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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.


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5 mm diameter cable, no curve should be tighter than 30 cm, and absolutely avoid kinking it, crushing it, stepping on it, rolling a chair over it, or rolling a cart over it, or otherwise flattening it out.
We gently placed the heart partly in the heart cavity and partly in the stomach cavity without twisting, kinking or rotating anything," cardiac surgeon A K Bishoi who operated on the boy told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
We gently placed the heart partly in the heart cavity and partly in the stomach cavity without twisting, kinking or rotating anything," cardiac surgeon A K Bishoi who operated on the boy told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
 
 
 
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