glitchn.
/ɡlɪtʃ/, U.S. /ɡlɪtʃ/ slang.
a. A surge of current or a spurious electrical signal (see quots.); also, in extended use, a sudden short-lived irregularity in behaviour.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > flow of electricity > [noun] > pulse, surge
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glitch1962
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 86 Another term we adopted to describe some of our problems was ‘glitch’. Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical circuit which takes place when the circuit suddenly has a new load put on it... A glitch..is such a minute change in voltage that no fuse could protect against it.
1962 R. F. Graf Mod. Dict. Electronics (1963) 124 Glitch, low-frequency interference in a television picture. It is seen as a narrow bar moving vertically.
1969 Product Engineering 27 Jan. 15/3 It generated digital transients that caused the abort guidance to send false signals. Phillips said it took an inordinately long time to find this glitch.
1969 Funk & Wagnalls Dict. Electronics 70 Glitch, a stray current or signal, usually one that interferes in some way with the functioning of a system.
1971 Nature: Physical Sci. 14 June 146/2 Two pulsars have exhibited a sudden increase in frequency (glitch), after which the usual slowing down has been resumed.
b. Astronauts' slang. A hitch or snag; a malfunction.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > temporary or minor
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hitch1748
contretemps1809
technical hitch1877
glitch1962
hiccup1965
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 245 Glitch, a momentary change in voltage in an electrical circuit; (slang—a hitch).
1969 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 1/3 [Apollo moon flight] Thinking back to when we had our big glitch, I remember seeing it get light outside the window after we were in the clouds, and I'm pretty sure we got hit by lightning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
glitchv.
/ɡlɪtʃ/, U.S. /ɡlɪtʃ/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
intransitive. To experience a glitch, setback, or malfunction; to go wrong. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (something) to experience a glitch.
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1962 Washington Post 14 Oct. 1/1 We've gone almost 55 hours..and we haven't glitched (met unexpected problems) yet.
1975 A. Price Our Man in Camelot iv. 73 If it glitched a dirty job, then that too would be disastrous.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. 38/2 Her job involves teaching computer software to clients.., or trouble-shooting when systems glitch.
2000 Detroit News (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Metro section) 1 c Something glitched and that deal fell through.
Derivatives
ˈglitching n.
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1973 Herald (Des Plaines, Illinois) 2 July i. 4 (headline) Model plane builders exhibiting at Woodfield. No ‘glitching’ is tolerated by these flyers.
2006 Electronic Gaming Monthly (Nexis) July You still see a little glitching going on. Hopefully we should be able to fix all of that.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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