Manipulating
[mə'nɪpjə,let]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manipulate
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Examples
- After a time he brought the mass to Edison, and said: There's something wrong about this, for it crumbles even after manipulating it with my fingers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By thus manipulating the various solvents you will be enabled probably to separate the crude asphalt into several distinct hydrocarbons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A maximum reading can then be made by manipulating the flexible connections, and this will show whether the two circuits are in accord. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The switchboard for manipulating the wires was about thirty-four inches square. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great Lunette, see Fig. 195, changes entirely the method of manipulating the telescope, and also, in a measure, its principle of action, so as to avoid some of these difficulties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Edison at once suggested using the steam whistle of the locomotive, and by manipulating the valve conversed the short and long outbursts of shrill sound into the Morse code. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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