What (who) is -ant - definition

ULTRA-LOW POWER WIRELESS NETWORKING PROTOCOL

ANT+; ANT +; ANT Plus

-ant

·- A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, ·etc. ·cf. -ent.

-ant

¦ suffix

1. (forming adjectives) denoting attribution of an action or state: arrogant.

2. (forming nouns) denoting an agent: deodorant.

Origin

from Fr. or L. pres. participial verb stems (see also -ent).

Ant colony

BASIC UNIT AROUND WHICH ANTS ORGANIZE THEIR LIFECYCLE

Ant-hill; Ant hill; Anthill; Ant Colony; Formicary; Unicoloniality; Supercoloniality; Ant Hive; Ant nest; Megacolony; Ant colonies; Polydomy; Ant hills; Ant nests; Ant bed; Supercolonies; Ant hill art

An ant colony is the basic unit around which ants organize their lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, communal, and efficiently organized and are very much like those found in other social Hymenoptera, though the various groups of these developed sociality independently through convergent evolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony

Wikipedia

ANT (network)

ANT is a proprietary (but open access) multicast wireless sensor network technology designed and marketed by ANT Wireless (a division of Garmin Canada). It provides personal area networks (PANs), primarily for activity trackers. ANT was introduced by Dynastream Innovations in 2003, followed by the low-power standard ANT+ in 2004, before Dynastream was bought by Garmin in 2006.

ANT defines a wireless communications protocol stack that enables hardware operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band to communicate by establishing standard rules for co-existence, data representation, signalling, authentication, and error detection. It is conceptually similar to Bluetooth low energy, but is oriented towards use with sensors.

As of November 2020, the ANT website lists almost 200 brands using ANT technology. Samsung and, to a lesser part, Fujitsu, HTC, Kyocera, Nokia and Sharp added native support (without the use of a USB adapter) to their smartphones, with Samsung starting support with the Galaxy S4 and ending support with the Galaxy S20 line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT (network)

Pronunciation examples for -ant

1. an ant called the bullet ant.

Weathering Change _ Chuck Gaidica _ Talks at Google

2. ant value.

The End of Faith _ Sam Harris _ Talks at Google

3. is the journalism of the ant inside the ant hill.

GeneraciÃ³n Y _ Yoani SÃ¡nchez _ Talks at Google

4. No ant directs the behavior of any other ant.

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5. and we wondered whether this ant, this species of ant,

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Examples of use of -ant

1. Unlike previous pest ant species that have invaded Britain from overseas – such as the Pharaoh ant which infests many hospitals – the Invasive Garden Ant can survive temperatures as low as –5c.

2. "We‘re being lined up for Ant And Dec‘s Public Flogging." Ant: "But we‘ll do it with a smile." Dec: "You know, it‘s like you vote and ... " Ant: "Aye, Bring Back Hanging With Ant and Dec." You could probably get away with it, I tell them.

3. Used to play for the school football team." Ant: "Aye.

4. He‘s constantly reminded that Ant is settling down, and gossip columns frequently joke about him being squeezed out of the relationship when Ant gets married.

5. Not since Ant became engaged." Ant: "Hahahaha!" Dec: "Selfish bastard." We talk about what they think they would be doing if they hadn‘t met.