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groin, in oceanography: see coast protection coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevitable losses caused by wave erosion.
..... Click the link for more information. . groyne (esp US), groin a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion groin [grȯin] (anatomy) Depression between the abdomen and the thigh. (architecture) The projecting edge at the intersection of two vaults. (civil engineering) A barrier built out from a seashore or riverbank to protect the land from erosion and sand movements, among other functions. Also known as groyne; jetty; spur dike; wing dam. groin groins: A Groin in architecture, that part of a vault that is formed by the intersection of two mutually perpendicular cylindrical surfaces. Groins are usually placed at the highest point of the apertures, above the abutment of the main vault. They form small vaults, whose radius is determined by the width of the apertures. The Moscow Kremlin’s Teremnoi Palace, built in 1635–36 by the architects A. Konstantinov, T. Sharutin, L. Ushakov, and B. Ogurtsov, has examples of groins in its Council Chamber. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Lower quadrant: dorsum/sacral region pain (86), os coxae [hip] pain (66), knee complaints (75), restless legs (42), difficulties walking up the stairs (75), neurological symptoms [tingling, crampus syndrome] (77), inguen [groin] pain (47), meteorism [tympanites], irritable bowel syndrome (75), irritable bladder (66), high consumption of pain medicines (92), other complaints (1). But while Martial develops his poem simply as a defense of his morals and the permissibility of obscenity in epigram, Panormita mingles this argument with a piquant description of his work's lubricious content: "Elicit hoc cuivis tristi rigidoque cachinnos/cuique, vel Hippolyto, concitat inguen opus" (This work teases loud laughter even from the mirthless; it stirs the member even of Hippolytus) (Herm. Lower quadrant: dorsum/sacral region pain (86), os coxae [hip] pain (66), knee complaints (75), restless legs (42), difficulties walking up the stairs (75), neurological symptoms [tingling, crampus syndrome] (77), inguen [groin] pain (47), meteorism [tympanites], irritable bowel syndrome (75), irritable bladder (66), high consumption of pain medicines (92), other complaints (1). |
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