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Definition of Clip-on
1. Noun. A device (as an earring, sunglasses, microphone etc.) that is attached by clips.
2. Adjective. Attachable by a clip. "A clip-on bow tie"
Definition of Clip-on
1. Adjective. That attaches to something by means of a clip ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clip-on
Literary usage of Clip-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Biological Chemistry by American Society of Biological Chemists (1917)
"Between 24 and 25 cc. of air are taken; the clip on the tube of the bag (at L)
is closed. ... The clip on the absorber (at M) is now opened. ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"Clip on right carotid. Artificial resp. Clip off. Clip on. ... Clip on. Resp.
regular. Clip off. An examination of the records of the experiments just given ..."
3. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"... VIEW OINE CLIP ON SIDE VIEW LEFT HAND GLOVE ONE CLIP ON removed in order to
avoid wetting the copper shot. Accurate record should be kept of duration, ..."
4. A Manual of Modern Gastric Methods: Chemical, Physical, and Therapeutical by Alexander Lockhart Gillespie, John Thomson (1899)
"The clip on the tube leading from it must be closed beforehand. The tube leading
from the lower limb of the T is conducted into a pail placed on the floor, ..."
5. Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects by Osborne Reynolds, Arthur William Brightmore, William Henry Moorby (1901)
"branches B and C could be closed at will by means of a screw clip on the rubber
tubing. The pressure tube having been about half filled with water, ..."
6. Boy Activity Projects by Samuel A. Blackburn (1918)
"Now connect one clip on the secondary of the oscillation transformer to one of
the aerial switch clips marked "to sending set." The other secondary clip ..."
7. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1905)
"The clip on the rubber tube joining the sampling pipe with the drum was then
screwed up. A man then worked the pump, and exhausted the drum until a vacuum ..."
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