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a bit

1. A small portion, degree, or amount. It got a bit warm when the sun started shining so I'm not going to need to wear this coat today. I forgot my lunch, can I have a bit of yours? I'm afraid I've caught a bit of a cold.

2. A brief amount of time; a moment. I should be over in five minutes, so I'll see you in a bit! Well, Betty came over for a bit this morning before church. I only stayed a bit, so I didn't get any details about her new job.

bite

1. verb To respond to an invitation or ad, often a dishonest or misleading one. I tried to trick my brother into cleaning my room, but he didn't bite.

2. verb To be bad or seem ominous. I'm surprised he was nice to you—he usually bites.

3. verb To steal or take something. Aw man, somebody bit my notes, so I couldn't study at lunch.

4. verb, slang To be annoying or disappointing. Oh, that TV show bites. This season has been so stupid that I just can't watch it.

5. noun A meal, especially one that is small or is quick to prepare or eat. A shortening of the phrase "a bite to eat." We don't have a lot of time, so let's just grab a quick bite before the movie starts. Let's pull off at the next rest stop to grab a bite.

not one bit

Not a single, tiny bit; not at all. A: "Are you nervous at all about tonight's fight?" B: "Not one bit. This is what I've been training for." I don't get one bit of gratitude from my children for everything you do to keep them happy and healthy.

bit

1. n. a jail sentence. (Underworld.) Mooshoo did a two-year bit in Sing Sing.

2. n. a small theatrical part. (From bit part.) It was just a bit, but I needed the money.

3. n. any part of an act; any isolated activity or presentation. I didn’t like that bit concerning penalties.

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Boart Longyear said that the complete series of Longyear Diamond Drilling Bits is now available.

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Various injuries occur from different mammalian bites. Dogs have strong jaws and blunt broad teeth that together cause injury by crushing and shearing resulting in significant soft tissue damage.

Animal Bites: Risk, Care & Reporting

Many vendors around the globe have started to treat bit coins as a legal method of payment.

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Now what if, instead of a 1, the bit remained at 0?

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In order to reflect the overall wear loss variation of the diamond bit accurately, the bit was taken down after every hole was drilled on the bulletproof ceramics and then was washed cleanly and dried for weighing with a precise analytical balance.

Investigation on the Wear Rate of Sintering Diamond Core Bit during the Hole Drilling Process of [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3] Bulletproof Ceramics

There is also the chance some people can also suffer extreme allergic reactions to horsefly bites.

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If he bites too hard while nursing, Mom might just get up and walk away, taking the milk bar with her.

Bite inhibition

Unlike roller cones, these PDC bits are one-piece matrix bodies with no moving parts.

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* The least significant bit (LSB) A0 of multiplicand is multiplied vertically by LSB bit B0 of the multiplier, get their product S0 and this S0 is the LSB of result (S0).

FPGA implementation of area efficient and reduced delay 64x64 Vedic Multiplier

A: Definition of Bit Coins can vary from a person to other person.

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BIT Group has combined its two California facilities--San Diego-based 'BIT MedTech and Irvine-based Source Scientific LLC)--to form BIT USA Inc.

BIT Group restructures to serve growing U.S. market

A centric conical tip guides the bit and results in rounder holes, which is particularly important when setting anchors or fasteners.

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Surface Grip, the company indicated, is an innovative, industry-leading solution to the commonly seen problem that conventional bit holders can't provide firm grips on bits when notches on bit's hexagonal points are stripped after long time of use.