ligature

  • 51Ligature (handwriting) — Connecting stroke in handwriting. Also refers to calligraphic embellishments to characters (see Ligature (typography)) …

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  • 52Ligature de clarinette — Une ligature de clarinette est un système de fixation de l anche sur le bec de la clarinette. Celui ci peut être en plastique, en métal, en cuir, ou encore être une simple cordelette. Voir aussi anche bec de clarinette …

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  • 53ligature needle — a slender steel needle with a long handle and an eye in its curved end, used for passing a ligature underneath an artery …

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  • 54ligature — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ligatura, from Latin ligatus, past participle of ligare to bind, tie; akin to Albanian lidh I tie Date: 14th century 1. a. something that is used to bind; specifically a filament (as a thread) used… …

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  • 55ligature — noun /ˈlɪɡətʃɚ/ a) The act of tying or binding something. b) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct. See Also: ligate, ligation …

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  • 56Ligature — Лигатура …

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  • 57ligature — Synonyms and related words: accent, accent mark, ascender, back, bar, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, body, braid, brail, cable, cancel, cap, capital, case, character, cord, counter, custos, descender, direct, dot, em, en,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 58ligature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bond, tie, slur, surgical thread. See connection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. link, bond, connection; see band 2 , rope . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun That which unites or binds: bond, knot, ligament,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 59ligature — lig|a|ture [ lıgətʃər, lıgə,tʃur ] noun count 1. ) FORMAL a piece of rope or string that you tie around something 2. ) MEDICAL a THREAD or wire that doctors tie around a BLOOD VESSEL to stop someone from losing blood …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 60ligature — see LIABLE …

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