| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To figure or shape.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb body.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (body) | 1. Invest with or as with a body; give body to.[Wordnet]. 2. To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: bodying, bodied, bodies, bodier, bodiers, bodyingly and bodiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BODYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BODYING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Chemical Industry | Increase in the apparent viscosity of a paint, varnish, resin, or lacques, which occurs (1) deliberately during manufacturee or (2) adventitiously during storage. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: body
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Acetone body | A ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Active Body Control | Active Body Control, or ABC, is a semi active suspension, by Mercedes-Benz, that virtually eliminates body roll in many driving situations including cornering, accelerating, and braking. The system’s computer detects body movement from sensors located throughout the vehicle, and controls the action of the active suspension with the use of hydraulic servos. A total of thirteen sensors continually monitor body movement and vehicle level and supply the ABC computer with new data every ten milliseconds. Two sensors at each end of the vehicle measure ride level, while nine other sensors monitor vertical and transverse body movement. As the ABC computer receives and processes data, it operates four hydraulic servos, each mounted on a spring strut, beside each wheel. Almost instantaneously, the servo regulated suspension generates counter forces to body lean, dive, and squat during various driving maneuvers. A suspension strut, consisting of a steel coil spring and a shock absorber are connected in parallel, as well as a hydraulically controlled adjusting cylinder, are located between the vehicle body and wheel. These components adjust the cylinder in the direction of the suspension strut, and change the suspension length. This creates a force which acts on the suspension and dampening of the vehicle in the frequency range up to five hertz. The system also lowers the vehicle up to eleven millimeters between the speeds of 60 km/h (37 mph) and 160 km/h (99 mph) for better aerodynamics, fuel consumption, and handling. The ABC system also acts as an automatic leveling control that raises or lowers the vehicle in response to changing load (i.e. the loading or unloading of passengers or cargo). Each vehicle equipped with ABC has an “ABC Sport” button that allows the driver to adjust the suspension range for different driving style preferences. This feature allows the driver to adjust the suspension to maintain a more level ride in more demanding driving conditions. This system is standard on all Mercedes-Benz SL and CL Class models and on some S Class models sold in the U.S. (references) | ||
| Administrative body | A unit with administrative responsibilities. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Adult body | The body of an adult human being. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Adult female body | The body of an adult woman. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Adult male body | The body of an adult man. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Aortic body | The aortic body is one of several small cluster of chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, and supporting cells located along the aortic arch. It measures changes in blood pressure and the composition of arterial blood flowing past it, including the partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide but not pH. The chemoreceptors responsible for sensing changes in blood gasses are called glomus cells. (references) | ||
| Astral body | The astral body, also known as desire body or emotional body, in occultism and New Age thought, refers to a subtle body which exists alongside the physical body, as a vehicle of the soul or consciousness. (references) | ||
| Bacteria in the human body | The human body contains a large number of bacteria, most of them performing tasks that are useful or even essential to human survival. Those that are expected to be present, and that under normal circumstances do not cause disease, are termed normal flora. (references) | ||
| Basal body | A basal body is an organelle formed from a centriole, a short cylindrical array of microtubules. It is found at the base of a eukaryotic cell cilium or flagellum and serves as a nucleation site for the growth of the axoneme microtubules. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: body
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Agitator body | Energy | Truck body designed and equipped to mix concrete in transit. (references) | |
| Aircraft body | Transportation | The main structural body of an aircraft other than a flying boat or boat amphibian. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| AIRCRAFT BODY REPAIRER | Occupations | Repairs sheet and extruded metal structural parts of aircraft and missiles according to design specifications, using handtools and power tools and metalworking machinery: Reads design specifications or examines sample parts to determine fabrication procedures and machines and tools required. Removes rivets and other fasteners to facilitate removal of defective part, using power drill and punch, or cuts out defective part, using power shears, hacksaw, and file. Locates and marks dimension and reference lines on defective or replacement part, using templates, scribes, compass, and steel rule. Sets up and operates metal fabricating machines, such as saws, brakes, shears, drill press, and grinders, to repair defective part or fabricate new part. Reinstalls repaired or replacement parts for subsequent riveting or welding, using clamps and wrenches. Confers with other workers to expedite heat treating, anodizing, or other specified processing of repair parts. May signal crane operator to fit and align heavy parts. May stretch skin and panel sheets to remove surface tension, using sheet metal hand forming tools. (references) | |
| ALL A-SE AND NO BODY | Slang in 1811 | HODDY DODDY, ALL A-SE AND NO BODY. A short clumsy person, either male or female. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Asbestos body | Medicine | 1: A fiber coated with an iron-containing protein which gives a characteristic appearance of golden brown beading along the length of the fiber and a bulbous thickening at each end producing the classic dumbbell appearance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: A fibre coated with an iron-containing protein which gives a characteristic appearence of golden brown beading along the length of the fibre and a bulbous thickening at each end producing the classic dumbbell appearence. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Astral Body | Literature | 1: (The). The noumenon of a phenomenal body. This "spirit body" survives after the death of the material body, and is the "ghost" or "double." Macbeth's dagger was an astral body; so, in theosophy, is the "kama-rupa" or mind body; and in transubstantiation the veritable "blood and flesh" of Christ is the astral body of the accidents "bread and wine." 2: Man is supposed to consist of body, soul, and spirit. The last is the astral body of man. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Ballistic body | Aerospace | A body free to move, behave, and be modified in appearance, contour, or texture by ambient conditions, substances, or forces, as by the pressure of gases in a gun, by rifling in a barrel, by gravity, by temperature, or by air particles.A rocket with a self-contained propulsion unit is not considered a ballistic body during the period of its guidance or propulsion. (references) | |
| Barr body | Geology | A condensed X chromosome found in the somatic cells (all of the cells of a multicellular organism which are not sex cells) of females, visible when the nucleus of the somatic cell is not dividing. None of its genes are used, so it is inactive. (references) | |
| Black body | Aerospace | An ideal body which, if it existed, would be a perfect absorber and a perfect radiator, absorbing all incident radiation, reflecting none, and emitting radiation at wavelengths. In remote sensing, the exitance curves of black bodies at various temperatures can be used to model naturally occurring phenomena like solar radiation and terrestrial emmitance. (references) | |
| Black body | Mining | As applied to heat radiation, this term signifies that the surface in question emits radiant energy at each wavelength at the maximum rate possible for the temperature of the surface and, at the same time, absorbs all incident radiation. Only when a surface is a black body can its temperature be measured accurately by means of an optical pyrometer. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: body
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| BODY | English | British Organ Donor Society | Medicine | |
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