a combining form meaning âthe dead,â âcorpse,â âdead tissueâ: necrology. Also, esp. before a vowel,necr-. [< Greek nekro-, comb. form of nekrÃ³s dead person, corpse, (adj.) dead]
The layout of a standard curling sheet of ice. The curling Sheet Each curling sheet is a patch of ice, 44.5 metres (146 ft) by 4.3 to 4.75 metres (14 ft 2 in to 15 ft 7 in), with identical sets of circles near each end. At the centre of the target, which is called the house, is a tee line and small circle called the button.
An official NHL rink measures 200 feet. (61 m) in length and 85 feet (26 m) in. width, with corners rounded to a 28-foot. (8.5-meter) radius. The end zone width is. 11 feet (3.4 m), and the zone between the. center blue lines is 50 feet (15.2 m). For hockey purposes, the rink has. various painted markings (we'll discuss. paint in detail later), as shown in the im-. age below.