bead

bead. / (biːd) / noun. a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc. a small drop of moisture: a bead of sweat.

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth.

A bead is a small decorative piece that is used for creating necklaces, bracelets and an assortment of decorative gowns/ attire. They can be found in a multitude of sizes (1mm- 1cm) and have adorned the human body for thousands of years as jewelry – the oldest dating back 100,000 years.

The beads of the string are called nucleosomes and it is the basic structural unit of DNA packaging, that consists of a DNA segment wrapped around a protein that is composed of eight-unit together called histone octamer. Together with the number of nucleosomes structure they form solenoid chromatin fibre.

In American English when you focus narrowly on something or define it carefully you “get a bead” or “draw a bead” on it. In this expression the term “bead” comes from the former name for the little metal bump on the end of a gun barrel which helped the shooter aim precisely at a target.

bead, small, usually round object made of glass, wood, metal, nut, shell, bone, seed, or the like, pierced for stringing.

Beadwork, often also called beading, is the general term used to describe the craft of working with beads in some manner, in order to produce a decoration or decorative item.

Beads are cylindrical in shape with the hole running through the longer length of the bead.

An abacus is a calculating tool that has been used for centuries in various parts of the world. It consists of a frame with rods on which beads are moved to perform mathematical calculations.

The structures that appear as beads-on-string in the chromosomes are nucleosomes. Nucleosomes are a group of base pairs and proteins (histone) that are wrapped around DNA. A nucleosome is the fundamental structural unit of DNA packing in eukaryotes.

The collective noun for Pearls or Beads is Rope or String.

Bead beating is a simple cell disruption method where beads (beads made of quartz or metal) break cells by shaking closed container filled with algal cells.