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split pin
noun
A metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation, similar to a staple or rivet.
Exact(3)
Paper fastener (split pin).
Verify that the locking bolt and the hole for the installation of the split pin are properly aligned and replace the split pin.
Remove the split pin and throw it away and detach the bands that hold the dust boot on the inner tie rods.
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All the rivets, the split pins, and the stitches are checked.
The leaves, held together by three brass split pins, had been speckled and spotted by water and bugs.
DNA was spotted using Point Technology split pins.
Protein microarray printing was performed with QArray2 array printer (Genetix) with 48 5 um XSMP2 split pins.
Microarrays were manufactured by contact printing using a Microgrid II microarrayer equipped with 2500 split pins (Genomic solutions, Huntingdon, United Kingdom).
Human cDNA expression microarrays containing cDNA probes for 319 genes were produced using a SpotArray 72 spotter (PerkinElmer, Massachusetts) with TeleChem Stealth SMP3 split pins.
The spotting procedure was carried out using split pins (type SMP4, TeleChem, Sunnyvale, CA) in a hood set at 55% humidity.
Slides were printed in a relative humidity of < 50% using a BioRobotics Microgrid II arrayer (Genomic Solutions Ltd., UK) with MicroSpot 2500 split pins, as instructed by the manufacturer.
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