Butterfly-closure
an adhesive bandage resembling the shape of a butterfly’s outstretched wings, used for closing minor cuts.
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a damper, as in a flue, that rotates about a central axis across its face.
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noun (astronomy) a graphical butterfly-shaped representation of the sunspot density on the solar disc in the 11-year sunspot cycle
- Butterfly-effect
a cumulatively large effect that a very small natural force may produce over a period of time. noun the idea, used in chaos theory, that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time noun Word Origin