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ligature
[ lig-uh-cher, -choor ]
noun
- the act of binding or tying up:
The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- anything that serves for binding or tying up, as a band, bandage, or cord.
- a tie or bond:
the ligature of mutual need that bound them together.
- Printing, Orthography. a stroke or bar connecting two letters.
- Printing. a character or type combining two or more letters, as 铿 and 忙.
- Music.
- a slur.
- a group of notes connected by a slur.
- a metal band for securing the reed of a clarinet or saxophone to the mouthpiece.
- Surgery. a thread or wire for constriction of blood vessels or for removing tumors by strangulation.
verb (used with object)
- to bind with a ligature; tie up; ligate.
ligature
/ -藢t蕛蕣蓹; 藞l瑟伞蓹t蕛蓹 /
noun
- the act of binding or tying up
- something used to bind
- a link, bond, or tie
- surgery a thread or wire for tying around a vessel, duct, etc, as for constricting the flow of blood to a part
- printing a character of two or more joined letters, such as, 铿, 铿, 铿
- music
- a slur or the group of notes connected by it
- (in plainsong notation) a symbol indicating two or more notes grouped together
verb
- tr to bind with a ligature; ligate
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍路濒颈驳顎僡路迟耻谤别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ligature1
Example Sentences
San Martin died at his Los Angeles residence and his cause of death was ruled suicide by 鈥渓igature hanging,鈥 according to the coroner鈥檚 records.
He tied their hands using ligatures and electrical cord cut from a Nintendo game box in the room.
The review into Dr MacRae鈥檚 death revealed a risk assessment of her room carried out by senior nurses in February 2019 described the doors as 鈥渉igh risk鈥 because of the presence of ligature points.
The prosecution said the existence of "fixed potential ligature points" amounted to breaches of safety laws.
Instead of the classic single ligature, they used a triple ligature approach on the upper left molar of male mice.
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