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Hotspot vs Snickometer - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hotspot and snickometer

is that hotspot is an alternative spelling of lang=en while Snickometer is 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.

hotspot

English

(wikipedia hotspot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 2010 , Thomas E. Joiner, Myths about Suicide (page 154)
    • For instance, Toronto's Bloor Street Viaduct was, alas, a suicide hotspot — in fact, it was second only to the Golden Gate Bridge in terms of the number of bridge-related suicides.
  • A small device that acts like a high-speed modem and router to provide access to the internet through a cellular signal (aka: MiFi)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    snickometer

    English

    (wikipedia Snickometer)

    Alternative forms

    * snickometer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • *{{quote-journal
    • , year=1999 , date=July 7 , author=L. Hibbert , title=Decisions you can't argue with , journal=Professional Engineering , issn=0953-6639 , volume=12 , issue=13 , pages=26-27 , pageurl= 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. }}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , publisher=Channel 4 Books , author= , by= , type=foreword , title=Jargonbusting: Mastering The Art of Cricket , section=Foreword citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=5HKI6KKiPxUC&pg=PA8&dq=snickometer&ei=8EdTTJGnJYeyyASnnozXDg&cd=3
  • v=onepage&q=snickometer&f=false
    • , isbn=9780752265087 , 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.}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2007 , publisher=Troubador Publishing , author=Robert MacGregor , title=I Can't Take Any More Crap! , section=Umpiring, Cricket, Test Matches, Bad citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=C_5bBMbYx2MC&pg=PA237&dq=snickometer&lr=&ei=JUhTTODLJoOuzgSOxISRDg&cd=14
  • 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.}}

    Derived terms

    * Snicko

    See also

    * Hawkeye * Hotspot