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grays

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grays.

Editorial note

If you bounce out of a site a few times (hello, quora) then it grays out or falls off.

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Quick take

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grays.

noun

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).

Example sentences

1

If you bounce out of a site a few times (hello, quora) then it grays out or falls off.

2

Often they already are thinking in grays: they have doubt where everyone else has an absolute!

3

Scots Grays were the ones who charged French line and batteries at Waterloo which avoid disaster.

4

Also, low grade LCDs have obnoxiously extreme brightness variations from top to bottom that are most prominent in the mid-to-dark grays.

5

The thinking in grays is great; as you point out, that's the basis of science.

6

When I request songs, it shows up at the top section and then grays out.

7

This is why grays/rads are different units from sieverts/rems.

8

As a coder who understands UXP but is not great with design, I often fall back on blues or grays for my projects.

9

I like to read with the text at the top of the screen, but it grays it out (for no reason that I can determine).

10

You're right to not have qualms about laughing at something that's literally just black and white pixels (and some in-between grays) that are arranged in some configuration on your screen.

11

I really don't need the grays/white/blacks of past operating systems.

12

Those with muted colors and grays are no different when you're trying to pick out one slight variation over another and trying to determine if it's a function or something else.

Quote examples

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In a "deterministic" model, if you receive 5 Grays of radiation then you will have less severe symptoms than someone who received 50 Grays of radiation and for the most part, your symptoms will be certain and predictable.

2

My favorite quote from Woz's reply is this: "I awoke one night in Quito, Ecuador, this year and came up with a way to save a chip or two from the Apple II, and a trivial way to have the 2 grays of the Apple II be different (light gray and dark gray) but it’s 38 years too late." This is how you know you love your work.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use grays in a sentence?

If you bounce out of a site a few times (hello, quora) then it grays out or falls off.

What does grays mean?

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).

What part of speech is grays?

grays is commonly used as noun.