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ribbon | American Dictionary

ribbon
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈrɪb·ən/
a long, narrow strip of material used to tie things together or as a decoration:
[ U ]He tied the present with ribbon.
[ C ]fig. A ribbon of road stretched before us.
A ribbon is also the narrow strip of material that contains the ink for a typewriter or computer printer.

Examples of ribbon

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The lace was taken from her wedding gown and the ribbons were ' old ' and came from her wearing apparel.
The electrode consisted of two copper ribbons (0.5 x 6x60mm).
However, we cannot rule out a selective circadian effect on the length of synaptic ribbons with our present experimental design.
In particular, ribbons may not change direction in a region of positive symbols.
Although no complete battens were found, their sizes suggest that they were small and probably used to weave sashes or hair ribbons.
The technology is visible as black ribbons around his arms above and below the elbow and wires leading towards the floor from each.
The synaptic layers were examined at low power to locate synaptic ribbons.
One hundred ribbons were drawn and measured for each time point for both groups of mice.
We determined the length of the synaptic ribbons in frozen sections by labeling them with an antibody specific for synaptic ribbons.
The highest threshold is observed 6 h after light onset, the time when synaptic ribbons are shor test.
Differences in visual threshold may in par t reflect the efficiency of synaptic vesicle exocytosis controlled by the length of the synaptic ribbons.
Both exhibit a pronounced dip in the average length of their synaptic ribbons within 6 h of light onset.
The precast concrete ribbons were the only items specially designed for the project and had a strategic significance in achieving coherence.
We give the details of this for the horizontal ribbons only.
The disturbance velocities which can be introduced by the ribbons are typically less than 1 yo of the background turbulence.
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