limb
اعضاء
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Diaphanously winged and provided with limbs far too long and interestingly jointed to be in any way aerodynamic, it would appear to be some kind of mutant grasshopper, a cicada maybe?
an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.
It occurs when the limb of the Moon just touches the apparent edge of the Sun in the sky, but does not overlap it.
the edge of the disk of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.
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This image obtained by the Clementine satellite in 1994 shows the solar corona shining above the 'limb' of the Moon.
The event is a moderate partial eclipse with the Moon's northern 'limb' dipping 15 arc-minutes into Earth's umbral shadow.
He was tall and handsome, broad of shoulder, loose of 'limb' ; an athlete of grace and style.
One was just on the 'limb' of the planet and one was far off but the other two were nowhere in sight.
A quarter of a mile further on, at the eastern 'limb' of the bay, the path descended steeply, zig-zagging across the cliff face to a stretch of beach to the east of Holland Point.
The eastern 'limb' of the Klip River emanates from the park and flows southward, into other areas of Soweto, until it reaches the Vaal River further in the South.
I looked up and saw one of the small squirrels running down the length of a 'limb' with a twig of leaves in his mouth.
To take one example, the default model for development of the 'limb' of a bird is not the chicken's foot, but that of a duck.
the eastern 'limb' of the moon
When we have a limb amputated, our neural map of that 'limb' gradually fades away; and if we gain a body part, our neural map expands accordingly.
How otherwise to explain the small dull ache within him always, the ache that a severed 'limb' leaves?
It occurs when the 'limb' of the Moon just touches the apparent edge of the Sun in the sky, but does not overlap it.
As plants reached flowering maturity, the gender was noted and flower measurements were taken on petal 'limb' , petal claw and calyx diameter.
Second, it predicted that light from a distant star passing near to the 'limb' of sun would be bent by a small but measurable angle.
Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the 'limb' of the bow and tie the free end of the string to the other nock using a timber hitch, bowline or similar non-stressing knot.
For some reason, there was a clear channel of space with no tree 'limbs' to block the light to the side of that tombstone.
The light from the sun warmed her 'limbs' even if the draft was breezy and cool.
They prefer the security of nearby cover that brush and low-to-the-ground tree 'limbs' like our Norway spruce give them.
The black tux glides across his trim, elegant frame, long 'limbs' and broad shoulders.
Fluid images of tree 'limbs' sweeping across the other set of frames recall exhilarating strokes of sumi ink painting.
Plopping down under the leafy 'limbs' of the shade-producing tree, she
Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree 'limbs' stuck in the ground.
Feeling the sudden warmth of the sun on her chilled 'limbs' , Anna became aware that they had emerged into the daylight, and were now slowly ascending a steep section of the course.
The ability to reduce area and span during the recovery stroke is intimately associated with the design of the propulsive 'limbs' in small animals.
Scattered around the airstrip are some of Afghanistan's 10 million landmines, which every day leave innocent civilians 'limbless' .
Walking may be more familiar and is a whole body exercise compared with cycling where the lower 'limbs' are the primary effector muscles.
This is the truck with a giant crane arm that comes down the street and picks up the large tree 'limbs' and other debris that people leave out on the sidewalk to be taken away by the city.
Hot and sweaty again, we quickly strip off our shoes, socks and daypacks, leaving them by a great tree whose 'limbs' shade the pond, and jump in.
Diaphanously winged and provided with 'limbs' far too long and interestingly jointed to be in any way aerodynamic, it would appear to be some kind of mutant grasshopper, a cicada maybe?
When drawing the figure I am interested in the way it moves - stretches, muscles, 'limbs' - how do they twist, how do you make it look realistic.
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