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Grammar : Noun |
Définition of black box
Origin :- 1947, RAF slang for "navigational instruments;" later extended to any sort of apparatus that operates in a sealed container. Especially of flight recorders from c.1964.
- noun flight data recorder
- On the subject of the black box Mrs. Damer's brain was turned.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- He picked up the black box that generated his protective screen.
- Extract from : « Mutineer » by Robert J. Shea
- The redheaded man was crouching in the far corner of the black box.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The mathematician set the black box on the desk top and released the lid.
- Extract from : « PRoblem » by Alan Edward Nourse
- Connected with this arrangement, was a black box of many uses.
- Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- "You'd better get some rest, Ned Vince," came the answer from the black box.
- Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- The black box was now lying in the sand among the streaming plants.
- Extract from : « Cully » by Jack Egan
- She had been about to betray the secret of the black box up there in her room.
- Extract from : « Sally Scott of the Waves » by Roy J. Snell
- Springing to her feet, she dragged the black box from its hiding place.
- Extract from : « Sally Scott of the Waves » by Roy J. Snell
- It had lain beside the tankard and the money in the black box.
- Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure
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