(comb form)
1comb. form — prefix of the hand …
2-form — comb. form (usu. as iform) forming adjectives meaning: 1 having the form of (cruciform; cuneiform). 2 having such a number of (uniform; multiform). Etymology: from or after F forme f. L formis f. forma FORM * * * (usu. as iform) comb. form 1) …
3Comb honey — production using Ross Round style equipment: center comb is complete, right in progress Comb honey is honey, intended for consumption, which still contains pieces of the hexagonal shaped beeswax cells of the honeycomb. Before the invention of the …
4Comb Ridge — from the air, above Bluff Utah and the San Juan River. Photo by Doc Searls. Comb Ridge is a linear north to south trending monocline nearly 120 miles long in southeast Utah and Arizona. Composed of Jurassic age Navajo Sandstone, it displays… …
5comb — comb1 [kōm] n. [ME < OE camb, comb, lit., toothed object < IE * g̑ombhos (> Sans jámbah, Gr gomphos, tooth) < base * ĝembh ,ĝombh , to bite, tooth] 1. a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the… …
6Comb filter — In signal processing, a comb filter adds a delayed version of a signal to itself, causing constructive and destructive interference. The frequency response of a comb filter consists of a series of regularly spaced spikes, giving the appearance of …
7Comb space — In mathematics, particularly topology, a comb space is a subspace of that looks rather like a comb. The comb space has some rather interesting properties and provides interesting counterexamples. The topologist s sine curve has similar properties …
8comb — n 1. fine tooth comb, serration, serrated edge, toothed strip; hair comb, hairbrush, brush, currycomb; card; rake, harrow. 2. cock s comb, crest, tuft, Zool. caruncle, topknot; growth, Zool. beard, outgrowth, ridge, spine; feather, plume, panache …
9comb pottery — also called combware main pottery type of the Korean Neolithic Period (c. 3000–700 BC). Derived from a Siberian Neolithic prototype, the pottery is made of sandy clay, and its colour is predominantly brown. The vessel form found in early… …
10comb plates — Large flat organelles formed by the fusion of many cilia. Vertical rows of comb plates form the motile appendages of Ctenophores …
