noun
- One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.
- Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree.
- synonyms: tree branch
- Astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet. (
- Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.
- usage: "the upper limb of the bow"
- The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.
- usage: "the limb of the sextant"
- Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.
- usage: "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
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