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Meaning of "hairpin bend" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIRPIN BEND

hairpin bend  [ˈhɛəˌpɪn bɛnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIRPIN BEND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hairpin bend is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAIRPIN BEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hairpin bend

Hairpin turn

A hairpin turn, named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn almost 180° to continue on the road. Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English, by analogy with switchback railways. In British English 'switchback' is more likely to refer to a heavily undulating road—a use extended from the rollercoaster and the other type of switchback railway. Hairpin turns are often built when a route climbs up or down a steep slope, so that it can travel mostly across the slope with only moderate steepness, and are often arrayed in a zigzag pattern. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent, at the price of greater distances of travel and usually lower speed limits, due to the sharpness of the turn. Highways of this style are also generally less costly to build and maintain than highways with tunnels. On occasion, the road may loop completely, using a tunnel or bridge to cross itself.

Definition of hairpin bend in the English dictionary

The definition of hairpin bend in the dictionary is a very sharp curve or bend in a road.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAIRPIN BEND


attend
əˈtɛnd
backbend
ˈbækˌbɛnd
bend
bɛnd
blend
blɛnd
boyfriend
ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd
defend
dɪˈfɛnd
depend
dɪˈpɛnd
end
ɛnd
extend
ɪkˈstɛnd
friend
frɛnd
girlfriend
ˈɡɜːlˌfrɛnd
pitchbend
ˈpɪtʃˌbɛnd
pretend
prɪˈtɛnd
recommend
ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd
send
sɛnd
spend
spɛnd
tend
tɛnd
trend
trɛnd
unbend
ʌnˈbɛnd
weekend
ˌwiːkˈɛnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIRPIN BEND

hairiness
hairless
hairlessness
hairlike
hairline
hairline crack
hairline fracture
hairnet
hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin curve
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspray
hairspring
hairstreak
hairstyle
hairstylist
hairtail
hairweaving

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIRPIN BEND

ascend
at an end
becket bend
best friend
carrick bend
come to an end
expansion bend
fisherman´s bend
hawser bend
high-end
in the end
knee-bend
legend
prebend
round the bend
sheet bend
the end
to the bitter end
U-bend
vend

Synonyms and antonyms of hairpin bend in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hairpin bend» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIRPIN BEND

Find out the translation of hairpin bend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hairpin bend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hairpin bend» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发夹弯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

curva cerrada
570 millions of speakers

English

hairpin bend
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल के लिये कांटा मोड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منعطف حاد منحنى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крутой поворот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hairpin curva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুলওয়ালা বাঁক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un virage en épingle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tudung rambut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haarnadelkurve
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘアピンカーブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리 핀의 자형으로 굴곡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rambut tengkuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồ kẹp tóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மயிர் வளைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केस कवच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saç tokası viraj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tornante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serpentynami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крутий поворот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ac de păr cot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φουρκέτα στροφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haarnaalddraai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårnål bend
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hårnålssvinger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hairpin bend

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRPIN BEND»

The term «hairpin bend» is normally little used and occupies the 136.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRPIN BEND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hairpin bend» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hairpin bend» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIRPIN BEND»

Discover the use of hairpin bend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hairpin bend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
ABC Biologie
Integration of the many transport events along the loop, combined with the urine flow, results in an increasing concentration of NaCl toward the hairpin bend of the loop; the concentration decreases again up the limbs of the loop of Henle in the ...
Thomas Scott, 1996
2
Essentials of Medical Physiology
K. Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam. Nephron I Glomerulus I Bowman capsule I Loop of Henle I 1 V Hairpin bend FIGURE 49.5: Parts of nephron TABLE 49.2: Size and cells of different parts of nephron. i. Descending Limb Descending limb  ...
K. Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam, 2012
3
Target PSA Problem Solving Assessment: For Class-8
The road down hills of the mountain tops (17) are very steep full of sharped bend (18) at every sharp turns is signboard go slow hairpin bend ahead. (19) Driving a buses fulls of schools childrens required a great deal of (20) courage patient ...
Indu Lekha Wanchoo, J.P. Dixit, Dinesh Pandey, 2014
4
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
One of these creatures I'll call the hairpin bend, for reasons that will become apparent. This animal is the most recent common ancestor (in the female line, but that is not important) that rabbits share with leopards. We don't know exactly what it ...
Richard Dawkins, 2009
5
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
TABLE 1 — Some faunas of the Kaihikuan Stage. X X X X X ? X X * x x x x >: x XX XX xxx XXX H The Hairpin Bend Member, named after the hairpin bend in North Etal Creek near its mouth, is 25 m thick and contains several coarse ...
6
Race & Track Day Driving Techniques
... worth their salt will place the turn-in and apex cones at Druids hairpin as if the corner is a 'text book' hairpin bend, with a very late turn-in and apex allowing for a relatively The 'school' line through Druids corner at Brands Hatch (Courtesy.
David Hornsey, 2011
7
The Advanced Cyclist's Training Manual: Fitness and Skills ...
It is often found on well-engineered mountain passes and has a vanishing point that moves very slowly on entry, requiring significant braking. A skilled rider can take a hairpin bend on a descent very fast, braking hard on the entry and leaning  ...
Luke Edwardes-Evans, 2013
8
Papers on Topology: Analysis Situs and Its Five Supplements
Then if the point M describes an infinitely small contour on the manifold V, the functions F return to their original values. It will again be the case if the point M describes a hairpin bend, i.e., travels from M0 to M1 by any path M0BM1, describes ...
Henri Poincaré, 2010
9
Textbook of Medical Biochemistry
This forms the hairpin-bend. The 3'end of the hairpin-bend forms a “Primer” for DNA polymerase I to complete the synthesis of the complementary strand. The hairpin-bend is then removed by the action of the enzyme S1 nuclease which is ...
M. N. Chatterjea, Rana Shinde, 2012
10
The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources
... and Tsanpo in Tibet (locally Tsanpo means 'purifier') with a long eastward course of about 1,600km up to Namcha Barwa peak (7,710m) keeping parallel with the main Himalayan ranges. It has a sharp hairpin bend near Namcha Barwa and ...
Vijay Singh, Nayan Sharma, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIRPIN BEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hairpin bend is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Has the bus driver who got stuck never heard of maps?
The lane has a 16 per cent gradient and a hairpin bend. Has the bus driver who got stuck never heard of maps? X. Share Tweet Share Pin It ... «Leek Post & Times, Jul 15»
2
Three killed in accident on NH17 - The Times of India
The accident occurred at the Vattappara hairpin bend. One of the deceased has been identified as Usman of Kavumbara and the two others ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Charlwood boy battling brain tumour meets Lewis Hamilton and …
... paddock, spent time at the Red Bull Energy Station and watched the race in luxurious surroundings at the Fairmont Hotel by the hairpin bend. «Surrey Mirror, Jul 15»
4
The Essence of Cycling in Eritrea
A camel rider watches the peloton race around a hairpin bend on their way to Massawa during Tour of Eritrea 2009. Photo: Chris Keulen. «Caperi, Jul 15»
5
Landslide in Kodaikanal, traffic movement halted
A few months ago, there was a big landslide on the road, about 20km from Palani, on the 11th hairpin bend. Restoration work was underway at ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Maratona dles Dolomites: a bike race of ups and downs (and little …
Three times I have to stop my bike on a hairpin bend – there's 29 in all, helpfully numbered with signs – to douse myself in water. All around me ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Council commitment to Berriedale improvements emphasised
... Authority approved contributions totalling £220,000 to the final detailed design stage of a project to realign the hairpin bend at Berriedale. «Sutherland Northern Times, Jul 15»
8
It's time FMSCI got serious: Karun Chandhok
... lower speed, a roundabout to check throttle and speed rhythm, a mock pit-stop for complete braking and a hairpin bend just for the heck of it. «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Government 'dragging its heels' on Berriedale Braes
The Scottish government has been accused of "dragging its heels" on proposed improvements to a challenging hairpin bend on the A9 in ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
10
Renewed call for safety barriers on B-road
... on Friday 12 June, when a Ford Transit van left the road between the Crematorium entrance and the sharp hairpin bend lower down the hill. «cambrian-news.co.uk, Jul 15»

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