Blinking

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Blinking is a bodily function; it is a semi-autonomic rapid closing of the eyelid. A single blink consists of the closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis oculi.

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