hardwire
hardwire is the alternative spelling of hard-wire.
Meaning of hard-wire
Verb
hard-wire (third-person singular simple present hard-wires, present participle hard-wiring, simple past and past participle hard-wired)
- To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires.
- To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.
- To make a pattern of behaviour automatic.
- "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation.
"You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get...2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 34
- "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation.
Forms of hardwire
| third-person singular present | hardwires |
|---|---|
| present participle | hardwiring |
| past participle | hardwired |
| past | hardwired |
Questions about hardwire
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