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cog

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Word definitions for cog in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cog was a project at the Humanoid Robotics Group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It was based on the hypothesis that human-level intelligence requires gaining experience from interacting with humans, like human infants do. This in turn required ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "cog wheel;" late 14c., "tooth on a wheel," probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (compare Norwegian kugg "cog") and cognate with Middle High German kugel "ball."

Usage examples of cog.

The skiff dropped down the side of the cog, the lines whirring through the pulleys.

Despite the difference in height between the cog and the manta, the sahuagin attacked viciously.

A renewed flurry of spears and quarrels thudded against the cog, finding few targets.

As clear and as clean as the sea was, even the lantern light at full night was enough to reveal the outlines of the small cog listing nearly upside down in the water.

Turning his attention back to the cog now that he was near enough to see it, Jherek knew from the way it had broken in half that the ship had been sheared by its enemy.

With the way the cog was tilted, Jherek knew nothing survived in the cargo hold.

Jherek followed her, feeling the whole cog slide deeper into the ocean.

And Cog, that faceless fixer who seemed to have connections everywhere, had given him a high competency rating.

Should you continue to court such a fate, Cog wishes that you not involve him.

This run was in direct response to the needs of a client for whom Cog serves as an intermediary.

The possibility that the fixer might cut himself out of the deal made Neko realize just how dangerous Cog thought the situation.

The synopsis he had bought from Cog said only that she was top-notch talent.

They dangled their legs like children over the side of a little cog, watching the cranes shift cargo.

She could see the stubby bulk of a chariot ship, the curves of a cog, a fat paddleboat.

His wounds were still raw when the sun reached out and probed them with its sadistic fingers as, like a cog in some remorseless engine, the day came round again.