(n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
(n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
(n.) A boat thus equipped.
(n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
Example Sentences:
(1) The outrigger system with a torque wrench is used to correct the deformity in the frontal plane.
(2) Accordingly, a wide range of adaptive equipment is available--including outrigger skis, flip-skis, canting wedges, ski bras, "toe spreaders," sit-skis, and mono-skis--to allow safe enjoyment of the sport.
(3) Comparisons are made between the outrigger design for fluorescent scanning and conventional emission scanning.
(4) An outrigger is built upon the thumb metacarpal to give a suitable direction of force, an enhanced mechanical advantage and an improved appearance.
(5) Distractive forces were monitored continuously by a strain gauge mounted on the tension side of the upper arm of the outrigger.
(6) Postoperatively, two patients were immobilized in an ambulatory extension brace, 15 patients in a body cast incorporating one thigh, and five patients in a body cast incorporating Hoffman iliac pins and lumbar spinous process wires attached to an outrigger on the plaster.
(7) To prevent this, we used a dynamic splinting program opposite to the one that is used for flexor tendon repair, with an outrigger splint holding the fingers in extension and allowing full active flexion.
(8) Then the leader of an outrigger canoe with “Tai Tokelau” painted on the side, shouted for others to “bring the kayaks” and dozens went in on their plastic watercraft.
(9) The pressfit achieved with the roughened hemispherical surface has been adequate, and the fixation with the two outrigger pegs appears to have been sufficiently stable to preserve the prosthetic stability and has resulted in successful anchorage of all the components.
(10) With its low-slung outriggers and its very flat profile, the 'blade of light' looked like no other bridge.
(11) The author's outrigger is not an obstacle in entering an X-ray apparatus under the hip joints.
(12) The fixator comprises an adjustable single outrigger bearing offset pins which offers considerable versatility in its use.
(13) Consequently an automated system was developed consisting of linear actuators, outriggers, guide tubes, thermometry catheters, personal computer, and dedicated hardware and software.
(14) The difficulties in monitoring of the hip joint with the Luminax X21 apparatus encountered by the author at surgery on the original SM 1 operating-table made him to exchange the outrigger supporting the sacrum.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest George Lokowah, a chief and local councillor at Mokoreng village, says cargo ships are disturbing the fish There’s talk about villagers blockading the ships with their outriggers.
Support
Definition:
(v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
(v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
(v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
(v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
(v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
(v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
(v. t.) To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
(v. t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
(v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
(v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
(n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
(n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
(n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
Example Sentences:
(1) This excellent prognosis supports a regimen of conservative therapy for these patients.
(2) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(3) Pathological and immunocytochemical data supported the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(4) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
(5) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(6) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(7) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(8) The presence of O-glycosidic linkages between carbohydrate and protein in the DF3 antigenic site was further supported by the presence of NaBH4-sensitive sites.
(9) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(10) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(12) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.
(13) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(14) The data support the conclusion that accumulation of lipid II is responsible in some way for the hypersensitivity of delta rfbA mutants to SDS.
(15) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
(16) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
(17) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
(18) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(19) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(20) This postulate is supported by a limited study of the serovars present among the isolates.