whisker
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- noun
- /ˈwɪskər/
- Specialized
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filamento
- Horizontal box lines indicate the lower and upper quartiles of the data, with the center line marking the data median. Vertical whiskers extend from the boxes to the minimum and maximum values of each data set.
- tin whiskers
Examples
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Figure 4. Mean word duration in seconds for different speakers. Boxes show lower quartile, median, upper quartile; whiskers end at 1.5 quartiles. Boxes and whiskers cover about 99% of the data.
Academic text (2011) -
The technician explained that a tin whisker could create an electrical short circuit on the metal surface.
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OK, this could be whisker stimulation and we stimulate repeatedly.
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Pure tin plating on copper is almost guaranteed to grow whiskers.
Blog text (17) -
And that's why when you do any kind of whisker scrubbing effects across the surface of denim, you see it go lighter and lighter.
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During the war, between 1939 and 1945, there was extensive development of semiconductor technology for use in microwave detectors, which were technologically advanced versions of the "cat's whisker" of early radio.
Academic text (1993) -
"All I lack to make the illusion complete are whiskers and a tail," she once told Ulfra, "and that old rogue Folderol tried to make me put them on, too."
Fiction book (1993) -
The ends of the "whiskers" represent the farthest data point within a span that extends 1.5 times the interquartile range from the 75th and 25th percentiles.
Academic text (2003) -
However, multiple issues have arisen: high processing temperatures drive higher costs, the high tin content can lead to tin whiskers that can cause short circuits, and fractures are common in challenging environments, making it difficult to quantify reliability.
Blog text (4) -
Figure 4. Mean word duration in seconds for different speakers. Boxes show lower quartile, median, upper quartile; whiskers end at 1.5 quartiles. Boxes and whiskers cover about 99% of the data.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The electronics sense of whisker uses the same image: engineers call thin metal growths 'whiskers' because they look like tiny hairs, and these little hairs can touch parts and cause electrical shorts.