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In a bow and arrow, two notches near the bow's respective ends, for attaching the bowstring Nock (arrow) , in an arrow, the notch in the fletched (feathered) end of the arrow, for engaging the bowstring
Particularly rugged and forbidding cols in the terrain are usually referred to as notches. They are generally unsuitable as mountain passes, but are occasionally crossed by mule tracks or climbers' routes. Derived from the French col ("collar, neck") from Latin collum, "neck", [2] the term tends to be associated more with mountain than hill ...
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology.
nock (equipment) – The notch at the rear end of an arrow; also the notches at the ends of the bow limbs to which the bowstring is attached, or looped over; nock (practice) – The act of setting an arrow in a bow; nocking point (equipment) – The point on a bow string over which an arrow nock is placed
Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]
Notch signalling pathway, a cell signalling system present in most multicellular organisms; Notch proteins, a family of transmembrane proteins; Notch filter, a band-stop filter with a narrow stopband; Notch test, also known as Charpy impact test; Lion Notch, a male lion featured in the nature documentary series Big Cat Diary
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Suprascapular notch, a notch in the superior border of the scapula, just medial to the base of the coracoid process; It may also sometimes refer to the Dicrotic notch seen with aorta pressure; Cardiac notch of stomach (incisura cardiaca), where the left margin of the oesophagus joins the greater curvature of the stomach