Look up: bending

1. bending
   [adj] - not remaining rigid or straight 2. [n] - movement that causes the formation of a curve 3. [n] - the act of bending something
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2. bending
   the act to bend or fold a strip,a sheet or a wire round a specified radius by steadily applied pressure or blows.If the piece is folded flat on itself the test is known as 'close bend test' Category: Iron and steel industries • only correct sizes of mandrel appropriate to the bar diamete...
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3. Bending
   Bend'ing noun The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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4. bending
   adjective not remaining rigid or straight; `tried to support his weight on a bending cane`
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5. bending
   bend noun movement that causes the formation of a curve
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6. bending
   noun the act of bending something
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7. Bending
   • (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend
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8. bending
   (from the article `solids, mechanics of`) ...of a beam treated as a linear elastic line may also be considered. Let the line along the 1-axis (see Figure 7), have properties that are uniform ...
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9. bending
   
   • movement that causes the formation of a curve
   • the property of being bent or deflected
   • form a curve
   • change direction
   • cause to assume a crooked or angular form
   • turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
   
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10. Bending
    The act of pushing or pulling a string sideways across the a fret to raise the pitch of a note by a half to full tone or more. Used extensively in rock and blues playing as well as in jazz.
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11. bending
    A handling movement in which the handler steps into the dogs path to effect a turn without the dog and handler changing sides.
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12. Bending
    (metalworking) `Bending` is a manufacturing process that produces a V-shape, U-shape, or channel shape along a straight axis in ductile materials, most commonly sheet metal.<ref name="Todd">Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide, Industrial Press Inc., 1994.--> Commonly used equ...
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