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biteSee byte. bite 1. Angling an attempt by a fish to take the bait or lure 2. the depth of cut of a machine tool 3. the grip or hold applied by a tool or chuck to a workpiece 4. Dentistry the angle or manner of contact between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed naturally 5. the surface of a file or rasp with cutting teeth 6. the corrosive action of acid, as on a metal etching plate bite [bīt] (biology) To seize with the teeth. Closure of the lower teeth against the upper teeth. (engineering) In glazing, the length of overlap of the inner edge of a frame over the edge of the glass. (graphic arts) In photoengraving, the various stages of etching accomplished through the action of acid. (medicine) Skin injury produced by an animal's teeth or the mouthparts of an insect.
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| Okay, so you've bitten the bullet and attended your professional organization's monthly meeting. ``They have put off hard decisions where the other campuses have bitten the bullet,'' Linda Joplin, chair of the Cal-NOW athletic equity committee, said of CSUN's inability to quickly rectify the inequity the football program played a major role in. They just should have bitten the bullet and admitted the mistake and fixed it and maybe this wouldn't have happened. |
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