Hawkeye vs Snickometer - What's the difference?
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(cricket) a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.
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, date=July 7
, author=L. Hibbert
, title=Decisions you can't argue with
, journal=Professional Engineering
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, year=2002
, publisher=Channel 4 Books
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, type=foreword
, title=Jargonbusting: Mastering The Art of Cricket
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v=onepage&q=snickometer&f=false
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, page=6
, passage=Alongside the snickometer moments there was the Saturday morning Roadshow, the Analyst, Jargonbusting, a sympathetic interview, an orginal feature, an e-mail question answered.}}
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, year=2007
, publisher=Troubador Publishing
, author=Robert MacGregor
, title=I Can't Take Any More Crap!
, section=Umpiring, Cricket, Test Matches, Bad
v=onepage&q=snickometer&f=false
, isbn=9781905886111
, page=237
, passage=And we have the Snickometer to put beyond doubt whether the batsman touched the ball with his bat or gloves and not his ear or his arse.}}
Hawkeye is a see also of snickometer.
As nouns the difference between hawkeye and snickometer
is that hawkeye is a native or resident of the american state of iowa while snickometer is (cricket) a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.snickometer
English
(wikipedia Snickometer)Alternative forms
* snickometerNoun
(en noun)citation, passage=In cricket, there is the "third eye" to decide close run-out decisions, and also Channel 4 is introducing a technological innovation called Snickometer designed to end debates whether or not a batsman has actually made contact with the ball. }}
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