Look up: Skeleton

1. skeleton
   Support structure in animals, against which the force of muscles acts. Vertebrates have a skeleton of bone or cartilage; arthropods have one made of chitin; while many other invertebrates use a hydrostatic skeleton, which is merely an incompressible fluid-filled region of their body.
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2. Skeleton
   A skeleton is the supporting structure of an animal's body. Dinosaur skeltons were made of bones and cartilage.
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3. skeleton
   [n] - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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4. Skeleton
   An underlying network of bones used to define and control the motion of a model during character animation. Moving a bone causes the mesh of the model to move and deform.
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5. Skeleton
   Skeleton: The skeleton is composed of bones and is the framework of the body.
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6. skeleton
   the framework around and within which the soft parts of the body are situated Category: Medicine • central stroke of a character after filtering out small pieces of noise(preprocessing) Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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7. Skeleton
   Skel'e·ton noun [ New Latin , from Greek ............ (sc. .........) a dried body, a mummy, from ............ dried up, parched, ............ to dry, dry up, parch.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The bony and cartilaginous framework which support...
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8. Skeleton
   Skel'e·ton adjective Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. Skeleton bill , a bill...
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9. skeleton
   <anatomy> A solid or fluid system which allows muscles to relax after contracting (in general, because there is an opposing muscle which pulls the skeletal part in the opposite direction when it contracts). ... The skeletal system may also be a support structure or a form of protection. Types ...
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10. skeleton
    skeleton in the closet noun a scandal that is kept secret; `there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family`s closet`
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11. skeleton
    skeletal frame noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; `the building has a steel skeleton`
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12. skeleton
    noun something reduced to its minimal form; `the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self`; `the bare skeleton of a novel`
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13. skeleton
    (skel´ә-tәn) the hard framework of the animal body, especially the bony framework of the body of higher vertebrate animals; the bones of the body collectively. Anatomically, it is divided into the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The bones of the skeleton give support and shape to the body, protect de...
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14. Skeleton
    • (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages. • (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crys...
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15. skeleton
    the supportive framework of an animal body. The skeleton of invertebrates, which may be either external or internal, is composed of a variety of hard ... [18 related articles]
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16. skeleton
    skeleton, in anatomy, the stiff supportive framework of the body. The two basic types of skeleton found among animals are the exoskeleton and the endoskeleton. The shell of the clam is an exoskeleton composed primarily of calcium carbonate. It provides formidable protection, but it is bulky and seve...
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17. skeleton
    skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in luge and bobsledding. Steering is accomplished by shifting weight or dragging the ...
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18. Skeleton
    The skeleton is the hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage or shell which provides protection for an animals organs, provides fixing points for the muscles and a general frame for the body. Two hundred and six bones compose the skeleton, about half of which are in the hands and feet...
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19. skeleton
    Type: Term Pronunciation: skel′ĕ-tŏn Definitions: 1. The bony framework of the body in vertebrates (endoskeleton) or the hard outer envelope of insects (exoskeleton or dermoskeleton). 2. All the dry parts remaining after the destruction and removal of the soft parts; this includes li...
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20. skeleton
    Click images to enlargeFramework of bones that supports and gives form to the body, protects its internal organs, and provides anchorage points for its muscles. It is composed of about 200 bones. Each bone is made of a mineral, calcium phosphate, and protein. Bones of the skeleton are joined to each other by ligaments. In...
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21. Skeleton
    Descriptively divided into axial (skull, vertebrae column, chest) and appendicular (forequarters, hindquarters) portions or the hard framework of the body; the bones of the body collectively.
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22. skeleton
    The framework that supports the soft tissues of vertebrate animals and protects many of their internal organs. The skeletons of vertebrates are made of bone and/or cartilage.
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23. Skeleton
    The `skeleton` (From Greek skeletos = "dried-body", "mummy") is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism. There are two different skeletal types: the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, and the endoskeleton, which forms the ...
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24. Skeleton
    (sport) `Skeleton` is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledd...
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25. Skeleton
    (undead) A `Skeleton` is a type of physically manifested undead often found in fantasy, gothic and horror fiction, and mythical art. Most are human skeletons, but they can also be from any creature or race found on Earth or in the fantasy world. Myth and folklore : Modern fiction : The animat...
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