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Needle meaning

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. | Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. | A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

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Example sentences (20)

To see if the needle is well leveled, look closely at the needle, and tilt it slightly to see if the needle is swaying side to side freely and the needle is not contacting the casing of the compass.

A tatting needle is a long, blunt needle that does not change thickness at the eye of the needle.

Needle-and-bowl device If a needle is rubbed on a lodestone or other magnet, the needle becomes magnetized.

The tip of the needle should not be made too sharp to prevent breakage, although blunt needles cause more pain. citation Apart from the usual filiform needle, other needle types include three-edged needles and the Nine Ancient Needles.

BARDA seeks innovations in needle-free vaccine technologies for anthrax, smallpox, and Ebola, focusing on operational improvements and ease of administration, with a consideration for microneedle patches and other needle-free approaches.

If the Tarnished is in possession of the Unalloyed Gold Needle, it can be used at this Aeonia to create Miquella's Needle.

ABC News reported a knitting needle piercing a woman’s heart after she tripped on the stairs, And the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery reported a knitting needle ascended the body of a woman for 33 years after a self-induced abortion.

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Mrs. Boyd enthusiastically shared her artistic skills with others through her teaching of basket weaving, pine needle basket making, and needle arts.

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But his words aren’t moving the needle, other than to prompt someone to notice that he’s trying to move the needle as his next shot at getting a head-coaching job approaches.

Standard ultrasound-guided needle biopsy is usually performed using a very thin needle.

As a tattoo artist outlines a yin-yang symbol on someone's shoulder, a solid needle loaded with ink pierces the tattoo-ee's skin, or epidermis, and the needle's exit lets pigment flow into a second layer of skin, the dermis, Klitzman says.

She spends most of her time needle felting and knitting in her home studio in Camden, but also makes time to teach needle felting workshops and experiment with other art forms such as fiber wall hangings, bowls and other three-dimensional sculptures.

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All off-loom techniques can be accomplished using a single needle and thread (no warp threads), but some have two-needle variations.

Although needle tatting looks similar to shuttle tatting, it differs in structure and is slightly thicker and looser because both the needle and the thread must pass through the stitches.

As each row progresses, a newly created loop is pulled through one or more loops from the prior row, placed on the gaining needle, and the loops from the prior row are then pulled off the other needle.

If the needle tilts to one direction, tilt the compass slightly and gently to the opposing direction until the compass needle is horizontal, lengthwise.

Immune responses to this method can be affected by factors including needle type, needle alignment, speed of injection, volume of injection, muscle type, and age, sex and physiological condition of the recipient.