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chirps

chirps is the plural of chirp.

chirps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chirp.

Meaning of chirp

Noun

chirp (plural chirps)

  1. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
  2. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
    • The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]1985, D. Strickland, & G. Moreau, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses”, in Optics Communications, volume 56, number 3, pages 219-221

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Questions about chirps

What is chirps the plural of?
Chirps is the plural of chirp.

Words near chirps in the dictionary

  1. chirpings
  2. chirpish
  3. chirplet
  4. chirplets
  5. chirplike
  6. chirps
  7. chirpse
  8. chirpsed
  9. chirpses
  10. chirpsing
  11. chirpt

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