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PRONUNCIATION OF BRACHIATION

brachiation  [ˌbrækɪˈeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRACHIATION

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Brachiation is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRACHIATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brachiation

Brachiation

Brachiation, or arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. During brachiation, the body is alternately supported under each forelimb. This form of locomotion is the primary means of locomotion for the small gibbons and siamangs of southeast Asia. Some New World monkeys such as spider monkeys and muriquis are semibrachiators and move through the trees with a combination of leaping and brachiation. Some New World species also practice suspensory behaviors by using their prehensile tail, which acts as a fifth grasping hand. Some traits that allow primates to brachiate include a short stable lumbar spine, short fingernails, long curved fingers, reduced thumbs, long forelimbs, and freely rotating wrists. Modern humans retain many physical characteristics that suggest a brachiator ancestor, including flexible shoulder joints and fingers well-suited for grasping. In lesser apes, these characteristics were adaptations for brachiation.

Definition of brachiation in the English dictionary

The definition of brachiation in the dictionary is the act of swinging by the arms from one hold to the next. Other definition of brachiation is the fact of having widely divergent paired branches.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRACHIATION


abbreviation
əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən
affiliation
əˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən
appreciation
əˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
association
əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən
aviation
ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən
depreciation
dɪˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
deviation
ˌdiːvɪˈeɪʃən
differentiation
ˌdɪfəˌrɛnʃɪˈeɪʃən
humiliation
hjuːˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃən
initiation
ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃən
irradiation
ɪˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
mediation
ˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
negotiation
nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən
pronunciation
prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən
radiation
ˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
Reconciliation
ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
remediation
rɪˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
retaliation
rɪˌtælɪˈeɪʃən
variation
ˌvɛərɪˈeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRACHIATION

brach
brachah
brachet
brachia
brachial
brachiate
brachiator
brachiocephalic
brachiopod
brachiosaurus
brachistochrone
brachium
brachyaxis
brachycephal
brachycephalic
brachycephalism
brachycephalous
brachycephaly
brachycerous
brachydactyl

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRACHIATION

accreditation
action
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certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
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education
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Synonyms and antonyms of brachiation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brachiation» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

brachiation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

braquiación
570 millions of speakers

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brachiation
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Translator English - Hindi

brachiation
380 millions of speakers
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brachiation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

brachiation
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Translator English - Portuguese

brachiation
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Translator English - Bengali

brachiation
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brachiation
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Translator English - Malay

Brachiation
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Translator English - German

Brachiation
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Translator English - Japanese

腕渡り
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Translator English - Korean

brachiation
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Translator English - Javanese

Brachiation
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Translator English - Vietnamese

brachiation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொங்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुमडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

brachiation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brachiation
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Translator English - Polish

brachiation
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Translator English - Ukrainian

brachiation
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Translator English - Romanian

brachiation
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Translator English - Greek

brachiation
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Translator English - Afrikaans

brachiation
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Translator English - Swedish

brachiation
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

brachiation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brachiation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACHIATION»

The term «brachiation» is used very little and occupies the 166.445 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACHIATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brachiation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRACHIATION»

Discover the use of brachiation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brachiation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Primate Locomotion: Linking Field and Laboratory Research
Brachiation can be defined as the bimanual sequence involving rhythmic movement along overhead structures over a distance of several meters without the aid of the hind limbs or the use of other forms of locomotion (napier and napier 1967; ...
Kristiaan D'Août, Evie E. Vereecke, 2011
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Classification and Human Evolution
The most striking omission from this list, which thirty years ago assuredly would have been given pre-eminence, is brachiation. Hewes (loc cit.) even goes so far as to state that “the long argued issue of brachiation or non-brachiation . . . is not  ...
Sherwood L. Washburn, 2013
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Primate Evolution and Human Origins
Total length of thumb ray (phalanges and meta-carpal) in percentage of total hand length. (i) Slow climbing type (ii) Branch running and walking type (iii) Ground running and walking type (iv) New World semi-brachiation type (v) Old ...
John G. Fleagle
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Brahiation: The Crucial Issue For Man's Ancestry
took up and publicized in the early years of the present century. Not interested in brachiation itself but in its effect on posture, he permitted a broad definition to stand, merely observing that the ape moves its suspended body from branch to ...
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Advances in Pattern Recognition - ICAPR 2001: Second ...
4.1 Brachiation Robot The brachiation robot is a mobile robot, which dynamically moves from branch to branch like a gibbon, namely long-armed ape, swinging its body like a pendulum [23],[24](Fig.3). A lot of research about a brachiation type ...
Sameer Singh, Nabeel Murshed, Walter Kropatsch, 2001
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Artificial Life V: Proceedings of the Fifth International ...
Brachiation is often performed by long- armed apes living on trees. Modeling a long-armed ape, we have developed a new brachiation robot, which has a redundant structure consisting of 9 links, 12 D.O.F. and 14 actuators. A framework of a ...
Christopher G. Langton, Katsunori Shimohara, 1997
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The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape ...
Body weights and locomotor preferences ofliving andfossil apes.1 Living Apes Size (kg) Locomotion Hylobates syndactylus 11–11.9 Brachiation & climbing Hylobates concolor 7.6–7.8 Brachiation & climbing Hylobates hoolock 6.9 Brachiation ...
Anne E. Russon, David R. Begun, 2004
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Biologically Inspired Robot Behavior Engineering
As an earlier study of a brachiation robot, we analyzed the dynamics and proposed locomotion types with a six-link brachiation robot[14]. We have totally developed three kinds of brachiation robots including the six-link brachiation robot.
Richard J. Duro, Jose Santos, Manuel Grana, 2003
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Advances in Artificial Life: 5th European Conference, ...
Behaviour Adoption on Behavior-Based Controller for Brachiation Robot Yasuhisa HASEGAWA' , Yoshikuni ITO', Toshio FUKUDA3, ' Dept. of Micro System Engineering , Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464~86()3, ...
Dario Floreano, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Francesco Mondada, 1999
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Aspects of Soft Computing, Intelligent Robotics and Control
2788–2793 (2005) [6] Fukuda, T., Doi, M., Hasegawa, Y., Kajima, H.: Multi- Locomotion Control of Biped Locomotion and Brachiation Robot. In: Fast Motions in Biomechanics and Robotics, pp. 121–145. Springer, Berlin (2006) [7] Fukuda, T., ...
János Fodor, Janusz Kacprzyk, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRACHIATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brachiation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Behind the Scenes at Twycross Zoo: Students get hands-on …
I also like the way they move through their enclosure, using a graceful swinging motion called brachiation. VIEW GALLERY Bonobos at ... «Hinckley Times, May 15»
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Israeli zoo reports success in breeding rare siamang
In nature, siamangs are arboreal, swinging agilely from tree to tree with their long arms, a method of locomotion called brachiation. Spiderman ... «Haaretz, May 15»
3
Scientists Decode 'Language' of Lar Gibbons
Their elongated forelimbs, hands, and feet are adaptations for brachiation, which is their primary mode of travel through forest canopies. «Sci-News.com, Apr 15»
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Mary's Monday Metazoan: We're all just apes here
... scapula located in back instead of on the side. locomotion by brachiation..admittedly hard for adult humans…but anyone with a child under 2 ... «ScienceBlogs, Dec 14»
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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo welcomes white-handed gibbon baby
... their face, this species has inherited the nickname "acrobats of the rainforest" for an arms-only swinging motion they use called brachiation. «KETV Omaha, Nov 14»
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Wildlife Quiz competition : Part 4
... in Tamenglong District (d) The movement of hoolock gibbon in the top trees canopy by swinging with its arms is termed as "brachiation". «E-Pao.net, Nov 14»
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Santa Fe Apes Get a New Home
All three white-handed gibbons at the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo brachiate down a rope in the enclosure. Brachiation is the swinging method of ... «WUFT, Oct 14»
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A Break in the Evolutionary Branch—Brachiating Gibbon Species …
They have distinct physiological traits, such exaggerated limb proportions with long arms designed for brachiation or movement by swinging ... «Latinos Health, Sep 14»
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Are Zoos Getting Any Better? Lessons From One Magnificent …
Who knows what brachiation means? Have any of you ever heard of palm oil? But I soon learned that the greatest introduction I could give my ... «Slate Magazine, May 14»
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Destination: Rainforest Adventure at the NC Museum of Natural …
There's the "brachiation station," a fancy word for monkey bars where kids can swing like a monkey. There's a spider web made of sturdy rope ... «WRAL.com, May 14»

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