Look up: skeleton

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   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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   Skeleton
   A skeleton is the supporting structure of an animal's body. Dinosaur skeltons were made of bones and cartilage.
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   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.
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   skeleton
   [n] - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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   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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   Skeleton
   Skeleton: The skeleton is composed of bones and is the framework of the body.
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   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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   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 supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. [ See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened fram ...
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   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 or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [ Eng.] -- Skeleton key , a key with nearly the w ...
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    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 of skeletons include hydroskeletons and exoskeleton ...
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    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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    skeleton
    skeletal frame noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; `the building has a steel skeleton`
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    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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    Skeleton
    In biology, the `skeleton` or `skeletal system` provides a strong, internal framework that supports the body, makes up about 20 percent of its weight, and consists of 206 bones. These bones meet at joints, the majority of which are freely movable, making the skeleton flexible and mobile. The skeleton also contains cartilage. Ligaments are strong strips of fibrous connective tissue that hold bones together at joints, thereby stabilizing the skele...
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    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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    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 crystal. • (n.) The more or less firm or hardened...
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    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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    skeleton
    Contents • Diagram of the human skeleton • Introduction • Axial skeleton • Appendicular skeleton • Function of the skeleton • Male and female skeletons • The skeleton in other animals Diagram of the human skeleton Introduction The skeleton is a ...
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    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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    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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