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OPPOSABLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. capable of being opposed or resisted 2. capable of being placed against one or more of the remaining digits of a hand or foot
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Thumb Opposability
Humans have an opposable thumb, meaning that they are able to simultaneously flex, abduct and medially rotate the thumb (pollex) so as to bring its tip into ...
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OPPOSABLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
An opposable thumb, finger, or toe can be placed opposite a finger or toe of the same hand or foot, so that objects can be picked up and held.
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opposable
opposable, a. (əˈpəʊzəb(ə)l) [f. oppose v.2 + -able.] 1. Capable of being opposed, withstood, or placed in opposition (to). rare.1667 [implied in unopposable]. 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 151 The application is either opposable or unopposable. 1829 ― Justice & Cod. Petit. 195 No ...
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Opposable - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
adjective capable of being placed opposite to something “the thumb is opposable to the forefinger”
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Animals with opposable thumbs
The opposable thumb is not a uniquely human trait, and we're not the only species that uses tools, nor is it unique to primates like ...
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The Opposable Mind
The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking is a book written by Roger Martin and published by the Harvard Business Review See also
Roger Martin
The Design of Business
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Opposable Thumbs Up! - EarthDate
The opposable thumb--meaning opposite our fingers--with the ability to touch each finger across the palm, enabling our hands to manipulate small objects.
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The Grasping Hand: Primate Fingers -> Opposable Thumbs | AMNH
The human opposable thumb is longer, compared to finger length, than any other primate thumb. This long thumb and its ability to easily touch the other fingers ...
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OPPOSABLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · capable of being placed opposite to something else. the opposable thumb of primates. · capable of being resisted, fought, or opposed. opposable. / ...
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OPPOSABLE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. that can be opposed 2. that can be placed opposite something else, as the thumb with each finger.
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Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs - The Onion
Published August 30, 2000. HONOLULU-In an announcement with grave implications for the primacy of the species of man, marine biologists at the Hawaii Oceanographic Institute reported Monday that dolphins, or family Delphinidae, have evolved opposable thumbs on their pectoral fins. One of the evolved dolphins, whose opposable thumbs have ...
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unopposable
unoˈpposable, a. (un-1 7 b.)1667 Waterhouse Fire Lond. 60 Illiterate men Apostoliz'd and made by him unopposable. 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 151 The application is either opposable or unopposable.
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Familial opposable triphalangeal thumbs duplication
Familial opposable triphalangeal thumb duplication is a limb malformation syndrome and a type of pre-axial polydactyly, characterized by having duplicated opposable triphalangeal thumbs.
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opposability
opposability (əpəʊzəˈbɪlɪtɪ) [f. next + -ity.] The quality of being opposable.1863 Huxley Man's Place Nat. ii. 86 The great toe,..in uncivilized and barefooted people,..retains a great amount of mobility, and even some sort of opposability. 1882 A. R. Wallace in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 430 The large size...
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