closed position

noun

1. (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.

Example Sentences

D614G interrupts some molecular interactions in the spike protein near a hinge that controls whether the receptor binding domain is in a closed position where it is protected from antibodies, or in an open position so that it can grab ACE2.

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The movable bridge in its closed position must be proportioned like a fixed bridge, but it has also other conditions to fulfil.

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Pull out choker to closed position and start engine in usual manner.

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When in closed position, the platinum contacts should make contact with each other over their entire surfaces.

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As soon as it is released it falls back into a closed position.

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They are so pivoted that they fall into a closed position as soon as released.

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