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virtual wire

What is a virtual wire ?

A virtual wire connects two ends of a controlled system using a radio frequency (RF) medium. The transmitting-end is hard-wired to the physical source control(s), e.g., foot pedal. The receiving-end is hard-wired to the device(s) being controlled, e.g. electro-surgical generator.

On activation of the source controls, the transmitter sends a continuous stream of data packets to the receiver. Each data packet indicates the current state of the source controls. The receiver actuates the associated device(s) as directed by control information in the data packets. If the stream of data packets ceases, for any reason, then the receiver must turn off all devices being controlled, i.e., enter a fail-safe state.

The key element of the virtual wire paradigm is to provides a fail-safe mechanism based on a loss-of-signal (LOS) condition. LOS at the receiver-end is defined as the absence of the transmitters continuous data packet stream. If the receiver detects a LOS, it enters a fail-safe state, that typically results in deactivation of all devices being controlled.

A virtual-wired system is analogous to a hard-wired system, in that a switched electrical current flow gates the activation of a device; if the electric current flow ceases, for any reason, then the controlled device deactivates.
NearOnControls Model Revere-101 2.4GHz virtual wire switching system.
by gman8a March 17, 2011
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Dance Wierd

A brilliant way to get your friends excited at the club
Can also be substituted for pas de basques in Scottish country dancing
Aww come one mate let’s just dance wierd
Turn to your partner and dance wierd
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ground wire

During sex your partner put a finger in your butt, to help you achieve orgasm.

It can be as deep as a prostate massage, or just circling close to the entrance.

The origin might be from the Brazilian fio-terra.
Male 1: How was the date with Female?
Male 2: It was great. When I was about to come she ground wire me. I came like a fountain.
by Eunuco February 1, 2020
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Down to the Wire

Everything is ready to be finished, but everyone is waiting on the phone company to show up and pull their dman wire into the building... thus it is "Down to the Wire"
Hey, I know we are supposed to be done so you can turn this project over... But it is "Down to the Wire".... Talk to Verizon about it.
by 71spud September 17, 2014
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barbed wire rape

A form of torture in which a pipe is shoved into the anus of the victim followed by the inserting of barbed wire into that pipe. The pipe is then pulled out, and as a result, leaving the barbed wire in its place. Then the barbed wire is yanked out, ripping the flesh and causing excruciating pain.
Dude, that physics exam was like barbed wire rape.
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wierdo

1.A wierdo or correctly spelled weirdo is a person who is strange or has strange behavior.
2.A person who acts or is abnormal to what is considered "normal" Synonyms would be strange, freak
"johnny is such a wierdo because he collects barbies!"(johnny is a wierdo because most people consider it strange that a guy would play or collect things ment for girls.
{CC: being considered a wierdo is not nor ever is bad.}
by MK March 20, 2005
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wered

Adj. crazy, strange, unusual, loco.
The real way to spell 'weird'.
Say weird, it souded like WE'RED didn't it??
Often thought of as the original spelling of weird, derived from the latin word "werd" meaning 'the one who cannot think properly'.
Person #1: Look at this SCENE kid's pictures...
Person #2: wow, thats a really wered photo angle.
by DCrepresent October 21, 2010
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