Definizione monolingua

backbone

backbone (plural backbones)

1. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
2. any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure

   Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.

3. courage, fortitude, or strength

   He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.

Definizione dizionario backbone

	colonna vertebrale
	Parte del corpo che consiste in una fila di vertebre, che sostengono il corpo e la testa e che formano un canale per i nervi.
	The body part that consists of a row of vertebrae, that support the head and torso and that forms a canal for nerves.
	In senso figurato: l'elemento fondamentale di qualcosa che fa da motore fornendo energia.

	spina dorsale
	series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord

dorsale

Altri significati:

The smaller networks (compared with the entire Internet) that perform the bulk of the packet switching of Internet communication. Today these smaller networks still consist of the networks that were originally developed to make up the Internet-the computer networks of the educational and research institutions of the United States-especially NSFnet, the computer network of the National Science Foundation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

courage, fortitude, or strength

(arrow) shaft

The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure

(moral) backbone

backbone (e.g. of a network)