Strand vs. Tendon

Strandnoun

Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.

Strandnoun

A string.

Strandnoun

An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

Strandnoun

(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

Strandnoun

(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.

Strandnoun

(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.

Strandnoun

(genetics) A nucleotide chain.

Strandverb

(transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).

Strandverb

(transitive) To form by uniting strands.

Strandnoun

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

Strandnoun

The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

Strandverb

To break a strand of (a rope).

Strandverb

To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

Strandverb

To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

Strandnoun

a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole;

Strandnoun

line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

Strandnoun

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Strandnoun

a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Strandnoun

a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

Strandnoun

a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

Strandverb

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

Tendonnoun

(anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.

Tendonnoun

(construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

Tendonnoun

A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Tendonnoun

a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough high-tensile-strength band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension and transmit the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system. Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of collagen.