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Encyclopedia > Body (disambiguation)
Look up body in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A body is the physical material of a person or animal Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Body (disambiguation). ...


Body may also refer to:

  • Human or animal body.
  • Physical body, an object in physics
  • Body (metaphysics), some sort of inert physical matter subject to the whims of volition and in kind to physical law
  • Professional body, an organization, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession
  • <body></body>, the HTML element that contains all of the content on the page
  • Bodysuit, a leotard-like garment that also has snaps at the crotch
  • Coachwork, a motor vehicle which is built around a chassis
  • Body, the largest part of an instrument, including solid body guitars and the sound box of many other instruments

In people: List of bones of the human skeleton Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body. ... Zootomy is the zoological discipline that focuses on animal anatomy, in particular on the dissection of animals. ... A physical body is an object which can be described by the theories of classical mechanics, or quantum mechanics, and experimented upon by physical instruments. ... John Locke defines body as (Nidditch, 1975) P. H. Nidditch (Ed. ... A professional body or professional organization is an organisation, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals. ... In computing, an HTML element indicates structure in an HTML document and a way of hierarchically arranging content. ... A bodysuit is a leotard-like undergarment, sometimes used to provide support and shaping, sometimes simply as a top that cannot become untucked from ones trousers or skirt. ... The body of a motor vehicle which is built around a chassis, rather than being of monocoque construction. ... A solid body electric instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on its electric pickup system to directly receive the vibrations of the strings. ... In a stringed instrument, a sound box amplifies the vibrations made by the strings. ...

  • Jack Body, a New Zealand composer, photographer, artist and ethnomusicologist
  • Richard Body, an English politician

See also: Jack Body (Born 1944) is a New Zealand composer, photographer, artist and ethnomusicologist. ... Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (born 18 May 1927) is a British politician, and was Conservative MP for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Body (456 words)
The dead bodies of vertebrate animals and insects are sometimes called carcasses, and dead viruses are called ghosts.
The human body consists of a head, neck, trunk, two arms, two legs and the genitals of the groin, which differ between males and females.
Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may include physical or chemical.
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