kennings

noun

plural of kenning, chiefly Scottish
as in fractions

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  1. fractions
  2. atoms
  3. nutshells
  4. molecules
  5. snippets
  6. whispers
  7. fragments
  8. ounces
Noun
  • Protecting pilot vision A nuclear weapon produces an intense burst of thermal and visible light within fractions of a second after detonation.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • First, Chinese inference providers keep pushing per-token costs down toward fractions of a cent, which is not only about winning customers away from US providers.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fractions
Noun
  • That system includes the vacuum chamber, lasers, and electronic controls needed to manipulate the atoms.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The early quantum pioneers didn’t realize — at first — that the arcane math that strikingly captured the conduct of atoms had left the real world behind.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of atoms
Noun
  • Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs.
    — Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
  • And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of nutshells
Noun
  • The scientists tracked matter loss by following the movements of molecular hydrogen, one of the most common molecules in protoplanetary disks.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The association of wet environments, organic molecules and a mix of chemicals similar to those that microbes harness for energy on Earth allowed our team to conclude that conditions in Gale were once capable of supporting life.
    — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of molecules
Noun
  • The OpenAI version released today does not contain any code snippets, or even the chilling examples of messages the agents left for each other in the months leading up to the attack that its staffers shared at Black Hat.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Palal played snippets of Davis’ 2008 interview as Davis, dressed in a blue suit and tie, watched on.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of snippets
Noun
  • Last year, footage of a skeleton prop at a winter Zac Brown Band concert drew whispers of devil worship.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But his contract runs out in March, and for nearly a year there have been whispers that his extension is coming soon.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of whispers
Noun
  • Ancient dirty dishes University of South Carolina archaeologist Adam King and his colleagues found fragments of ancient DNA from Theobroma cacao in the inner surfaces of potsherds from long-ago feasts at Etowah.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The study combined technological, petrographic, and geochemical analyses of pottery fragments recovered from a kiln at Qurayyah.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • Reduce the heat to low and add the 2 ounces of Ponzu Butter Sauce.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The average person loses up to 32 ounces of water while sleeping through skin evaporation and sweat.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of ounces
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“Kennings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kennings. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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