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Folding motif (health) and firmament (iou)


Folding motif (health)


An independent folding unit, or particular structure, that recurs in many molecules.









firmament (iou)



firmament noun. Now literary. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin firmamentum, from firmare: see FIRM adjective, -MENT.]
The arch or vault of heaven with its clouds and stars; the sky, the heavens. Also formerly, heaven as God's dwelling-place. ME.
J. G. Farrell A low bank of cloud..was slowly mounting over the entire firmament, concealing the stars. fig.: J. Cheever High in her firmament of gin, she looked critically at her brother.
A celestial sphere in Ptolemaic astronomy, spec. that of the fixed stars. ME-M17.
Anything which strengthens or supports; a substratum, a foundation. LME-E18.