(n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
(n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
(n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
(n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."
(n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
(v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
(v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
(v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
Example Sentences:
(1) A slight varus angle of 2.1 degrees became apparent.
(2) The optimal size for stimulation was between 5 degrees and 12 degrees (visual angle).
(3) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(4) Contact angles of Silafocon A and PMMA were relatively uninfluenced by front surface radii between 7.7 and 8.85 and 7.3 to 8.8 mm, respectively.
(5) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(6) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
(7) Instead of later renal failure and, of course, mental retardation, it was the histological features of the fetus eyes which permit to diagnose and exhibit both congenital cataract and irido-corneal angle dysgenesis.
(8) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
(9) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(10) We set a new basic plane on an orthopantomogram in order to measure the gonial angle and obtained the following: 1) Usable error difference in ordinary clinical setting ranged from 0.5 degrees-1.0 degree.
(11) By measurement and analysis of the changes in carpal angles and joint spaces, carpal instability was discovered in 41 fractures, an incidence of 30.6%.
(12) The penetration coefficient, determined by the surface tension, contact angle and viscosity, is a measure of the ability of a liquid to penetrate into a capillary space, such as interproximal regions, gingival pockets and pores.
(13) Bohler's angle may be reconstituted with apparent reduction of the posterior facet when projected laterally; however, Broden's and axial views show persistent widening and split of the posterior facet.
(14) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(15) These patients did not have narrow anterior chamber angles preoperatively, and several were aphakix with surgical iris colobomas.
(16) Seventy-eight patients presented optochiasmal arachnoiditis: 12 had trigeminal neuralgia; 1, arachnoiditis of the cerebellopontile angle; 6, arachnoiditis of the convex surface of the brain; and 3, the hypertensive hydrocephalic syndrome due to occlusion of the CSF routes.
(17) In this paper, we develop functions suggested by and regression fit to crystallographic data which allow three of these torsion angles, alpha (O3'-P-O5'-C5'), delta (C5'-C4'-C3'-O3') and epsilon (C4'-C3'-O3'-P), to be calculated as dependent variables of those remaining.
(18) An angle of 40 degrees or more was supposed to be a pathological kyphosis.
(19) The lower neck flexion is 35 degrees and extension of the plane of the face 15 degrees, each angle measured relative to horizontal.
(20) Two homosexual men, 35 and 42 years old, had bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma in association with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Orthogonal
Definition:
(a.) Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.
Example Sentences:
(1) Specifically, we apply techniques of data preprocessing, orthogonality constraints, and validation of solutions in a complete TC analysis, for the first time using actual MEP data.
(2) In 92 percent of the patients the thoraco-abdominal aorta and its branches were well documented on 2 orthogonal projections performed in one single session.
(3) Orthogonal field electrophoresis of the eleven strains still carrying pBR322 sequences revealed at least seven different integrating sites for the transforming DNA.
(4) Similar results were obtained for either direction of motion (orthogonal to a cell's optimum orientation) and for either polarity of contrast (dark centre, light ends or the reverse).
(5) Orthogonal regression analysis of the GC method (y) and the CDC reference method (X) resulted in y = 0.996 X + 0.000 with a correlation coefficient of 0.999.
(6) Three-dimensional analysis of patient position over an 8-week course of daily radiation treatment has been performed for nine patients from digitization of anatomic points identified on orthogonal radiographs.
(7) Spatial and lateral R-wave amplitudes were derived from the orthogonal Frank (XYZ) lead system.
(8) An airjet perturbation device is attached to the wrist with a special cuff, and provides high-frequency stochastic perturbations in potentially three orthogonal directions.
(9) Rather than individual voxels, a new exact algorithm is presented that considers the CT data as consisting of the intersection volumes of three orthogonal sets of equally spaced, parallel planes.
(10) A cortical patch representing a given orientation was regularly surrounded by both neighboring and orthogonal orientations.
(11) Inactive dummies with the same dimensions as the radioactive sources are loaded into the capsules before obtaining the orthogonal radiographs.
(12) Trend analysis of the fatigue patterns revealed that a cubic orthogonal polynomial equation was sufficient to describe the profile of MVC decrement for all conditions.
(13) Using various self-report indices of these constructs we found that (a) defensive self-enhancement is composed of two orthogonal components: grandiosity and social desirability; (b) grandiosity and social desirability independently predict self-esteem and may represent distinct confounds in the measurement of self-esteem, (c) narcissism is positively related to grandiose self-enhancement (as opposed to social desirability), (d) narcissism is positively associated with both defensive and nondefensive self-esteem, and (e) authority, self-sufficiency, and vanity are the narcissistic elements most indicative of nondefensive self-esteem.
(14) Thus, the axial and orientational components are orthogonal (Wörgötter and Eysel 1989).
(15) In other experiments, 2 or 3 rows of tracer injections were made at different dorsoventral levels of AI, over a large frequency range (5-38 kHz); each injection row was oriented orthogonal to the IFCs and contained a different tracer.
(16) Our calculations also predict a different trap stability in the directions orthogonal and parallel to the polarization direction of the incident light.
(17) We describe a nearly orthogonal two-level design that involves use of a weighted analysis to estimate drift and very low amounts of sample-to-sample carryover simultaneously.
(18) The perceived cyclopean motion was examined under five different conditions, in which the cyclopean pattern was moving either up or down, the luminant dots were: (1) moving in the cyclopean direction; (2) moving opposite to the cyclopean direction; (3) moving orthogonal to the cyclopean direction, (4) stationary; or (5) dynamic (dots uncorrelated in successive frames).
(19) Regulatory and B-lymphocytes showed a low orthogonal light scatter signal, whereas cytotoxic lymphocytes identified with leu-7, leu-11 and leu-15 revealed a large orthogonal light scatter signal.
(20) The orthogonal catheter has three sets of four electrodes spaced evenly around the circumference.