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splay
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splay
[splā]
1 to spread or turn out.
2 to spread out, as said of the limbs.
3 to open, as with the end of a tubular structure by making a longitudinal incision.
4 to dislocate, as said of a bone.


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In a report to the planning committee, which will meet on Wednes-day, the council's director of technical services, Ian Davies, says while the design and siting of the home are acceptable, it would result in the "intensification of an access which has inadequate visibility splays and would therefore be detrimental to highway safety.
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Geophysical Investigation of a Third Order Splay of the Simms ... by Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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