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figure of eight

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figure of eight, figure eight
n
1. (Individual Sports, other than specified) an outline of the number 8 traced on ice by a skater
2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a flight manoeuvre by an aircraft outlining a figure 8
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots)
a.  a knot in the shape of a figure 8 made to prevent the unreeving of a rope
b.  a climber's knot in the shape of a figure 8 made with a doubled rope to provide a secure loop
c.  an angler's knot sometimes used to attach a fly to a leader or dropper
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Noun1.figure of eightfigure of eight - a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Translations
figure of eight nun otto
figure of eight nun otto


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SOCRATES: Do you observe, Meno, that I am not teaching the boy anything, but only asking him questions; and now he fancies that he knows how long a line is necessary in order to produce a figure of eight square feet; does he not?
 
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