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Footpads meaning
plural of footpad
Example sentences (5)
The leg footpads formed the vertices of an equilateral triangle with convert sides when viewed from above, with the long sides of the base forming a straight line with the two adjoining footpads.
Using the robotic arm, InSight engineers are preparing to lift the HP3 support structure — the black device with four footpads pressed into the soil — from where it was placed a few months ago on Mars.
Females also give birth in February and nurture their cubs until the snow melts. citation During winter, black bears consume 25–40% of their body weight. citation The footpads peel off while they sleep, making room for new tissue.
The spatula-shaped setae arranged in lamellae on gecko footpads enable attractive van der Waals' forces between the β-keratin lamellae/setae/spatulae structures and the surface.
The warmth of the footpads is regulated independently of the rest of the body, and is maintained at just above tissue-freezing point where the pads come in contact with ice and snow.