English noun: ticker |
1. | ticker (body) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body |
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| Samples | He stood still, his heart thumping wildly.
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| Synonyms | heart, pump |
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| Broader (hypernym) | internal organ, viscus |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | athlete's heart, biauriculate heart |
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| Part holonym | arteria coronaria, cardiac muscle, cardiac valve, coronary artery, heart muscle, heart valve, valve |
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| Part meronym | cardiovascular system, circulatory system |
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2. | ticker (artifact) a small portable timepiece |
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| Synonyms | watch |
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| Broader (hypernym) | horologe, timekeeper, timepiece |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | analog watch, digital watch, hunter, hunting watch, pendulum watch, pocket watch, stem-winder, wrist watch, wristwatch |
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| Part holonym | crystal, face, movement, watch case, watch crystal, watch glass |
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3. | ticker (artifact) a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape |
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| Synonyms | stock ticker |
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| Broader (hypernym) | character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer |
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