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ebon

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ebon.

Editorial note

That might sound an insane suggestion, but Ebon has mentioned in the past that a combo of a Pi with a microcontroller is a good one.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ebon gathered in one view.

noun

(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

adjective

(poetic, literary) Black in colour.

adjective

(poetic) Made of ebony.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ebon.

Example sentences

1

That might sound an insane suggestion, but Ebon has mentioned in the past that a combo of a Pi with a microcontroller is a good one.

2

Yeah, high enough to see most of Fort Ebon from Vivec and vice-versa is roughly the sweet spot, IMO.

3

Sounds like a modern-day Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night, for you Pratchett fans out there.

4

In the grand tradition of Ebon Gate, the Merchant Consortium opens Feywrot Mire, the location of the Eve of the Reunion Celebration!

5

Is Raspberry Pi Foundation an entity or sub-entity of Raspberry Pi Trading, or just an affiliated organisation where Ebon Upton has roles in both organisations?

6

With this merger, Ebon can get a better understanding of the struggles people have and perhaps create other ways to help people learn to code.

7

I really doubt that Gemini was using the Fantastic Four poster itself when it said it recognized Ebon Moss-Bacharach as The Thing.

8

I'd suspect more people would recognise him then Ebon Upton nowadays.

9

That was the whole point behind the Pi (well, the whole point was using up shitty SoCs that Broadcom hadn't been able to sell, but that's beside the point.) What's really going on is that Ebon is prioritizing large OEMs who use Pis because they don't want to be bothered spending R&D to develop their own embedded system.

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> Although he didn’t know it, Alvarenga had washed ashore on Tile Islet, a small island that is part of the Ebon Atoll, on the southern tip of the 1,156 islands that make up the Republic of the Marshall Islands, one of the most remote spots on Earth.

Quote examples

1

Ebon says they're making 6M Pi's a year but it's months between any US supplier getting Pis, which means he's doing way more than "prioritizing OEMs."

2

I was reminded of Elanthia again a couple weeks back when Simutronics sent out an email on the latest "Ebon's gate" event.

3

What infuriates me is Ebon selling himself as some sort of hero, claiming that they're prioritizing things so that "people don't lose their jobs." How brave and noble of him, right?

4

One of the statements by Ebon Moglen's recent talk that stayed with me is something like "In every country where people spend a long time online, Google already knows how you're going to vote." Imagine the sort of things the government could get by mashing together our electronic signals, all of which you might want to keep private: 1.

Proper noun examples

1

Ebon Upton [0], one of the main folk from the Raspberry Pi foundation works for Broadcom and does SoC.

2

Ebon Upton started Raspberry Pi to help Qualcomm dump stock they couldn't get rid of otherwise.

3

Ebon Moglen also writes and speaks well on many of the political and economics aspects of software as it relates to property and law.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ebon in a sentence?

That might sound an insane suggestion, but Ebon has mentioned in the past that a combo of a Pi with a microcontroller is a good one.

What does ebon mean?

(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

What part of speech is ebon?

ebon is commonly used as noun, adjective.