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2. In grasses, the lower, stouter, and usually twisted part of an awn, distinct from the slender upper part or bristle. columnar Shaped like a column. coma 1. A tuft of hairs from testa or funiculus at one or both ends of some seeds, e.g. in Strophanthus, Asclepias, or Alstonia. 2. Sterile bract s, e.g. in Curcuma, Ananas, or Eucomis. 3.
Category for twisted buildings and structures; where the twisting (torsion, helix, etc.) is structural rather than merely ormanental detail.
When such a connector is twisted onto the stripped ends of wires, the wires are drawn into the connector's metal insert and squeezed together inside it. Electrical continuity is maintained both by the direct twisted wire-to-wire contact and by contact with the metal insert. Twist-on wire connectors are typically installed by hand.
Turn On may refer to: Turn-on, another word for sexual arousal; Turn-On, a 1969 American sketch comedy TV series that was cancelled during its first episode; The Turn-Ons, an American rock band; Turn On, an English rock band formed by Tim Gane of Stereolab; Turn on (The Beat Box), a single by American band Earth, Wind & Fire
A sprained ankle (twisted ankle, rolled ankle, turned ankle, etc.) is an injury where sprain occurs on one or more ligaments of the ankle. It is the most commonly occurring injury in sports, mainly in ball sports such as basketball , volleyball , football , pickleball , and tennis .
Torsades de pointes, torsade de pointes or torsades des pointes (TdP; also called torsades) (/ t ɔːr ˌ s ɑː d d ə ˈ p w æ̃ t /, [2] French: [tɔʁsad də pwɛ̃t̪], translated as "twisting of peaks") is a specific type of abnormal heart rhythm that can lead to sudden cardiac death.
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game.Additionally, they can be used as exercises to improve pronunciation and fluency.