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  • 1fault-finding — /ˈfɔlt faɪndɪŋ/ (say fawlt fuynding) noun 1. the act of pointing out faults; carping; picking flaws. –adjective 2. given to finding fault; disposed to complain or object …

  • 2fault — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or other defect in an electric circuit. 3 a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done. 4 a Tennis etc. a service of the ball not in accordance with …

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  • 3General Protection Fault (webcomic) — Infobox comic strip title= General Protection Fault caption= author= Jeffrey T. Darlington url= http://www.gpf comics.com/ rss= http://www.gpf comics.com/gpf.rss atom= status= Monday, Wednesday, Friday first= 1998 11 02 [http://www.gpf… …

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  • 4Censor — Cen sor, n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.] 1. (Antiq.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct. [1913 Webster] 2. One …

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  • 5captious — a. 1. Censorious, cavilling, carping, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault finding. 2. Crabbed, snappish, testy, touchy, waspish, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, cantankerous (colloq.), contentious. 3. Ensnaring, insidious …

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  • 6cavilling — a. 1. Captious, censorious, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault finding. 2. Specious, sophistical, plausible, tricky …

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  • 7TXE — TXE, which stands for Telephone eXchange Electronic, was the designation given to a family of telephone exchanges developed by the British General Post Office (GPO), now BT, designed to replace the ageing Strowger systems. When World War II ended …

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  • 8Captious — Cap tious, a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See {Caption}.] 1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. [1913 Webster] A captious and suspicious age. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] I am… …

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  • 9Compression ratio — For compression ratio in data compression, see data compression ratio. The compression ratio of an internal combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its… …

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  • 10Kenneth Dewar — Infobox Military Person name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar honorific suffix = CBE born=birthdate|df=yes|1879|9|21 died=death date and age|df=yes|1964|9|8|1879|9|21 caption=Vice Admiral Kenneth Dewar (as a Captain) nickname= placeofbirth=… …

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