Open8@NearUlnarHand-PalmAcross-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack Contact Open8@UlnarHand-PalmAcross-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack

American Sign Language

Etymology

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Production

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• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “open 8” handshape with the dominant hand in a couple of inches of the ulnar (little-finger-side) edge of the nondominant hand, palm facing across.
  2. Tap the middle finger of the dominant hand once or more on the ulnar edge of the nondominant hand.
  3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “open 8” handshape with the dominant hand at the ulnar (little-finger-side) edge of the nondominant hand, palm facing across.
  4. Hold both hands still briefly.

Noun

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1. technology
   • 2009, vsolano59, Technology for Deaf, 0:00:11:

     (ASL gloss) ...ABOUT TWO TECHNOLOGIES...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. technique

Adjective

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1. technical