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Significados de prehension em inglês

The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

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        Examples for "seizing"
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        However, few observers believe the army is bent on seizing power again.
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        Renzi's political focus since seizing power in February does make economic sense.
        Reuters
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        So any move will almost inevitably lead to accusations of 'seizing power'.
        News.com.au
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        They came close to seizing power in a lightning attack last year.
        Reuters
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        Sea gangs have made millions of dollars from seizing ships and crews.
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        The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
        Demos
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        The act of Fred Linden in grasping the limb saved his life.
        The Hunters of the Ozark
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        The wild blood in her leaped at the thought of grasping happiness.
        December Love
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        This will teach thee caution in judgment and accuracy in grasping subjects.
        The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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        The players form in a circle, grasping the hands of their neighbors.
        School, Church, and Home Games
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        The same feverish restlessness was taking hold in similar circles in Europe.
        The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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        The Dominican crisis broke just as the new dogma was taking hold.
        The new yorker
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        As I said the words, I could feel a shift taking hold.
        Between a heart and a rock place: a memoir
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        She'd hardly eaten anything today, and the wine was taking hold fast.
        Killer
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        It adds credence to anecdotal accounts of a new normal taking hold.
        Reuters
        Uso de prehension em inglês
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        Two experiments were carried out: the prehension experiment and the grasp perturbation experiment.
        Pubmed
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        In the stationary-object prehension task, subjects had to pick up a stationary target object.
        Pubmed
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        Such a precision grip device may form the groundwork for future studies on prehension mechanisms.
        Pubmed
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        The presentation of distractors had no effects on the prehension kinematics of the control subjects.
        Pubmed
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        TENTACULA or TENTACLES.-Delicatefleshy organs of prehension or touch possessed by many of the lower animals.
        The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
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        Augustus was delighted-notso much at the acceptance of this guest, but his own wonderful prehension.
        The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
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        The results of this study are interpreted in favour of the strict dependence of prehension control on proprioception.
        Pubmed
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        In the prehension experiment temporal parameters of the patient's movements were generally slowed, with greater variability on some measures.
        Pubmed
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        Hers is not a strong or focused talent, and trying for such powerful prehension of the earth debases her to it.
        Iron Council
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        In this study we investigated the role of proprioception in the control of prehension movements, with particular reference to the grasp component.
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        This indicates that the final position of the thumb and the index finger is a controlled parameter of visuomotor transformation during prehension.
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        The data allowed us to investigate also the respective contribution of proprioception and of vision of the hand in the control of prehension.
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        Both the transport and the grasp components of prehension were influenced by the distance between the resting hand position and the object position.
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        In the grasp perturbation experiment a mechanical perturbation was applied to the fingers during prehension movements, again executed with and without visual feedback.
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        Tension... 'prehension... 'ssention have begun...
        The Demolished Man
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        To this purpose we studied the kinematics of prehension movements in a patient with a right parietal lesion and in six right-handed healthy control subjects.
        Pubmed
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