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FINGERTIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The end (tip) of a finger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fingertip" is a kind of...):
tip (the extreme end of something; especially something pointed)
Holonyms ("fingertip" is a part of...):
finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))
Context examples:
The fossil also contains a "styliform" — a long bone that extends from the wrist — providing further evidence the membrane likely ran from Ambopteryx's flank to its fingertips.
(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A fingertip length is defined from the tip of the index finger to the first finger crease.
(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By variations in the composition of the sequences in the fingertip and the number and spacing of tandem repeats of the motif, zinc fingers can form a large number of different sequence specific binding sites.
(C2H2 Zinc Finger, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The average fingertip unit is equal to approximately 0.5 gram for an adult male and 0.4 gram for an adult female.
(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
An arbitrary dosing unit used predominantly for semisolid topical formulations such as cream, ointment, paste, etc. One fingertip unit is the amount of a product that is squeezed out from a standard tube with 5-millimeter diameter nozzle along an adult's fingertip.
(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
