fire hydrant
noun
: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires
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The squad car continued to travel and collided with a bus shelter and a fire hydrant.
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
In lower dimensions, after all, bodies of constant width are already surprisingly useful: The Reuleaux triangle, for example, shows up in the form of drill bits and guitar picks and tamper-proof nuts for fire hydrants.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Weir said the vehicle also struck a fire hydrant before coming to rest against a pole.
—Richard Chumney, Connecticut Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Depending on the type of object being identified, the YOLO model was able to accurately identify individual CAPTCHA images anywhere from 69 percent of the time (for motorcycles) to 100 percent of the time (for fire hydrants).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
In lower dimensions, after all, bodies of constant width are already surprisingly useful: The Reuleaux triangle, for example, shows up in the form of drill bits and guitar picks and tamper-proof nuts for fire hydrants.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Weir said the vehicle also struck a fire hydrant before coming to rest against a pole.
—Richard Chumney, Connecticut Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Depending on the type of object being identified, the YOLO model was able to accurately identify individual CAPTCHA images anywhere from 69 percent of the time (for motorcycles) to 100 percent of the time (for fire hydrants).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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