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Irritability (medicine) and tape 1, noun (oh)


Irritability (medicine)


irritability


1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

2. <physiology> A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; especially, the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibres, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.

3. <medicine> A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation.

Origin: L. Irritabilitas: cf. F. Irritabilite.

Source: Websters Dictionary


tape 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?for recording?
2 ?sticky material?
3 ?thin piece of material?
4 the tape
5 ?for measuring?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: tAppe]
?FOR RECORDING?
a) [U] narrow plastic material covered with a special magnetic substance, on which you can record sounds, pictures, or computer information
on tape
(=recorded on tape)
::We've got the Film on tape.
::I hate hearing my voice on tape.
b) [C] a special plastic box containing a length of tape that you can record sound on
-synonym cassette cassette
::I'll listen to the tape tomorrow.
::William lent me some of his Beatles tapes.
tape of
::We played a tape of African Music and began dancing.
::Bring me a blank tape and I'll record it for you.
c) [C] a special plastic box containing a length of tape that you can record sound and pictures on
-synonym videotape videotape
?STICKY MATERIAL?
[U] a narrow length of plastic that is sticky on one side and is used to stick things together
British Equivalent: SellotapeAmerican Equivalent: Scotch tape
::a photo stuck to the wall with tape
?THIN PIECE OF MATERIAL?
[U and C] a long thin piece of plastic or cloth used for purposes such as marking out an area of ground or tying things together
::Crime-scene tape marked out the position of the murdered man.
the tape
a string stretched out across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winner
?FOR MEASURING?
[C] a tape measure
-see also red tape