Puncture, punctured or puncturing may refer to:
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flat tyre
A flat tire (British English: flat tyre) is a deflated pneumatic tyre, which can cause the rim of the wheel to ride on the tire tread or the ground potentially resulting in loss of control of the vehicle or irreparable damage to the tire. The mo ...
in British English (US English "flat tire" or just "flat")
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penetrating wound caused by pointy objects as nails or needles
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Lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap
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Puncture (band), an English punk band
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''Puncture'' (film), a 2011 American film starring Chris Evans
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Puncture (topology), the removal of a finite set of points from a manifold
* in coding theory, a
punctured code
In coding theory, puncturing is the process of removing some of the parity bits after encoding with an error-correction code. This has the same effect as encoding with an error-correction code with a higher rate, or less redundancy. However, w ...
, in which some of the bits of the data stream have been removed
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Pneumothorax
A pneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp, one-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. In a minority of cases, a one-way valve i ...
, also known as punctured lung
See also
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Punctuality
Punctuality is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time. "Punctual" is often used synonymously with "on time".
An opposite personality trait is tardiness ...
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Punctuation
Punctuation (or sometimes interpunction) is the use of spacing, conventional signs (called punctuation marks), and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text, whether read silently or aloud. An ...
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Period (disambiguation)
Period may refer to:
Common uses
* Era, a length or span of time
* Full stop (or period), a punctuation mark
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Period (music), a concept in musical composition
* Periodic sentence (or rhetorical period), a concept ...
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