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BENDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of bending something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bending" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bending"):
flexion; flexure (act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased)
crouch (the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body)
hunch (the act of bending yourself into a humped position)
incurvation (the action of creating a curved shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being bent or deflected
Synonyms:
bending; deflection; deflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("bending" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bending"):
wind deflection; windage (the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind)
refractiveness; refractivity (the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Movement that causes the formation of a curve
Synonyms:
bend; bending
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bending" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bending"):
deflection; deflexion; refraction (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bend
Context examples:
The DNA bending induced upon TFIID binding to the promoter causes sliding of the SWI/SNF-modified nucleosome to a new position 36 bp downstream, thus allowing the initiation of transcription.
(IFN-Beta Enhancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Poole felt in his pocket and handed out a crumpled note, which the lawyer, bending nearer to the candle, carefully examined.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“This is a mystery indeed,” said my uncle, bending his brows over the note.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Bending down, he thrust his great fingers under it, and with a heave raised the whole mass of wood and iron from its hinges.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The HMG-Box Family proteins are relatively abundant vertebrate DNA-binding and bending proteins that bind with structure specificity, rather than sequence specificity, and plays an architectural role in the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes.
(HMGB Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Human HMGB Family Genes encode abundant DNA-binding and bending HMG-Box Family proteins (with structure, rather than sequence, specificity) that play an architectural role in nucleoprotein assembly.
(HMGB Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Closest to the black hole, the gravitational light-bending becomes so excessive that we can see the underside of the disk as a bright ring of light seemingly outlining the black hole.
(NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World, NASA)
She discovered the way that the BPAs - sometimes referred to as 'gender-bending chemicals - interfered with the production of sperm, eggs, and male and female chromosomes.
(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Gravity from a foreground, massive cluster of galaxies acts as a natural lens in space, bending and amplifying light.
(Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen, NASA)
A question about bending, kneeling, or stooping.
(Bending, Kneeling, or Stooping, NCI Thesaurus)
