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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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Andrew Joseph (Okanogan) tells of his mentor and friend, who was known as Choon; after finishing the day's chores, Choon would find a place on the porch and relax with the other old men; "They told stories and pulled out their whiskers with tweezers. All old Indian men used to pull out their whiskers while telling stories.
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As a versatile construction material, DNA molecules indeed have been used for engineering molecular structures, engineering biological nanodevices [13, 14], and engineering various nanodevices, including "tweezers" [15, 16], "walkers" [17, 18], "stepper" [19], and engineering more [20-22] mechanical functions through encoding information in the base sequence of DNA.
A recent study looked retrospectively at four different tick detachment techniques: using tweezers, lassoing, card detachment, and freezing.
More recently, laser tweezers have been used in combination with computer tracking software and robotic technology for high-throughput sorting and measurement of sperm characteristics [15-19].
Bitan and his colleagues, including Aida Attar, first author of the study and a graduate student in Bitan's lab, have been working with a particular molecular tweezer called CLR01.
The company founder soon realized there was a lack of top-quality tweezers in salons and set out to develop a professional eyebrow tweezer with the same precise performance standard.
This summer's trend for bigger eyebrows may sound like a bit of a relief for those that tend to get a bit 'tweezer happy', but beauticians say that the big brow look still requires maintenance.
They may be bigger and bushier, but heavy brows still require big maintenance work, although you can take a breather from massive tweezer attacks.
After using the optoelectronic tweezers to assemble a pattern of 40-micron-diameter, commercially available solder beads, the researchers froze the liquid in the optoelectronic tweezer device and then reduced the surrounding pressure to allow the frozen liquid to turn from a solid directly into a gas.
Once your perfect arches are in order you can keep new stray hairs at bay with regular at-home tweezer grooming.
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