Ligature

Word LIGATURE
Character 8
Hyphenation lig a ture
Pronunciations /ˈlɪɡətʃɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Ligature"

What do we mean by ligature?

The act of tying or binding. noun

A cord, wire, or bandage used for tying or binding. noun

A thread, wire, or cord used in surgery to close vessels or tie off ducts. noun

Something that unites; a bond. noun

A character, letter, or unit of type, such as æ, combining two or more letters. noun

A group of notes intended to be played or sung as one phrase. noun

A curved line indicating such a phrase; a slur. noun

A passage of notes sung by repeating the same syllable. noun

A metal band that attaches the reed to the mouthpiece of the clarinet and related instruments. noun

To ligate. transitive verb

To compress or tie by means of a ligature, in any sense; ligate.

Anything that serves for tying, binding, or uniting, as a cord or bandage; hence, any binding, restraining, or uniting agency or principle. noun

Specifically In surgery: A cord for tying a blood-vessel, particularly an artery, to prevent hemorrhage. noun

A cord or wire to remove tumors, etc., by strangulation. noun

The act of binding; ligation. noun

The state of being bound or consolidated. noun

Impotence supposed to be induced by magic. noun

In music: In medieval musical notation, one of various compound note-forms designed to indicate groups of two or more tones which were to be sung to a single syllable—that is, similar to a group of slurred notes in the modern notation. Ligatures are often difficult to decipher, on account of the doubtfulness not only of the pitch of the tones intended, but of their relative duration. noun

The act of tying or binding something.

A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.

A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.

A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.

A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.

A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.

A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.

Impotence caused by magic or charms.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ligature

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The word "ligature" in example sentences

When the scion and the stock have been both chosen, they are cut slantingly, so that one may fit into the other; and care being taken that the bark and soft wood of the two unite, at least on one side, the two pieces are bound together, and the ligature is covered with what is called grafting clay, that is, a mixture of stiff clay, with a fourth part of fresh horse-dung, and a small quantity of cut hay. ❋ Jane (1845)

Once the reader figures out the notion of ligature itself thee are all manner of burbling connective pleasures. ❋ Lemon Hound (2007)

And since the latter current escapes from the arm by the opening made in one of the veins, there must of necessity be certain passages below the ligature, that is, towards the extremities of the arm through which it can come thither from the arteries. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This description does not only comprehend the bowels, bones, tendons, veins, nerves, and arteries, but every muscle and every ligature, which is a composition of fibres, that are so many imperceptible tubes or pipes interwoven on all sides with invisible glands or strainers. ❋ Various (N/A)

The ligature was their best hold then, the literature became their best hold later, when one of them committed an indiscretion, and they had to cut the old bond to accommodate the sheriff. ❋ Unknown (1910)

The ligature is a most satisfying immediate resource in stopping bleeding from an artery, but a septic ligature inevitably causes suppuration and almost inevitably leads to secondary hemorrhage. ❋ James Joseph Walsh (1903)

To avoid these the ligature should be applied as low down on the vessel as possible, and, in point of fact, the operation called ligature of the third stage of the axillary is, anatomically speaking, really ligature of the brachial high up, and where there is room at all, there will be the less chance of secondary hæmorrhage, the greater the distance is between the ligature and the great subscapular branch. ❋ Joseph Bell (1874)

This description does not only comprehend the bowels, bones, tendons, veins, nerves and arteries, but every muscle and every ligature, which is a composition of fibres, that are so many imperceptible tubes or pipes interwoven on all sides with invisible glands or strainers. ❋ John Hamilton Moore (1772)

"The Crown says due to the nature of the act, namely a ligature strangulation and the necessity to address deterrence and denunciation a period of incarceration is necessary to preserve respect for the law," LoVecchio noted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition to being bludgeoned, she had been strangled with a "ligature," the sources said, meaning some type of cord was likely used. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition to being bludgeoned, she had been strangled with a "ligature," or some type of cord, the sources said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was one thing in there for me that was a red flag, and that ` s the word "ligature," because 8-year-old girls don ` t use words like that. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The name Contrecoeur appears throughout the text with an oe ligature which is removed for this version. ❋ Samuel Harden Church (N/A)

If then the single thread of the first ligature which is in the cleft be passed through the loop of the second one also in the cleft, it is easy, by withdrawing the loop through the palate, to finish the stitch (see Fig. XXIX.). ❋ Joseph Bell (1874)

The ligature was their best hold then, but literature became their best hold later, when one of them committed an indiscretion, and they had to cut the old bond to accommodate the sheriff.” ❋ Unknown (2003)

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