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twiddle
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
Translations
twiddled
Past Simple
twiddled
Past Participle
twiddling
Gerund
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
She tends to twiddle her hair when she's nervous.
Она склонна крутить волосы, когда нервничает.
He likes to twiddle his pen during meetings.
Он любит вертеть ручку во время встреч.
Additional translations
twiddles
pl
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
With a quick twiddle, she adjusted the radio to her favorite station.
С быстрым поворотом она настроила радио на свою любимую станцию.
He sat there in silence, lost in thought, with a constant twiddle of his pen.
Он сидел в тишине, погруженный в мысли, с постоянным верчением ручки.
Additional translations
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
Used attributively in technical contexts (e.g., "twiddle factor")
Definitions
She twiddled her pen while waiting for the meeting to start.
He twiddled the radio dial until he found his favorite station.
I twiddled around the house all afternoon instead of starting my homework.
He sat there with a twiddle of his thumbs, waiting for the meeting to start.
She gave the knob a quick twiddle to adjust the volume.
In the command line, a twiddle often represents the user's home directory.
The FFT implementation precomputes twiddles to speed up the computation.
The algorithm applies a set of twiddle factors to the data.