swivel chair
noun[C]
WORKPLACEukusachairthat canturnaround,commonlyused inoffices
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swivel chair
Thisswivelchairused automatic adjustment function conformed to the position of the user via a mere change of body weight.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is usually aswivelchair, with a set of wheels for mobility and adjustable height.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To get a feel for the type of equilibrium that is involved, imagine someone seated in a spinningswivelchair, with weights in their hands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He notes that she motorcades and entourages with importance, but also passes time rotating dreamily in herswivelchair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was the firstswivelchairwith a suspension system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, its uniqueness lies in the means of movement: the protagonist is constantly confined to aswivelchair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He had an old wooden desk with aswivelchair, a manual typewriter, two chairs for clients, and two wooden filing cabinets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You would have to stand on a chair, aswivelchair, to be able to look down on the top of this machine.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He was deep in hisswivelchair; long legs stretched out under the desk, smoking a five-cent cigar, hands deep in pockets.
FromProject Gutenberg
He kept his head rigorously turned aside as he crossed to his desk and seated himself on hisswivelchair.
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