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eye–hand coordination

the integration of visual information-processing skills and appropriate motor responses of the hands in grasping and exploring objects and performing specific tasks. By 6 months of age, most infants can grasp an object within reach, although full use of the thumb develops later, between 8 and 12 months.

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September 8th 2024

number

number

n. in linguistics, a grammatical classification of nouns, pronouns, and any words in agreement with them according to whether they are singular or plural (or in some languages, dual). In English, number is most commonly expressed by the plural noun ending -s (e.g., boy, boys) and in the inflection of the verb to agree with the number of the subject (e.g., The boy runs; The boys run).