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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HALTERE

From Greek haltēres (plural) hand-held weights used as balancers or to give impetus in leaping, from hallesthai to leap.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HALTERE

haltere  [ˈhæltɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALTERE

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Haltere is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HALTERE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

haltere

Halteres

Halteres are small knobbed structures modified from the hindwings in some two-winged insects. They are flapped rapidly and function as gyroscopes, informing the insect about rotation of the body during flight. The word 'halter' comes from Greek ἁλτήρ, a double knobbed device used in Ancient Greece by athletes during training in jumping. In Diptera, the formation of the haltere during metamorphosis is dependent on the homeotic gene Ultrabithorax. If this gene is experimentally deactivated, the haltere will develop into a fully developed wing. This is an excellent illustration of a simple homeotic gene change resulting in a radically different phenotype. Halteres flap up and down as the wings do and operate as vibrating structure gyroscopes. Every vibrating object tends to maintain its plane of vibration if its support is rotated, a result of Newton's first law. If the body of the insect changes direction in flight or rotates about its axis, the vibrating halteres thus exert a force on the body. The insect detects this force with sensory organs known as campaniform sensilla located at the base of the halteres.

Definition of haltere in the English dictionary

The definition of haltere in the dictionary is one of a pair of short projections in dipterous insects that are modified hind wings, used for maintaining equilibrium during flight Also called: balancer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALTERE


chocolatier
ˌtʃɒkəˈlætɪə
consortia
kənˈsɔːtɪə
courtier
ˈkɔːtɪə
frontier
ˈfrʌntɪə
gazetteer
ˌɡæzɪˈtɪə
luthier
ˈluːtɪə
meteor
ˈmiːtɪə
Ostia
ˈɒstɪə
partier
ˈpɑːtɪə
periodontia
ˌperɪəˈdɒntɪə
prettier
ˈprɪtɪə
profiteer
ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə
protea
ˈprəʊtɪə
steer
stɪə
tear
tɪə
teer
tɪə
tier
tɪə
Valentia
vəˈlɛntɪə
volunteer
ˌvɒlənˈtɪə
Whittier
ˈwɪtɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALTERE

halosere
halothane
haloumi
Hals
halse
halser
halt
halt sign
halter
halterbreak
halterneck
halting
haltingly
haltingness
haltless
Halton
halutz
halutzim
halva
halvah

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALTERE

anywhere
arriere
as it were
as you were
atmosphere
decastere
decistere
elsewhere
everywhere
hectostere
here
Hotere
mere
out there
premiere
somewhere
stere
there
were
where

Synonyms and antonyms of haltere in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «haltere» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALTERE

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

Translator English - Chinese

haltere
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haltere
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haltere
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Translator English - Hindi

haltere
380 millions of speakers
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haltere
280 millions of speakers

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haltere
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haltere
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Translator English - Bengali

haltere
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Translator English - French

haltère
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Translator English - Malay

Haltere
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Translator English - German

Haltere
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Translator English - Japanese

平均棍
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

haltere
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Translator English - Javanese

Haltere
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haltere
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Translator English - Tamil

haltere
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हलले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haltere
70 millions of speakers

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haltere
65 millions of speakers

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haltere
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haltere
40 millions of speakers

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haltere
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

haltere
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

HALTERE
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

haltere
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

haltere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of haltere

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALTERE»

The term «haltere» is regularly used and occupies the 55.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALTERE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALTERE»

Discover the use of haltere in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to haltere and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Insects: Structure and Function
Each haltere consists of a basal lobe, a stalk and an end—knob which projects backwards from the end of the stalk so that its center of mass is also behind the stalk (Fig. 9.12). The whole structure is rigid except for some flexibility of the ventral ...
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2013
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Methods in Insect Sensory Neuroscience
Recently, imruccllular recordings from mnBl have shown that calcium-mediated synaptic input from wing afferents sets the phase of mnB 1 during the wing stroke; by contrast, electrotonic input from the haltere nerve transiently advances the ...
Thomas A. Christensen, 2004
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Genes, Development and Cancer: The Life and Work of Edward ...
Dp(3;3)P5 was used in this experiment because its presence markedly enhances the wing-to-haltere transformation in Pc mutant heterozygotes. Of 34 mwh clones (resulting from mitotic recombination in the X chromosome) located in the ...
Edward B. Lewis, Howard D. Lipshitz, 2007
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How the Snake Lost its Legs
Now that wing development has been presented in some detail, we can return to the question of how haltere development differs and how these differences are implemented genetically. Amazingly, the distinctions between the two discs all ...
Lewis I. Held, 2014
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Cell Patterning
W Antenna Eye (fr) Mesothorax Wing Haltere FIG. 2. Four boundaries, corresponding to the four pairs of complementary mutant classes, separating imaginal discs. The hypothetical circuit corresponding to each boundary changes state only for ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
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Evolutionary Genetics : Concepts and Case Studies: Concepts ...
Classical genetic work in D. melanogaster indicated, rather remarkably, that the differences between the forewing and the haltere are controlled, ultimately, by the action of a single gene, Ultra- hithorax (Ubx). Certain mutations of Ubx are ...
Lexington Charles W. Fox Department of Entomology University of Kentucky, Faculty of Life Sciences University of Manchester Jason B. Wolf Lecturer, 2006
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Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight
When the fly turns, the haltere resists changing its path, which causes the stalk to bend (Fig. 5.8). The fly has nerve endings in the stalk to detect this bending, which triggers reflex wing-beat adjustments to counteract the turn. The basis for the ...
David E. Alexander, 2004
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Insect Biology in The Future: VBW 80
In the en bx combination the anterior haltere is transformed to wing while the posterior haltere remains haltere. This is, in fact, the phenotype of the bx mutant alone: had engrailed transformed the post— erior haltere into a second anterior ...
Michael Locke, 1980
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From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution ...
Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee. wing. Yet, the morphology of the haltere is dramatically different in terms of its smaller size, balloon shape, lack of veins or large ...
Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee, 2013
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Genomic Regulatory Systems: In Development and Evolution
FIGURE 5.2 How Ubx blocks the wing transcriptional patterning system in the haltere disc of Drosophila. (A) Four-winged fly, resulting from total loss of ubx gene function. In this animal the imaginal discs of the third thoracic segment have  ...
Eric H. Davidson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALTERE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term haltere is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kralj čarapa
Otac sarajevskog čaraparstva pokojni je Abraham Levi Sadić. On je donio u grad prve europske čarape: muške dokoljenke i ženske svilene čarape na haltere. «Radio Sarajevo, Jun 15»
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Case Western Reserve basketball off to historic start, ready for big …
He explains: "Behind their wings, they have an external organ called a haltere, which is like a gyroscopic organ, which allows them to detect ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
3
How Flies Fly
Biomechanical basis of wing and haltere coordination in flies. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412279112. Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article. «Wired, Jan 15»
4
Clutch and gearbox turn up in insect flight
The wing and haltere on each side were connected by another structure, the subepimeral ridge. However, a fly is also able to move just one ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
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Flies That Do Calculus With Their Wings
Neurons near the wings, part of what is called the haltere circuit, do the computations and send signals to the wings to correct the problem. «New York Times, Mar 14»
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Nazmiye'nin gözü Naim'in rekorunda
Bazı gazetelede babamın yanında inşatta tuğla taşırken babamın ısrarıyla haltere başladığım yazılıyormuş. Doğru değil. Babama ufak tefek ... «Haber7.com, Aug 12»
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Ei ne vor reprezenta la Jocurile Olimpice de la Londra!
La haltere echipa va fi formată din Roxana Cocoş, Răzvan Martin, Gabriel Sîncrăian şi Florin Croitoru, doi antrenori Petre Becheru şi Nicolae ... «Libertatea, Jul 12»
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Crane flies could signal end of drought
This large crane fly is among many that are visiting the Mims place. The arrow points to a haltere, an organ that assures stable flight. «San Antonio Express, Mar 12»
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ARKADAŞINA GÖNDER Taner Sağır'dan haltere veda
FRANSA'DA önümüzdeki ay yapılacak Dünya Halter Şampiyonası için milli takım kadrosuna alınmayan Taner Sağır, halteri bırakıyor. Sağır ... «Sabah, Oct 11»
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Familia Stratan sa mutat la Bucureşti
HALTERE Moldoveanca Cristina Iovu a devenit din nou campioan... UPDATE Asfaltările întârziate de pe drumul național R-20 au ... adevarul. «Adevărul, Sep 11»

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