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1Hairpin — can mean: * A long device used to hold a person s hair in place: see below * Hairpin bend * A stem loop in biochemistry. A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person s hair in place.Hairpins made of metal, ivory, bronze, carved… …
2hairpin — (n.) also hair pin, 1788 (two words), from HAIR (Cf. hair) + PIN (Cf. pin) (n.). A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for person c.1880 1910, especially in the expression That s the kind of… …
3hairpin — [her′pin΄] n. a small, usually U shaped, piece of wire, shell, etc., for keeping the hair or a headdress in place adj. formed like a hairpin [a hairpin turn] …
4Hairpin — Hair pin ( p[i^]n ), n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, used by women. [1913 Webster] …
5hairpin — hairpin. См. шпилька. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
6hairpin — ► NOUN ▪ a U shaped pin for fastening the hair …
7hairpin — (= alpha hairpin; a hairpin; beta hairpin; b hairpin) Protein motif formed by two adjacent regions of a polypeptide chain that lie antiparallel and alongside each other. Depending on whether the polypeptide is in alpha helix or beta strand… …
8hairpin — I. noun Date: 1771 1. a pin to hold the hair in place; specifically a long U shaped pin 2. something shaped like a hairpin; specifically a sharp U shaped turn in a road II. adjective Date: 1887 having the shape of a hairpin < a hairpin turn >; …
9hairpin — [[t]he͟ə(r)pɪn[/t]] hairpins 1) N COUNT A hairpin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself which someone uses to hold their hair in position. Syn: hairgrip 2) N COUNT A hairpin is the same as a hairpin bend …
10hairpin — UK [ˈheə(r)ˌpɪn] / US [ˈherˌpɪn] noun [countable] Word forms hairpin : singular hairpin plural hairpins 1) a metal object used for holding hair in position, consisting of a thin piece of wire in the shape of a U 2) a hairpin bend …
