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phillips

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

Editorial note

Note that it was created by the same guy that gave economics the Phillips curve.

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Quick take

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

noun

A Phillips screwdriver.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for phillips.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

noun

A Phillips screwdriver.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.

Example sentences

1

Note that it was created by the same guy that gave economics the Phillips curve.

2

Use the application form on the site or send an mail to dominic.phillips [at] stylight.com or directly to our CTO sebastian.schuon [at] stylight.com.

3

Well, one of the novelties of the Phillips screwdriver is its ability cam out of the screw head if it encounters too much resistance.

4

I think Lee Phillips is probably a good judge of Lee Philips' current opinions.

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I'm actually glad they changed the screws; Phillips screws that small strip pretty easily and then you're actually locked out of the device.

6

Then there's the problem of means-of-detection; Phillips had a cool setup that relied on the rolling shutter of phone cameras; but as soon as someone comes up with a global shutter for phones, such systems are toast.

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Sounds like GP is using Phillips Hue or similar bulbs, which can be programmed (via a phone or computer) to automatically change colors by individual light or groups (i.e.

8

And to call Phillips an economist with an engineering bent is highly inaccurate.

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Semi-related: MCA (Yes, Universal) invented the Laserdisc, their bean counters made the disks crappy (by underspeccing the factory), Phillips made unreliable crappy players that couldn't play said crappy disks...

10

If you enjoy these types of compiler videos then I would highly recommend the following rants against Scala by Paul Phillips (from TypeSafe and one of the core language contributors).

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Three years ago I built LED lamp out of some no-name high-power white LEDs (~1€/piece) and last year I got Phillips LivingColors lamp and subjectively I find the light given by bunch of no-name white LEDs more pleasant.

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Agilent has since spun off: * Phillips Medical Systems: health care * Avago: Semiconductors * Verigy: Semiconductor test * Keysight: Test equipment + Probably more I don't know about due to acquisitions.

Quote examples

1

Instead they "honor" the creator by using another, more questionable, creation of his, the Phillips curve.

2

All you need to take it apart is a Phillips head screwdriver." Would that imply hand-assembly in a small factory rather than large batch production?

Proper noun examples

1

I assume you mean Paul Phillips, the co-founder of typesafe?

2

Frankly, the only scala engineer who ever admitted it (they outright ban scala detractors on the mailing list and freenode) was Brad Phillips.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use phillips in a sentence?

Note that it was created by the same guy that gave economics the Phillips curve.

What does phillips mean?

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

What part of speech is phillips?

phillips is commonly used as noun.