Used in a Sentence

pico

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

Editorial note

Even Chipotle can have very substandard pico or guacamole and that's basically their only really fresh ingredients (save lettuce).

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An island in the Azores.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

An island in the Azores.

noun

A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

noun

Ellipsis of pico de gallo. [A condiment generally made with diced raw onions, tomatoes, chiles, and cilantro.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pico.

noun

An island in the Azores.

noun

A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

noun

Ellipsis of pico de gallo. [A condiment generally made with diced raw onions, tomatoes, chiles, and cilantro.]

Example sentences

1

Even Chipotle can have very substandard pico or guacamole and that's basically their only really fresh ingredients (save lettuce).

2

The map of which {micro,pico,femto}cell you phone has been near will contain far more detailed travel information.

3

But there's a catch: in the beginning he was really interesting in pico-iterations.

4

Wait till we get to nano and pico blogging: your status in less than one character!

5

Surely it was a micro/pico classed system by today's standards?

6

Edit: To figure out where you're coming from: do you consider text editors like vim, nano, and pico to be GUIs or CLIs?

7

I always found vi a mystery and just used pico instead.

8

I would say the same thing, except swap vi and pico in your comment:) I think it's all a matter of what you got used to first.

9

What's the problem with ed, vim, nano, pico, emacs, etc.

10

While an electron microscope scans a specimen, so either you have to do its with a frequency way higher than any vibrations, or 'focus' on a single place to 'listen' to it (pico stethoscope).

11

I just leave HN readers to make their own judgement: I plan to announce a pico-second message-passing library because I have done the TB level L1 cache throughput in my Haswell core.

12

I think pico-iterations would be wonderful, and that is the big problem -- we meet twice a week (he has dedicated 4hrs a week and sometimes not even that.) Way too much time goes by before we test whether the build-out matches the vision.

Quote examples

1

Heh, they had "pico" in their list of editors.

2

When I first saw it I thought "pico see".

3

Do people who use this call it "peacock" or "pico see"?

4

As for the "As a consequence [of being interpreter-only], Pico Lisp is the most dynamic Lisp in existence today." part, I don't really see what notable advantages an interpreter-only implementation would have over a proper compiler-implementation in flexibility, given that it's Lisp we're talking about.

Proper noun examples

1

We're working out of a house in Beverlywood (near Robertson and Pico).

2

What is the difference between vi and Pico?

3

Personally I prefer Gilbert's and Don Antonio's (homestyle; both on Pico).

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use pico in a sentence?

Even Chipotle can have very substandard pico or guacamole and that's basically their only really fresh ingredients (save lettuce).

What does pico mean?

An island in the Azores.

What part of speech is pico?

pico is commonly used as noun.