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Definitions: Ligament |
LigamentNoun1. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs. 2. Any connection or unifying bond. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ligament" was first used: 1392. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or cartilages, serving to support and strengthen joints. (references) |
Medicine | A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or more bones, cartilages or other structures, or serving as support for fasciae or muscles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | However, with a small number of fuel pins in the cluster, it may be impracticable to achieve a moderator ratio as desired because the lattice pitch-and hence the ligament between channels-may be too small. Furthermore, the pressure-vessel cap must allow sufficient space for standpipes, their insulation and cooling, and an adequate ligament of concrete. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A ligament is a short band of tough fibrous connective tissue composed mainly of long, stringy collagen molecules. Ligaments connect bones to other bones in joints. (They do not connect muscles to bones; that is the function of tendons.)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Damage to the Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee is a common and often serious injury suffered in skiing. Techniques to minimise the risk of injury in the sport are published by Vermont Safety Research
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ligament."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Connection | Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders. |
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Health | There is also a surgical procedure in which doctors can open the wrist and cut the ligament at the bottom of the wrist to relieve the pressure. (references) | |
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| "Ligament" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ligament" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 100 | 32,668 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ligament": Anterior Cruciate Ligament ♦ Broad Ligament ♦ Campos ligament ♦ Capsular ligament ♦ falciform ligament ♦ ligament of Campos ♦ ligament of Zinn ♦ Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament ♦ Patellar Ligament ♦ Periodontal Ligament ♦ Posterior Cruciate Ligament ♦ Poupart's ligament ♦ Round Ligament ♦ round ligament of the uterus ♦ suspensory ligament. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ligament": ankle-ligament, knee-ligament. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ligament"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ligament, lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), pjezë (tendon), pejzë (filament, sinew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حزام مطرز, رابطة (connection, connexion, nexus, relation, solder, tie), رباط (band, bind, bond, cord, couple, juncture, knot, ligation, ligature, swathe, truss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сухожилие (leader, nerve, sinew, string, tendon), свръзка (batman, bracing, housing, intercommunication, liaison, link, linkage, orderly), връзка (alliance, association, bond, bunch, cement, channel, communication, concatenation, connection, connexion, contact, copula, cord, coupler, intercommunication, lace, leverage, liaison, ligature, link, nexus, noose, overlay, point, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, string, tie, touch), лигамент (bridle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 韌帶 , 韧带. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vaz (neck), provazec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ligament (band, chorda, cord, string, tendon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ligament (band), band (band, bandage, bandage dressing, binding, bond, border, braid, brim, brink, cover, dance-band, edge, edging, fillet, fringe, hoop, jazz-band, newspaper wrapper, orchestra, ray, ribbon, rim, sheet, steel strip, steelband, strap, string, strip, strip steel, stripe, tape, tie, tire, tyre, volume, wrapper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ligamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیوند(تش.), وترعضلانی , رباط (Ligature, Sinew), بندیزه , بند (Article, Bond, Clamp, Clause, Dam, Dike, Fascia, Fit, Hinge, Internode, Joggle, Joint, Levee, Ligature, Line, Link, Manacle, Noose, Paragraph, Provision, Proviso, Segment, Sling, Snare, Stanza, Tie, Trawl, Weir, Wristband). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jänneside. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ligament (ligation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | band (assembly line, band, belt, bond, brace, cement, connection, conveyor belt, frenulum, frenum, frequency band, group, hoop, lace, league, ligated, line, magnetic tape, orthodontic band, reel, ribbon, ring, sheet, sliver, steel strip, steelband, strap, string, strip, strip steel, stripe, strut, tape, tie, track, vol., volume, wavelength), ligament. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύνδεσμος (abutting joint, adapter, affiliation, assembly, band, bend, bracing, commissure, conjunction, connection, connector, coupler, fitting, intra-facet connector, joining, joint, link, linkage, spider, splice, staple, sub, substitute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רצוע" (band, belt, knout, lash, list, ribbon, strap, streak, swivel, tape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ínszalag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Legamento (attach, band, bind, fasten, ligate, link, string, tie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 靭帯 , 靱帯 , "膜 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"まく, じ"たい (human body). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인대. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiangley craue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ligament, bånd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | igamentlay ligamento (band, bind, bond, bridle, chorda, cord, desmoid, ligamentous, ligature, linkage, string, tendon, tie). (various references) ligament, legãturã (band, bandage, bearing, bind, binder, binding, bond, brace, bracer, bunch, bundle, communion, concern, conjunction, connection, contact, cord, harmony, headkerchief, hoist, junction, knot, lashing, league, liaison, link, link up, marriage, nexus, pack, pertinence, rapport, reference, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, respect, sheaf, tie, touch, truss, unity). (various references) связка (band, bunch, bundle, chord, copula, faggot, truss). (various references) ligament, veza (bond, bracing, bunch, clip, communication, connection, contact, copula, fastener, fastening, liaison, link, nexus, rapport, relation, stay, tie, touch, union), tetiva (chord, hamstring, sinew, string, tendon), žila (lode, sinew, tendon). (various references) ligamento (band, weave). (various references) ligament, bindsena. (various references) เอ็น, เครื่องพันธนาการ. (various references) kiriş (balk, baulk, beam, bowstring, catgut, chord, girder, gut, joist, rafter, rib, sinew, span, string, stringcourse, Stringer, tendinous, tendon, tie, tie beam, timber, traverse, wire), bağ doku, bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, brace, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, header, knot, lace, league, ligature, link, linkage, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, relationship, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke). (various references) зв'язка (chord, copula, cord), зв'язок (association, bonding, bracer, catena, chain, coherence, communication, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, join, liaison, ligature, link, nexus, pertinence, pertinency, rapport, relationship, thread, tie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | copulae, ligamentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ligament": ligamentous, ligaments. (additional references) | |
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"Ligament" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ilament, lieament, longuement, Xiamen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ligament" (pronounced li"gumunt) |
| 5 | -u m u n t | accompaniment, adamant, argument, armament, complement, condiment, detriment, disarmament, element, excrement, experiment, filament, impediment, implement, increment, instrument, integument, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: metaling, tegminal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ailment, aliment, atingle, elating, gelatin, geminal, genital, malting, melting, mintage, teaming, tegmina. | |
-2 letters: aiglet, eating, enigma, entail, etamin, gamine, gelant, gelati, genial, gentil, gimlet, ingate, inmate, lament, laming, legman, ligate, linage, lingam, magnet, malign, maline, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, mating, menial, mental, meting, milage, mingle, tamein, taming, tangle, tenail, tineal, tingle. | |
-3 letters: agent. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: alignment, emulating, glutamine, lamenting, ligaments, metalling, trameling. | |
+2 letters: alightment, alignments, alimenting, embattling, glutamines, martingale, metalising, metalizing, multirange, regimental, signalment, tramelling, trammeling, trigeminal. | |
+3 letters: alightments, amblygonite, eliminating, enigmatical, glutaminase, ligamentous, maledicting, malignities, maltreating, martingales, meliorating, metallizing, methylating, misaltering, misrelating, multiagency, platemaking, realignment, regimentals, signalments, stalemating, steelmaking, trammelling, trigeminals. | |
+4 letters: almightiness, amblygonites, ameliorating, delaminating, demodulating, emasculating, glutaminases, languishment, legitimating, legitimation, magnetically, magnetizable, magniloquent, metabolizing, metalworking, mineralogist, misalignment, multimegaton, nematologies, nematologist, nonalignment, platemakings, premalignant, realignments, reimplanting, steamrolling, steelmakings, streamlining, telegramming, thermalizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 67 61 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. --. .- -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100111 01100001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i g a m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0067 0061 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4675736779718086 |
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