patch
noun
/pæt͡ʃ/
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- 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.
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paikka
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- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
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ajanjakso,
kausi
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- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
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etutähtäin,
jyvä
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- (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.
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kauneuspilkku
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- (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
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korjaustiedosto,
paikkaus,
pätsi
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- (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.
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laastari,
lääkelaastari
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- (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
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maatilkku,
palsta,
tilkku
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- (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
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paikka,
side
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- (firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
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tilkku
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- (often, patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
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yhdyskaapeli
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patch
verb
/pæt͡ʃ/
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- 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:
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paikata
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- (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
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improvisoida,
paikata,
paikkailla
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- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
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kytkeä,
liittää
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