(adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
(adv.) In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Example Sentences:
(1) I felt that theatre was closed, but that when it came to film, the door was very slightly ajar.
(2) Finding the outer door ajar, I pushed it open and stepped out and was struck by a blast of cold air.
(3) Turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer with the lid slightly ajar for at least 45 minutes, until tender but not falling apart.
(4) Signs such as a closed door, door ajar, door half-open or completely open all have different meanings ...
(5) But he appeared to leave the door ajar when he was asked whether his claim that he is "not available" would still apply if the Lisbon treaty is ratified.
(6) alpha 1-Inhibitor 3 was a more complete ring sometimes ajar at one corner.
(7) We try to show the function of pen names for Romain Kacew, who was twice rewarded by the Goncourt prize, under two pseudonyms, Romain Gary, then Emile Ajar.
(8) Davis Cup: Nick Kyrgios virus leaves door ajar for Lleyton Hewitt return Read more Kyrgios has been struck down by a virus while also struggling with a back injury which forced him to withdraw from his semi-final in Dubai last week.
(9) Sterling fell on the foreign exchanges after King's remarks to mark the publication of the Bank's quarterly inflation report were seen as keeping the door ajar for further moves to stimulate growth later in the year.
(10) And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction.
(11) The door was ajar and the blood-soaked walls and floor of the stairwell could be seen.
(12) Zlatan may be pre-demob-happy, a superstar who can see the exit door ajar in the distance.
(13) The door becomes ajar at 0-15 to Djokovic ... and then Wawrinka's serving slams it shut again.
(14) It has pledged to “capture more quickly the value we see” – which usually means running the business harder and ensuring the backdoor is not left ajar for opportunistic bidders.
(15) It should have been game over for City later on but Lewandowki's profligacy left the door ajar for Mancini's players and Balotelli took full advantage to leave the Dortmund players crestfallen at the end.
(16) The door was, however, left ajar for a potential Five deal.
(17) As if the window left ajar had seized on its hinge and couldn't quickly be shut again.
(18) The news prompted alarm in Britain's pension funds, which are concerned that QE pushes down interest rates and reduces the return on their investments, but Threadneedle Street left the door ajar for a further expansion of QE2 should the economy not respond.
(19) What they have discovered is that in many hospitals the door is more than ajar, and in a few it is already wide open.
(20) If that door has been closed, many in Hollywood are suddenly ajar, but for now Abdi remains remarkably level-headed about his newfound success.
Alar
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or having, wings.
(a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the infant and small child, when most repairs are done, nose tip projection is due more to the alar dome component than to the columella.
(2) We conclude that the alar plate of the prosencephalon at 7-10 stage is not definitively determined and may retain an ability to differentiate into the optic tectum, whereas the prospective fate of the rhombencephalon has already been determined at 7-10 stage.
(3) Functional loss of the alar ligaments indicates a potential for instability which, however, must be determined in conjunction with other clinical findings, such as neurological dysfunction, pain and deformity.
(4) Conflicting guidelines for excisions about the alar base led us to develop calibrated alar base excision, a modification of Weir's approach.
(5) After transection of the left alar ligament, the percentage increases in neutral zones (NZ) and ranges of motion (ROM) were documented at both the C0-1 and C1-2 joints.
(6) For the same joint, cutting of the left alar ligament resulted in a significant increase in neutral zone in right lateral bending but not in left lateral bending, whereas there were no significant increases in the ranges of motion.
(7) The CD system using sacral pedicle and alar screws in the adult patient does not appear to offer advantages over alternative techniques for achieving arthrodesis to the sacrum for adult deformity.
(8) Comparing right and left axial rotations, after transection of the left alar ligament, showed greater percentage increases for the right, as compared to the left, axial rotation, at both C0-C1 and C1-C2 joints.
(9) In this case, there was bony avulsion of the alar ligament from the occipital condyle.
(10) In such cases, full-thickness resection of the alar bases is necessary.
(11) In the craniocervical joint, the alar and transverse ligaments provide much of the stability of the healthy spine.
(12) The removal of ear cartilage is performed via a posterior approach for the concha cartilage associated with a septum or an alar cartilage removal.
(13) Both the transverse and the alar ligaments consist of collagen fibers, with very few elastic fibers in the peripheral layer.
(14) Ruptures of the alar ligaments were typically involved in extended ruptures of the ligamentous apparatus (see Figure 6a involving the ligamentum apicis dentis, ligamentum transversum atlantis, m.atlanto-occipitalis anterior, m.tectoria, m.atlanto-axialis anterior et posterior).
(15) Where the inferior view shows a "tent tip" skyline, lateral crus advancement is required and can be achieved in asynchronous repairs by Pigott alar leapfrog at primary repair or by Potter V-Y advancement at the time of forked flap columella lengthening.
(16) Results of directly excising the alar rim and its indications are presented with adequate follow-up.
(17) This result does not agree with the long-held hypothesis that axial rotation is limited only by the alar on the side opposite rotation.
(18) The facial artery terminated as an angular facial artery in 34 (68%), a lateral nasal vessel in 13 (26%), and a superior labial vessel in 2 (4%); in 1 (2%) the facial artery terminated at the alar base.
(19) The purpose of this in vitro experimental study was to determine the role of alar ligaments in providing flexion, extension, and lateral bending stability to the upper cervical spine.
(20) Increases due to subsequent cutting of the right alar ligament were, on average, only 0.5 degrees and statistically not significant.