handle

We can find the notion of handle in different contexts. The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), in fact, it recognizes several meanings: asa can even appear as a noun, like a verb conjugation or as a suffix.

In its most common use, the term comes from the Latin word loop and refers to the projecting part of a tray, a Bowl or other similar item. The handles allow you to grasp and manipulate the object in question.

The handle is called the protruding part of a cup and other articles, which allows the object to be grasped and manipulated.

Utility of a handle

In different types of products, the handle is essential. It is about what serves to apprehend and sustain the part safely and comfortably.

Usually the handle has a curved design or by way of ring. Thanks to having this shape, it has a hole through which one or more fingers or, in some cases, the entire hand can be inserted.

The characteristics of the handles, however, vary depending on the product. In a Bowl, They are usually made of the same material as the rest of the article, although they may display another color. When a person drink something hot (like coffee or tea), the body of the mug also gets hot, but the handle doesn't.

In a trayOn the other hand, the handle is often made of another material. A tray of wood it may have metal handles, to mention one possibility.

Asa is a conjugation of the verb asar.

A laboratory instrument

It is called asa, on the other hand, to a laboratory instrument composed of a base and a ring-terminated filament. This tool is used to perform a smear or for him transfer of an inoculum from one medium to another.

It should be noted that it is called inoculum to a small amount of one substance that is used to inoculate. Depending on the diameter of the loop of the loop, more or less inoculum can be transported.

Handle in biology and anatomy

The idea of ​​handle is also used to name various parts of the body with curved appearance. It is even called asa a la ear: the external organ that makes hearing possible.

A example of this use of the concept we find it in the Henle's handle. This tube that resembles a letter OR it is located in the kidney, forming part of the nephron. It owes its name to the German anatomist and physician Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809-1885), who discovered the structure.

A vegetable juice

The RAE indicates that asa may also refer to a fluid produced by some umbelliferous plants. This type of vegetables are characterized by having flowers in umbel and fruits formed by two achenes.

When you talk about sweet handle or smelly handle, it is pointed to a gum resin (a juice that, when in contact with the air, solidifies). Fetid handleOn the other hand, it is an umbelliferous that can measure about two meters and whose gum resin is known for its unpleasant aroma and bad taste.

Asa as a suffix and as a verb

In the field of biochemistry, the suffix -handle is used for the formation of the names of the enzymes (proteins that catalyze certain biochemical reactions). The esterase, the helicase and the protease are some of them.

Asa, finally, is a conjugation of the verb asar: the action which consists of appealing to direct fire so that a food becomes edible: "While Juan roasts the meat, we can prepare the salads".