping up to be a winner.

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• This will help create an OS to best fit your needs.

  Her (2013)

• Would you like the OS to have a male or female voice?

  Her (2013)

• In this case, the base OS software was updated and released on the expected date.

  Blog text (1)

• Microsoft makes some great products, but their OS has completely lost my trust.

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• Thus, I won't run a closed-source OS on my PC under any circumstances.

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• It supports apps for Windows, Mac OS, Android, iOS.

• Freeverse Sound Studio 3 is an easy-to-use Mac OS X application for recording and editing digital audio on your computer.

  Academic text (2008)

• OSX is a narrow, special-purpose OS that is engineered to run on a short range of computer equipment.

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Synonyms

O

operating system

vsOS

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119 3.4

Software that controls a computer and lets other programs run

is the same meaning but used mainly as the shorter written form

Compounds

O

os breve

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9.9

A short bone like a wrist or ankle bone

O

os capitatum

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9.9

A large bone in the middle of the wrist that joins the middle finger bone

O

os nasale

• Specialized

9.9

A small thin bone that forms the bridge of the nose

O

os palatinum

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9.9

A bone at the back of the roof of the mouth that helps form the nose and eye socket floor

O

os pisiforme

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9.9

A small pea-shaped bone on the little finger side of the wrist that touches only one other wrist bone

O

os pubis

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8.7

The front part of the hip bone that helps make the pelvis

O

os frontale

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9.9

A large bone at the front of the skull that forms the forehead and upper eye sockets

O

os hamatum

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9.9

A hook-shaped bone in the wrist near the little and ring fingers

O

os hyoideum

• Specialized

9.9

A U-shaped bone under the tongue that supports its muscles

O

os ischii

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9.9

The lower back part of the hip bone that you sit on

O

os longum

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9.9

A long, round bone in the arm or leg that has marrow inside

O

os lunatum

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9.9

A small bone in the wrist near the middle of the first row of bones

O

os temporale

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9.2

A bone on the side of the skull that holds and protects the inner ear

O

os trapezium

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9.8

A small wrist bone on the thumb side that joins the base of the thumb and index finger

O

os trapezoideum

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9.9

A small bone in the wrist near the base of the index finger

O

os triquetrum

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9.9

A small bone in the wrist that connects to the pisiform, hamate, and lunate bones

O

os zygomaticum

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9.8

A bone under the eye that forms the cheek

O

os scaphoideum

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9.3

A bone near the base of the thumb that is the largest bone in the wrist

O

os sesamoideum

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9.9

A small round bone inside a tendon where it passes over a joint, often in hands or feet

O

os sphenoidale

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9.9

A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that helps form the eye sockets and support the brain

O

os tarsi fibulare

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9.9

A large bone at the back of the foot that forms the heel

How Complex

Linux

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109 4.0

OS

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82 3.4

microkernel

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1 8.3

firmware

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17 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology