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"word": "wye cable"
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"word": "pee"
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"ref": "1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190",
"text": "Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee."
},
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"ref": "2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170",
"text": "It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, \"Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh.\"",
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"roman": "ʔī ḡrīkā",
"sense": "name of the letter Y, y",
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"sense": "name of the letter Y, y",
"word": "ওয়াই"
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"word": "ဝိုင်"
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"sense": "name of the letter Y, y",
"word": "Griekse ij"
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"word": "ایگرک"
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"word": "i dài"
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"text": "A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "By going around the wye, a train can change direction.",
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"A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track."
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"homophone": "why (wine-whine merger)"
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"text": "When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines.",
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"text": "Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city.",
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"text": "Committee contend that when these trains are wyed at Springfield, the road passenger crews are performing yard work at that point to eliminate switching by yard crews.",
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"(poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter."
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