Backbone
noun
The column of bones in the middle of your body that protects your spinal cord.
I hurt my backbone when I fell off my bicycle.
Often appears as...
- broken backbone
- curved backbone
noun
The main support or major connecting part in a system or network.
The internet backbone carries data across countries.
Often appears as...
- internet backbone
- network backbone
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Technical
noun
The strength of character that makes you able to deal with problems or difficulties.
It takes a lot of backbone to stand up for what you believe in.
Often appears as...
- display backbone
- lack backbone
noun
The column of bones in the middle of your body that protects your spinal cord.
I hurt my backbone when I fell off my bicycle.
Often appears as...
- broken backbone
- curved backbone
noun
The main support or major connecting part in a system or network.
The internet backbone carries data across countries.
Often appears as...
- internet backbone
- network backbone
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The strength of character that makes you able to deal with problems or difficulties.
It takes a lot of backbone to stand up for what you believe in.
Often appears as...
- display backbone
- lack backbone
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Structure
Refers to the actual bones within the body, often mentioned in medical or injury contexts.
The X-ray showed she had fractured her backbone.
Pro Tip 2/2Not The Surface
Used to talk about the inner structure, not external back muscles or skin.
Old age can lead to issues with one's backbone due to osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Structure
Refers to the actual bones within the body, often mentioned in medical or injury contexts.
The X-ray showed she had fractured her backbone.
Pro Tip 2/2Not The Surface
Used to talk about the inner structure, not external back muscles or skin.
Old age can lead to issues with one's backbone due to osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Structure
Refers to the actual bones within the body, often mentioned in medical or injury contexts.
The X-ray showed she had fractured her backbone.
Pro Tip 2/2Not The Surface
Used to talk about the inner structure, not external back muscles or skin.
Old age can lead to issues with one's backbone due to osteoporosis.
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What makes us get sick?...
and then, as importantly, can we align the resources to be able to address them? Medical schools, nursing schools, all sorts of health professional education programs can help by training the next generation of upstreamists. We can also make sure that these schools certify a backbone of the upstream approach,
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A crash course in...
That's what we call a chemical reaction, when atoms exchange partners and make new molecules. The backbone of epinephrine is made mostly of carbon atoms, and that's common. Carbon is life's favorite structural building material, because it makes a good number of handshakes
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Four billion years of...
You can prove it just as easily. You just need to look at your bellybutton that you share with other placental mammals, or your backbone that you share with other vertebrates, or your DNA that you share with all other life on earth. Those traits didn't pop up in humans.
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Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
that we can actually discriminate, capture and discriminate, the mammoth from the non-mammoth DNA, and with the advances in high-throughput sequencing, we can actually pull out and bioinformatically re-jig all these small mammoth fragments and place them onto a backbone
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The role of fractals...
thought it would be very nice to have it as a backbone of a university planning the campus design has two main access learning and living and from this to access the factor pattern diminishes the heart of the campus is the wisdom Center
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
no wonder they call it namibia namibian place of know people it's the oldest desert in the world it's a land of ancient rock that spilled out of the earth over the ages hardening to become the backbone of a country that is the
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How mucus keeps us...
which are built out of both amino acids and sugars. In mucin, long chains of sugars are attached to specific amino acids in the protein backbone. The hydrophilic sugar chains help mucin dissolve in your body's watery fluids.
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How fear drives American...
they said, let's create a new Internet backbone, because we can't be dependent on this other one. And so all of a sudden, what do you have? You have a new bipolar world in which cyber-internationalism, our belief,
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Explaining the Tree of...
the ability to gulp air from the water surface their fleshy fins became wait supporting legs and 375 million years ago a few of these backbone creatures followed the insects onto the land they were
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A different way to...
to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world, from rock, country, and jazz,
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What makes us get sick?...
and then, as importantly, can we align the resources to be able to address them? Medical schools, nursing schools, all sorts of health professional education programs can help by training the next generation of upstreamists. We can also make sure that these schools certify a backbone of the upstream approach,
Video examples
A crash course in...
That's what we call a chemical reaction, when atoms exchange partners and make new molecules. The backbone of epinephrine is made mostly of carbon atoms, and that's common. Carbon is life's favorite structural building material, because it makes a good number of handshakes
Video examples
Four billion years of...
You can prove it just as easily. You just need to look at your bellybutton that you share with other placental mammals, or your backbone that you share with other vertebrates, or your DNA that you share with all other life on earth. Those traits didn't pop up in humans.
Video examples
Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
that we can actually discriminate, capture and discriminate, the mammoth from the non-mammoth DNA, and with the advances in high-throughput sequencing, we can actually pull out and bioinformatically re-jig all these small mammoth fragments and place them onto a backbone
Video examples
The role of fractals...
thought it would be very nice to have it as a backbone of a university planning the campus design has two main access learning and living and from this to access the factor pattern diminishes the heart of the campus is the wisdom Center
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
no wonder they call it namibia namibian place of know people it's the oldest desert in the world it's a land of ancient rock that spilled out of the earth over the ages hardening to become the backbone of a country that is the
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How mucus keeps us...
which are built out of both amino acids and sugars. In mucin, long chains of sugars are attached to specific amino acids in the protein backbone. The hydrophilic sugar chains help mucin dissolve in your body's watery fluids.
Video examples
How fear drives American...
they said, let's create a new Internet backbone, because we can't be dependent on this other one. And so all of a sudden, what do you have? You have a new bipolar world in which cyber-internationalism, our belief,
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
the ability to gulp air from the water surface their fleshy fins became wait supporting legs and 375 million years ago a few of these backbone creatures followed the insects onto the land they were
Video examples
A different way to...
to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world, from rock, country, and jazz,
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John Lewis
American Politician
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.
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Jim Hunt
American Politician
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.
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Michael Patrick King
American Writer
My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!
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Hiro Murai
American Director
I think to truly not know what to expect out of the story - to create a world where nothing is guaranteed - is sort of the backbone of 'Atlanta.
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Sherry Argov
American Writer
Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.
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Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
Truth of life is that in difficult times, my family was my backbone.
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Trish Regan
American Journalist
In life, you need some backbone. You need to stand for something.
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Statik Selektah
American Producer
Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.
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Hima Das
Indian Athlete
My biggest support and backbone have been my friends.
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John Lewis
American Politician
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.
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Jim Hunt
American Politician
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.
Quote examples
Michael Patrick King
American Writer
My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!
Quote examples
Hiro Murai
American Director
I think to truly not know what to expect out of the story - to create a world where nothing is guaranteed - is sort of the backbone of 'Atlanta.
Quote examples
Sherry Argov
American Writer
Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.
Quote examples
Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Quote examples
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
Truth of life is that in difficult times, my family was my backbone.
Quote examples
Trish Regan
American Journalist
In life, you need some backbone. You need to stand for something.
Quote examples
Statik Selektah
American Producer
Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.
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Hima Das
Indian Athlete
My biggest support and backbone have been my friends.
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