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kink [kiŋk] (engineering) A tightened loop in a wire rope resulting in permanent deformation and damage to the wire. (cell and molecular biology) A bend between two helical segments of deoxyribonucleic acid achieved by unstacking one base pair and twisting the polynucleotide backbone. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss. "A single kink in my brain," Thomson continued, "a secret weakness, perhaps even a dash of lunacy, and I might be quite reasonably the master-spy of the world. Its Literature and Art have what one might call the kink of the unseen about them, and this persists even through decadence and affectation. |
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