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How to pronounce ligature in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tying
Type of attachment, fastening
Has types ligation
Derivation ligate
Type Words
Synonyms binder
Type of ligament
Type Words
Type of band
Type Words
Type of grapheme, graphic symbol, character, graph
Type Words
Type of musical phrase, phrase
Type Words
Type of thread, yarn
Derivation ligate

Examples of ligature

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Testimony indicated she had a black eye and ligature marks on her neck and chin.
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The woman had ligature marks on her wrist from the handcuffs, court records said.
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Doctors found ligature marks on the girl's upper arms, wrists, ankles and thighs.
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The first ligature below was a feature of 6th century Sassanid period currency.
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In some other cases, whether to use a ligature or not is merely a matter of taste.
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More remarkably he declared that B. was found with a ligature arund his neck.
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Deputies entered the cell, removed the ligature and summoned medical staff members.
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He had face and skull fractures and ligature marks around his neck, Lee said.
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The words are too long plus the German alphabet has three umlauts and one ligature.
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More examples
  • (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
  • Character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
  • A metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
  • Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
  • Binder: something used to tie or bind
  • Tying: the act of tying or binding things together
  • Connecting stroke in handwriting. Also refers to calligraphic embellishments to characters (see Ligature (typography)).
  • In surgery or medical procedure, a ligature consists of a piece of thread (suture) tied around an anatomical structure, usually a blood vessel or another hollow structure (e.g. urethra) to shut it off. ...
  • In music notation, a ligature is a graphic symbol that represents two or more notes that are written and sung in a single gesture, and on a single syllable, primarily in use ca. 800-1650 AD. ...