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flapping

/ˈflæpɪŋ/

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noun

Battement

An instance where one flaps.

Examples :

"The tired bird gave one last, weak flapping of its wings before landing heavily on the branch. "

L'oiseau fatigué donna un dernier et faible battement de ses ailes avant d'atterrir lourdement sur la branche.

action animal bird

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noun

Flapping, processus phonologique où /t/ et /d/ intervocaliques deviennent la consonne battue alvéolaire /ɾ/

A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.

Examples :

"Linguistics students studied the flapping in the professor's pronunciation of "butter" and "budder." "

Les étudiants en linguistique ont étudié le flapping dans la prononciation de « butter » et « budder » du professeur.

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noun

Instabilité, battement

The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

Examples :

"The flapping of the school's internet connection made it impossible to finish the online test. "

L'instabilité de la connexion Internet de l'école a rendu impossible de terminer le test en ligne.

technology computing internet signal communication technical system frequency

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adjective

Battant, flottant

That flaps or flap

Examples :

"flapping sails"

voiles battantes

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