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Bra
Definitions
- 1 A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; known for being the birthplace of the Bra sausage, and the Bra cheese.
- 1 An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
"Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval."
- 2 One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
- 3 Alternative form of bro; friend, mate alt-of, alternative, slang
"Take it easy, bra!"
- 4 an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts wordnet
Etymology
Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.
From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.
Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).
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