Meaning of needle in English

(Definition of needle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of needle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of needle

needle
If further dissemination is discovered and systemic therapy is considered, tissue confirmation by needle biopsy should be performed.
The application of a very sharp needle with a tip in atomic dimensions is used to scan material surfaces very closely.
They were aspirated with a 10 cm3 syringe attached to an 18 gauge needle.
In the prison for males, social workers from a non-governmental organization exchanged sterile syringes and needles for used equipment three times a week.
The control mice were inoculated per os with 500 larvae/animal using a 2 ml syringe connected to a gavage needle.
Moreover, it is a truly daunting task to find the needle you are looking for in the enormous haystack of documents that search-engines return.
The needle was then withdrawn, the wound was closed in anatomic layers and the skin sutured.
One or more layers of photographic film are used as diaphragms and are punctured by a solenoid-operated plunger needle.
It would then be 'tracked' (or 'needle-dropped') into the sequence where it was required.
This occurs when a needle accidentally perforates the skin of the hand, usually the palm.
The needle is just gliding around in the compass housing, doing no actual steering at all.
Better filtering performance can be expected in the event that a technique for measuring both the position and orientation of the needle tip becomes available.
This approach will be used for path planning for the cart and the flexible needle in subsequent sections.
Each needle is taken in turn and inserted through its assigned hole in the template to its assigned depth.
The aspirated cytoplasm and the spermatozoon were then gently ejected into the cytoplasm and the needle was withdrawn.
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Translations of needle

in Chinese (Traditional)
縫紉工具, 針,縫衣針, 編織針(同 knitting needle)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
缝纫工具, 针,缝衣针, 编织针(同 knitting needle)…
in Spanish
aguja, acícula, aguja [feminine…
in Portuguese
agulha, agulha [feminine], folha (de pinheiro) [feminine]…
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सुई…
縫い針, (注射器の)針, (マツなどの)針状葉…
iğne, şırınga, dikiş iğnesi…
aiguille [feminine], aiguille…
agulla…
naald…
ஒரு மெல்லிய உலோக முள், தையலில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, இது ஒரு முனையில் சுட்டிக்காட்டப்பட்டு…
(सिलाई हेतु प्रयुक्त) सुई, (खून लेने या दवाई देने हेतु प्रयुक्त) सुई…
સોય, (સીવણ માટે વપરાય છે)…
nål, -nål, kanyle…
nål, kanyl, barr…
jarum, jejarum…
Nadel, die Nadel…
sprøyte [masculine-feminine], nål [masculine-feminine], viser [masculine]…
سوئی, سوزن…
голка, спиця, шпиль…
సూది, ఒక చివర మొన తేలి మరొక మరొక చివర దారం కోసం కన్ను అని పిలువబడే రంధ్రం ఉండి కుట్టుపనిలో ఉపయోగించబడే ఒక సన్నని లోహపు మేకు, సూది / చాలా సన్నని…
সুচ, সুই বা ছুঁচ…
jehla, jehlice, střelka…
jarum, daun cemara…
เข็ม, เข็มฉีดยา, เข็ม (เข็มทิศ)…
kim khâu, kim đan, cái kim la bàn…
igła, wskazówka, drut…
바늘, (주사)바늘, 솔잎…
ago, ago (di pino)…
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