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the quiet violence of two things refusing to part
means The act of fastening, tying, or holding things together — or the cover that holds a book's pages in place; as an adjective, something that legally or morally commits you and won't let go.
from From Old English 'bindan,' to tie or fasten, with deep Germanic roots and a Proto-Indo-European ancestor '*bhendh-' meaning 'to bind' — the same primal root that surfaces in 'band,' 'bond,' 'bundle,' and the Sanskrit 'bandhati' (he binds). It's one of those words that has meant exactly what it means for thousands of years: the human urge to lash one thing to another and make it stay.
- book spine
- Medieval covers were sometimes bound in human skin
- chemistry
- Molecules bind by sharing or stealing electrons
- law
- A handshake can be legally binding in court
- ski safety
- Bindings release on falls to spare your knees
- foot binding
- Banned in China only in 1912
double helix binding — dna base pairs held by hydrogen bonds between adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine
book binding — gutenberg bible of 1455 used leather binding over wooden boards, still preserved
ski binding — tyrolia bindings on alpine skis release at ~2000 newtons to prevent acl injuries