supination
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]supination (countable and uncountable, plural supinations)
- The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
- (anatomy) The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
- (anatomy) The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
- (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]supination f (plural supinations)
Further reading
[edit]- “supination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.