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tweez·ers

(twēz'ĕrz),
An instrument with pincers that are squeezed together to grasp or extract fine structures. See: forceps.
[A.S. twisel, fork]
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tweezers

An instrument with pincers used to grasp or extract. See Optical tweezers.
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While holding the component with a static safe pair of tweezers, the 0.4mm diameter beveled soldering tip was contacted to one side of the pad to permit the component to reflow.
The video projection, occupying the gallery's far right wall, commences with a silhouette of a scorpion being placed into our field of vision by a pair of tweezers. The specimen scuttles about as if performing a kind of insect shadow theater, although little menace is generated by the scaling-up of the image.
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For example, "Crystal Insignia" shows how to add rhinestones to back pockets using glue and a pair of tweezers to create a subtle, yet stylish, look.
Try using a pair of tweezers and pulling back slowly or warming the tweezers to get the pesky bug to release its head from the skin.
Japan Nuclear Fuel says it discovered the exposure shortly after the worker finished moving plutonium and other materials from bags to a measuring device with a pair of tweezers as part of a material analyzing process.
* Try a pair of tweezers to pick up delicate plants.
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After species or genus was determined, each fly was transferred with a pair of tweezers to live storage in a sterile plastic tube with 1 mL of saline.
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