Hairpins (around 600 b.c.)

A bobby pin, a type of hair pin

A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place. An example of an RNA stem-loop Stem-loop intramolecular base pairing is a pattern that can occur in single-stranded DNA or, more commonly, in RNA. It occurs when two regions of the same molecule base-pair to form a double helix that ends in a short unpaired loop... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1762x1018, 275 KB) Summary en: Hairpins found in a grave of the Hallstatt culture. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1762x1018, 275 KB) Summary en: Hairpins found in a grave of the Hallstatt culture. ... Image File history File links Bobby-pin. ... Image File history File links Bobby-pin. ... A bobby pin is a small pin or clip, usually of metal, used in coiffure to hold hair in place. ...

Hairpins made of metal, ivory, bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient Assyria and Egypt for securing decorated hairstyles. Such hairpins suggest, as graves show, that many were luxury objects among the Egyptians and later Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans. Major success came in 1901 with the invention of the spiral hairpin by New Zealand inventor Ernest Godward. This was a predecessor of the hair clip. This article is about metallic materials. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the metal alloy. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... “Ancient” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Assyria (disambiguation). ... “Haircut” redirects here. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... Ernest Godward was born in Marylebone, London on April 7, 1869. ...

The hairpin may be needle-like and encrusted with jewels and ornaments. It often may be more utiliarian—designed to be almost invisible after being inserted into the hairstyle.

Hairpins also may be constructed from different lengths of wire that are bent in half with a u-shaped end and a few kinks along the two opposite portions. The finished pin may vary from two to six inches in final length. The length of the wires enables placement in several styles of hairdos to hold the style in place. The kinks enable retaining the pin during normal movements. A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. ... KINK is a commercial broadcast radio station serving the Portland, Oregon metro area. ... Haircut ...

The nature of the U-shaped end of this design gave rise to an adjective to describe a particularly tight 180-degree turn in a road, especially in the context of motorsports: a "hairpin turn" — as shown in the accompanying diagram of a racetrack with several sharp turns. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Road D2204 ascends to the Col de Braus using hairpin bends in the Alpes Maritimes in the French Alps ( ) The kind of hair pin (bobby pin) from which a hairpin turn gets its name Some of the 48 hairpin turns near the top of the northern ramp of the Stilfserjoch...

Sections known as hairpins are also found in the slalom discipline of alpine skiing. A hairpin consists of two consecutive vertical or "closed gates" which must be negotiated very quickly. (Three or more consecutive closed gates are known as a flush.) Slalom from the Morgedal dialect of Norwegian slalåm: sla, meaning slightly inclining hillside, and låm, meaning track after skis. ... Alpine skier carving a turn on piste Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... Look up flush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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