backbone

Definition:
1. A central cohesive source of support and stability.
2. Fortitude and determination.
3. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.
4. The part of a network that connects other networks together.

Use 'backbone' in a sentence:

• 1. She has never met a boy with so much backbone.
• 2. Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone.
• 3. The Chinese people have backbone.
• 4. As a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.
• 5. He lacks backbone.
• 6. Planning and Construction of Long-distance Optical Cable Backbone Transmission Network.
• 7. The structure of the backbone shows, however, that Ambulocetus swam like modern whales by moving the rear portion of its body up and down, even though a fluke was missing.
• 8. Ancient Chinese history is a backbone course of history major of the university.
• 9. In the whole preschool education, the view on children is the backbone.
• 10. National electric power backbone digital synchronization network technical transformation plan.
• 11. People count on hospitals and health facilities to respond, swiftly and efficiently, as the lifeline for survival and the backbone of support.
• 12. One problem is a lack of backbone links, particularly to Africa.
• 13. Ideas on Construction of Backbone Transmission Network in Broadcast& TV Information Industry.
• 14. He doesn't have the backbone to be a good climber.
• 15. He has no backbone; when things get difficult, he gives in.
• 16. Performance Analysis of MAN Backbone Net Traffic.
• 17. Steel provided the backbone of Japan's post-war industrial rise.
• 18. They are the backbone of the factory.
• 19. Simply adding bandwidth to the Internet backbones is not an answer.
• 20. The Cultural Ideal and Cultural Practice of the Backbone of Editors.
• 21. Study on the Application of Titanium Alloy Backbone Panel.
• 22. Traffic Engineering and Traffic Matrix in IP Backbone Network Based on MPLS.
• 23. Information services are part of the core backbone of a SOA.
• 24. I really admire your courage and backbone.
• 25. Now the backbone has grown ribs.
• 26. Peter always says that he agrees with other's opinions. He has no backbone.
• 27. Primary care should be the backbone of any health care system.
• 28. The WBS forms the backbone for a number of project management activities.
• 29. The WBS forms the backbone of all the project planning activities.
• 30. Custom objects are the backbone of any large-scale application.
• 31. Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones?
• 32. The economic law is the backbone course in the discipline of law.
• 33. Automobile industry is the backbone industry and the main factor of one country economy.
• 34. We design the backbone of the application — the architecture.
• 35. Play the leading role of the backbone of the village sports.
• 36. That question forms the backbone of this special report.
• 37. However, the dominant backbone networks are based on wavelength routing technology.
• 38. They ain't got any backbone.
• 39. Women farmers are the backbone of African agriculture.
• 40. A Spam Detection Method on Backbone Network Based on Suffix Tree.
• 41. He said the cliff was called Jiyu Bei, which means Carp's Backbone.
• 42. Windows and Office are the backbone of the company.
• 43. It has become the backbone of commerce and media, woven deeply into daily life.
• 44. His strategy made him not only a man with backbone, but a winner.
• 45. The Constructor: Backbone of the Chi Square test.
• 46. You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
• 47. The Research of the Backbone Equipment Performance Monitoring on Ontology and SNMP.
• 48. There is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
• 49. They had no backbone and were tiny - the new specimen is only an inch long.
• 50. That can happen but that's abnormal, but changes in maybe the chemistry of the backbone that holds the nucleotides together.
• 51. The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
• 52. Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
• 53. Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.
• 54. He doesn't have the backbone to face the truth.