ligature
61ligature — lig·a·ture || lɪgÉ™tʃə(r) n. act of binding or tying; cord used for tying or binding; something which binds or connects; slur, arched line that connects notes (Music); printed or written character consisting of two or more letters or… …
62ligature — n. 1. Band, bandage, ligament, tie. 2. Binding, tying. 3. Cutting tie, compressing or severing wire …
63ligature — noun (C) technical something such as a thread used for tying a blood vessel to stop someone bleeding …
64ligature — n 1. binding, tying up, bandaging, wrapping; ligation, bandage, dressing, compress, Surg. tourniquet; tie, bond, ligament, link, vinculum, connection, nexus, Anat. funiculus; cord, cordon, braid, thong, band, strap, belt; strand, string, line,… …
65ligature — lig·a·ture …
66ligature — n. any material – for example, nylon, silk, catgut, or wire – that is tied firmly round a blood vessel to stop it bleeding or around the base of a structure (such as the pedicle of a growth) to constrict it …
67ligature — Certain letter combinations that appear frequently together are combined as one character for aesthetic purposes …
68ligature — see LIABLE …
69ligature wire — a soft, thin wire used to tie an arch wire to band attachments or brackets in an orthodontic appliance …
70Typographic ligature — long s i ligature type, size 12pt Garamond. In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace consecutive characters sharing common components and are part of a more… …
