0 the line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the body:
1 the most important part of something, providing support for everything else:
Farming is the backbone of the country's economy.
[ + to infinitive ] Will he have the backbone to tell them what he thinks?
3 the part of something that provides strength and support:
Newcomers are now the backbone of this team.
6 the system of equipment and connections that allows communication at high speeds over long distances:
At extreme deformations, this mode leads to a so-called ' ladder ' form where the two backbones are almost parallel.
The point is to have better understanding about the potential and role of volunteering, which could be called one of the backbones of civil society.
Indeed, our backbones are made of very different stuff.
Certainly one of the great backbones of a nation must be not merely the economic contribution but the human contribution to the life, health and integrity of that nation.
The protein design algorithms attempt to incorporate additional molecular flexibility into the design process by using ensembles and continuously-flexible rotamers and backbones.
As you can see the orange and teal backbones never connect or intertwine, but there are side chains interactions between the dimers.
They are caring and nurturing, with backbones of steel.
Aristocratic patronage was the backbone of the event.
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