Limb - Definition

n 1: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for
locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
2: any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of
a tree [syn: limb, tree branch]
3: (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of
the sun or the moon or a planet
4: either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the
upper limb of the bow"
5: the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for
measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
6: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the
arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of
the sewer" [syn: arm, branch, limb]