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| skeleton | |
| 1. n. (Anat) Squelette. | |
| 2. n. (Sport) Skeleton. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| skeleton | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. |  |
| 2. n. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. | |
| She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween. | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) A very thin person. | |
| She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. | |
| The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone. | |
| 5. n. (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. | |
| 6. n. (computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub. | |
| In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’. | |
| 7. n. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. | |
| 8. v. (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize | |
| 9. v. (archaic) to minimize | |
| 10. n. (sports) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge). | |
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| squelette | |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) A skeleton. | |
| 2. n-m. (figuratively) A very thin person. | |
