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BINDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of applying a bandage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Derivation:
bind (wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
Example:
the book had a leather binding
Synonyms:
back; binding; book binding; cover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binding"):
half binding (book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another)
three-quarter binding (the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover)
Holonyms ("binding" is a part of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Derivation:
bind (provide with a binding)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
sewing; stitchery (needlework on which you are working with needle and thread)
Derivation:
bind (provide with a binding)
Sense 4
Meaning:
One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
Synonyms:
binding; ski binding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The capacity to attract and hold something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)
Derivation:
bind (form a chemical bond with)
bind (stick to firmly)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Executed with proper legal authority
Example:
a binding contract
Classified under:
Similar:
valid (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bind
Context examples:
Polybasic regions are involved in binding PKC.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 12, NCI Thesaurus)
Heart cell contraction is regulated by calcium binding to a protein called troponin C. The researchers designed troponin C types with varying sensitivity to calcium.
(Engineered protein restores heart function, NIH)
By three days post-infection, more than 90 percent of the viral material collected from the soft palate contained the reverted, long chain α2,6-binding form of virus.
(Researchers find role for soft palate in adaptation of transmissible influenza viruses, NIH)
Minocycline binds to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and interferes with the binding of tRNA to the ribosomal complex, thereby inhibiting protein translation in bacteria.
(Minocycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Milodistim exhibits greater receptor binding affinity and colony stimulating activity than its parent cytokines.
(Milodistim, NCI Thesaurus)
The ATP-binding protein component is the most conserved, the membrane protein component is somewhat less conserved, and the substrate-binding protein component is most divergent.
(ABC Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)
Acidic fibroblast growth factor intracellular binding protein (364 aa, 42 kD) is a cell communication process protein that is encoded by the human FIBP gene and has a role in signal transduction and B-cell activation.
(Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor Intracellular Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes acrosin-binding protein, plays a role in proacrosin packaging and condensation for the acrosin zymogen in the acrosomal matrix.
(ACRBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in the repression of transcription through binding methylated DNA.
(Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Mezlocillin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.
(Mezlocillin, NCI Thesaurus)
