Entertainment / Literature / Lengthening: The change of a short vowel sound into a long one. Vowels can be long or short in English writing--which often uses a single symbol to represent two or more sounds. Examples include the vowels represented by in fate (long) and fat (short).
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Health / Dentistry / Crown Lengthening: A surgical procedure exposing more tooth for restorative purposes. MORE
Technology / Motors / Active Iron: The amount of steel (iron) in the stator and rotor of a motor. Usually the amount of active iron is increased or decreased by lengthening or shortening the rotor and stator (they are generally the sam MORE
Health / Pilates / Marionette String: An image to encourage lengthening throughout your spine. Visualize a string extending from the crown of your head to the ceiling, suspending your entire spine along its length, from head to tailbone. MORE
Health / Pilates / Reformer: ReformerThis Pilates apparatus is a sophisticated system of springs, straps, and pulleys, with a gliding platform on which you can sit, kneel, stand, or lie on the front, back, or side. It is designed MORE
Health / Massage / Osteokinetics: This therapy utilizes dialogue, coached breathing, and applying qigong from one side of the body through to the other while lengthening, stretching and manipulating the body, all of which creates spac MORE
Health / Massage / Rolfing Structural Integration: A method to reorder the major body segments, Rolfing was founded by American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf in the 1940s. Rolfing utilizes physical manipulation and movement awareness to bring head, shoulder MORE