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precentral (medicine)


precentral


Referring to the cerebral convolution immediately anterior to the central sulcus: precentral gyrus.


throw(2) (iou)



throw noun2. . ME.
[from THROW verb.]
I.
The distance to which anything is or may be thrown. Freq. with specifying word, as stone's throw. ME.
R. Frame There they were, a stone's throw away from her.
An act of throwing a missile etc.; a forcible propulsion or delivery from or as from the hand or arm. M16.
E. Allen A bouncing ball is difficult to handle.., so it is best to let the throw continue.
spec.
a. An act of throwing a net, fishing-line, etc. M16.
b. An act of throwing a die or dice; the number thrown. M16.
c. Wrestling. The felling or throwing down of an opponent. E19.
d. Cricket. An illegitimate delivery considered to have been thrown rather than properly bowled. M19.
e. A felling of timber; the direction in which a tree is caused to fall. L19.
Geology & Mining. A dislocation in a vein or stratum in which the part on one side of the fracture is displaced up or down; a fault. Also, the amount of such vertical displacement. L18.
A light rug or piece of decorative fabric used as a casual covering for furniture. Also, a shawl, a stole. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
B. T. Bradford Chairs..had their arms draped with fluffy mohair throws from Scotland.
An item, or a turn or attempt at something, for which a fee is usu. charged. colloq. L19.
C. Hope Knocking back pretty cocktails at a couple of quid a throw.
II.
An act of twisting or turning; the fact or condition of being twisted; a turn, a twist; a wrench. Scot. E16.
b. fig. A perverse twist of temper or ill humour. Scot. L18.
A machine or device by or on which an object is turned while being shaped. M17.
Mechanics. The action or motion of a slide-valve, or of a crank, eccentric wheel, or cam; the extent of this motion measured on a straight line passing through the centre of motion; the extent through which a switch or lever may be moved. Also, a crank-arm, a crank. E19.
b. Electricity. The sudden deflection of the needle in an instrument, esp. a galvanometer. L19.