tweezers

  • 21tweezers — tweez·ers || twɪːzÉ™(r)z n. small metal implement for plucking or manipulating small objects, small pincers …

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  • 22tweezers — n. pl. Nippers, pincers …

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  • 23tweezers — tweez·ers …

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  • 24tweezers — [ˈtwiːzəz] noun [plural] a tool that you use for picking up very small objects or for pulling out hairs. It consists of two narrow pieces of metal joined at one end …

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  • 25tweezers — tweez•ers [[t]ˈtwi zərz[/t]] n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc • Etymology: 1645–55; pl. of tweezer= obs. tweeze case of surgical instruments (aph …

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  • 26tweezers — /ˈtwizəz / (say tweezuhz) plural noun small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, taking up small objects, etc. {plural of tweezer, from tweeze case, receptacle (see etui) + er1} …

  • 27TWEEZERS — n.pl. a small pair of pincers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Etymology: extended form of tweezes (cf. pincers etc.) pl. of obs. tweeze case for small instruments, f. etweese = eacutetuis, pl. of EacuteTUI …

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  • 28Optical tweezers — (originally called single beam gradient force trap ) are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to provide an attractive or repulsive force (typically on the order of piconewtons), depending on the refractive index mismatch… …

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  • 29Molecular tweezers — Trinitrofluorene bound in molecular tweezers reported by Lehn and coworkers.[1] …

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  • 30Electric tweezers — are an electronic device intended to permanently remove hair. The design incorporates a pair of tweezers at the tip. A button on the side of the handle is used to simultaneously close the tweezer tips and turn on the high frequency electrical… …

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