tweezers

[ twee-zerz ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.

tweezers

/ ˈtwiːzəz /

plural noun

1. a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc Also calledpair of tweezersesp UStweezer

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweezers¹

First recorded in 1645–55; plural of tweezer, equivalent to obsolete tweeze “case of surgical instruments” (aphetic form of earlier etweese, from French étuis, plural of étui, noun derivative of Old French étuier “to keep,” from Latin stūdiāre “to care for”) + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweezers¹

C17: plural of tweezer (on the model of scissors , etc), from tweeze case of instruments, from French étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin studēre to care about

Example Sentences

In the virtual reality environment, participants had either a human-like hand or "bionic tool" resembling a large pair of tweezers grafted onto the end of their wrist.

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"In terms of the pinching task, the tweezers are functionally similar to a human hand, but simpler, and simple is also better computationally for the brain." says Maddaluno.

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In addition to the tweezer-hands, the researchers also tested a wrench-shaped bionic tool and a virtual human hand holding a pair of tweezers.

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They found evidence of embodiment in all cases, but the participants had higher embodiment and were more dexterous when the tweezers were grafted directly onto their virtual wrists than when they held them in their virtual hand.

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Now, researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment -- the sense that something is part of one's body -- toward prosthetic "hands" that resemble a pair of tweezers.

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