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patch noun

  /pæt͡ʃ/
  • A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
  • A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
paikka
  • A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
ajanjakso, kausi
  • A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
etutähtäin, jyvä
  • (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
kauneuspilkku
  • (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
korjaustiedosto, paikkaus, pätsi
  • (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
laastari, lääkelaastari
  • (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
maatilkku, palsta, tilkku
  • (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
paikka, side
  • (firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
tilkku
  • (often, patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
yhdyskaapeli

patch verb

  /pæt͡ʃ/
  • To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
  • To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
  • (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
paikata
  • (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
improvisoida, paikata, paikkailla
  • To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
kytkeä, liittää
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