Sparklies vs Sparkies - What's the difference?
sparklies | sparkies |
(informal) Things that sparkle; gems.
* 2008 , Heather Vogel Frederick, Goldwhiskers (page 27)
(television) A kind of interference pattern on analogue satellite television, caused by a signal that is either too weak or too strong.
* 1993 , Mark Long, Jeffrey Keating, The world of satellite TV (page 179)
* 1999 , Eugene Trundle, Newnes TV and Video Engineer's Pocket Book (page 96)
As nouns the difference between sparklies and sparkies
is that sparklies is (informal) things that sparkle; gems while sparkies is .sparklies
English
Noun
(en-plural noun) (wikipedia sparklies)- "Fetched us a good haul of sparklies last night, did our young Twist," said the rat.
- Once the C/NR of the incoming satellite signal reaches +2 or more dB above the threshold rating of the receiver, the last few stray sparklies disappear and the video appears to be totally clear.
- One of the most common troubles with a satellite home unit is sparklies , as shown in Fig. 4.8.