This may sound a little sadistic, but no living turtles were hurt in the study. Other scientists understand the appeal of looking at the material properties of the interlocking plates and ribs that make up turtle shells.
“It’s actually fun to just play around with them and see how they bend under a point or certain loading regimes,” said Holger Petermann, a paleontologist with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Vanity Fair reporter Abigail Tracy explains the latest head-spinning developments in the Mueller investigation—and what they could mean for Donald Trump.
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editor for our Democracy in America blog has discussed the Obamacare
hearings in a recent post: "…the spectacle of the head of the Department
of Health and Human Services herself seemingly being unable to
disentangle the many threads of Obamacare eligibility requirements
speaks to the head-spinning complexity that the law's opponents argue is
its fatal weakness." Read more via http://econ.st/16OUOQC
By DAVID RAKOFF
Reviewed by PAUL RUDNICK
The essayist David Rakoff's final work is fiction in verse about a group of interlocking characters.
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Taiwanese "Jigsaw Expert" Saves Man's Shredded Cash
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A Taiwan forensic scientist nicknamed the "jigsaw expert" has helped a man recover cash he accidentally shredded. The expert pieced together the remains of ...
- Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
- They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.
jígsàw[jíg・sàw]
n.
A usually power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves.
tr.v.,
-sawed,
-saw·ing,
-saws.
- To cut or form with a jigsaw.
- To arrange intricately; interlock.
n. - 線鋸
idioms:
[動]（-sawed, -sawed or -sawn, 〜・ing）(他)…を糸のこで切る.
━━[形]糸のこで切り抜いた.
━━[名]
2 糸のこぎり, 細帯のこぎり.
interlock
Translate interlock | into French | into Italian
verb
Pronunciation:
/ɪntəˈlɒk/
(of two or more things) engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses:their fingers interlocked (as adjective interlocking)a design of interlocking leaves
[with object] lock or join (things) together:the two planes were almost interlocked as they climbed together
noun
Pronunciation:
/ˈɪntəlɒk/
1a device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components: a safety interlock to stop the blades spinning
2 (also interlock fabric) [mass noun] a fabric knitted with closely interlocking stitches allowing it to stretch: a dress in soft interlock [count noun]:a cotton interlock in black or plum
Derivatives
make one's head spin. Cause one to be giddy, dazed, or confused, as in The figures in this tax return make my head spin . This phrase employs spin in the sense of “rapidly gyrating,” a usage applied to the brain or head since about 1800.
spin
[no object] (of a person’s head) give a sensation of dizziness:the figures were enough to make her head spin
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