kink

Example Sentences

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In the vertebrate eye, when light hits a light-sensitive photoreceptor in the retina, vitamin A complexes become kinked, setting off an electrical pulse that activates the optic nerve.

From Science Magazine

The New York Fed index points to ongoing improvements in the kinks that had once been a major driver of the highest levels of inflation seen in the U.S. in decades.

From Reuters

In the meantime, researchers hope the rollout will move slowly—perhaps confined to clinical research for the time being while developers and medical experts work out the kinks.

From Scientific American

Regularity means smoothness, so that the solutions don’t form kinks or run away to infinity.

From Scientific American

The meals could appeal to schools that are struggling with labor shortages in cafeterias and supply chain kinks that have limited their menu options.

From Washington Post