MANIKIN Definition & Meaning

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manikin

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[ man-i-kin ]

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noun

a little man; dwarf; pygmy.
mannequin.
a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.

manikin

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noun

a little man; dwarf or child
1. an anatomical model of the body or a part of the body, esp for use in medical or art instruction
2. Also calledphantom an anatomical model of a fully developed fetus, for use in teaching midwifery or obstetrics
variant spellings of mannequin

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of manikin¹

1560–70; < Dutch manneken, equivalent to man man + -ken -kin. See mannequin

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of manikin¹

C17: from Dutch manneken, diminutive of man

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One of them is a human-sized model, called a “manikin”.

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ASU’s manikin is the first that can be used outdoors thanks to a unique, internal cooling channel.

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"The Turk" was a chess board which was placed next to a clothed manikin.

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Because this is a test flight, no astronauts are on board this time - instead three manikins, covered in thousands of sensors, are making the journey.

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Sitting atop the rocket is the Orion spacecraft which, for this first mission, is uncrewed but is equipped with a 'manikin' which will register the impacts of the flight on the human body.

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