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hila.

wicket, gate

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhilɑ/[ˈhilɑ̝]
  1. wicket, gate

    Central · Finland · dialectal
  2. grate, grating

  3. lattice

  4. diffraction grating

  5. gate (in a field effect transistor)

  6. grid (in a vacuum tube)

  7. wicket

  8. synonym of rasteri (“raster”)

Where this word comes from

Unknown. Originally meant “wicket, gate” (in western Savonian and Ostrobothnian dialects). Most senses have developed through “grate, grating” (perhaps influenced by German Gitter, English lattice, which also went from “grate, grating; grid, mesh” → “grating, lattice (in scientific senses)”); “gate” (in a field effect transistor) from “grid” (in a vacuum tube).

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