hairpin

n.

1. A thin cylindrical strip of metal or other material bent in the shape of a long U, used to secure a hairdo or headdress.
2. Something shaped like a hairpin, especially a sharp turn in a road.

1. The wedge used to tighten some types of form ties.
2. A hairpin-shaped anchor set in place while concrete is plastic.

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A secondary structure that occurs in single-strand RNA during protein synthesis in which the strand turns back on itself. The structure is the result of base pairing and hydrogen bond formation.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hårnål

idioms:

• hairpin bend    hårnålesving

Nederlands (Dutch)
haarspeld

Français (French)
n. - épingle à cheveux

idioms:

• hairpin bend    virage en épingle à cheveux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haarnadel

idioms:

• hairpin bend    Haarnadelkurve

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διχαλωτή καρφίδα (κν. φουρκέτα)

idioms:

• hairpin bend    κλειστή στροφή οδού (κν. φουρκέτα)

Italiano (Italian)
forcina

idioms:

• hairpin bend    tornante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grampo (m) para cabelo

idioms:

• hairpin bend    curva (f) muito fechada

Русский (Russian)
шпилька для волос

idioms:

• hairpin bend    крутой поворот дороги

Español (Spanish)
n. - horquilla

idioms:

• hairpin bend    curva muy cerrada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hårnål

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
簪, 夹发针, 束发夹

idioms:

• hairpin bend    险弯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 簪, 夾髮針, 束髮夾

idioms:

• hairpin bend    險彎

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 헤어핀, 머리핀

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヘアピン
adj. - U字型の

idioms:

• hairpin bend    U字型に曲がっている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دبوس, الشعر على شكل حرف U‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיכת ראש, מכבנה, סיכה בצורת U‬

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