tweezers
tweezers
Definition
tweez·ers (twē′zərz)
small nippers, consisting of two arms, joined at one end, for plucking out hairs, handling little objects, etc.
Etymology: extended < obs. tweeze, surgical set, aphetic for Fr étuis, pl. of étui: see etui
tweezers
Synonyms
tweezers
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Now I use tweezers, like women plucking eyebrows, for removing unwanted nasal hairs.
- include: More personal items include tweezers, brooches and hairpins carefully carved from bone fragments.
- call: Machines that use this technique are called optical tweezers.
Adjective modifier
- holographic: Abstract Permanent 3D microstructures are created within a gel using holographic optical tweezers.
- optical: At such low stiffness the bead held in the optical tweezers necessarily exhibits large amounts of thermal motion.
- plastic: Pickers range from large plastic tweezers, to bulb pipettes and siphon tubes.
- pointed: With fine pointed tweezers apply the rule over the drop.
- inverted: Abstract Within inverted optical tweezers we measure both the lateral and axial trapping efficiency obtained with Gaussian and high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams.
- tiny: Thousands of microscopic robots armed with tiny tweezers could pluck the Moon bare in a matter of weeks.
Modifies a noun
- work: How it works Fig 4. How the optical tweezers work.
Noun used with modifier
- laser: The group also leads several programs in novel optical traps ( laser tweezers and spanners ) and active holographic devices.
- bronze: Other finds by Archeology South East included a pair of bronze tweezers, and decorated samian ware.
- metal: When this was finished, the maid would take a pair of metal tweezers and remove any facial hair that was visible.
- vial: The vial tweezers allow vials to be gripped easily and securely without the need to hold them closed.
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