(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.
Sphere
Definition:
(n.) Rank; order of society; social positions.
(n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.
(n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
(n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.
(n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
(n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence.
(n.) An orbit, as of a star; a socket.
(v. t.) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
(v. t.) To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(2) Quantitative measurements of image contrast were carried out for B-mode images of anechoic spheres (cysts) embedded in a random scattering medium.
(3) The relation between genetic counseling and the procreation sphere among the studied families is presented.
(4) Despite Facebook's size and reach, and its much-vaunted role in the short-lived Arab spring , there are reasons for thinking that Twitter may be the more important service for the future of the public sphere – that is, the space in which democracies conduct public discussion.
(5) I care far more that women are absolutely essential to political life, influential at every level, and are leading dynamic conversations in the public sphere around social and cultural change.
(6) The algorithm is an improvement over the sphere model in that it considers two distinct surfaces: an ellipsoid, to model the region of the skull on which the sensors are placed, and a sphere as the medium in which the current dipole model is considered.
(7) The yolk spheres, which were free of precipitates, gave the characteristic signal of the nitrogen K-edge.
(8) In family therapy, the analysis of secret implies not only to define the network of the concerned persons, but also the definition of the bonds between the secret and loyalties, the distribution of power, the alliances and the definitions of the private sphere (proper to each family) and of the protective function of the secret.
(9) The sphering agent lysolecithin is less effective in reducing red cell deformability, when the external calcium-concentration is kept low.
(10) The magnitude of changes in both energy interaction and intensity were used to explore the degree of outer and inner sphere coordination, incidence of covalency and the extent of metal 4f-orbital involvement in chemical bonding.
(11) Ultrastructurally, hemolytic concentrations of tributyltin can be visualized in the electron microscope by osmium staining during fixation as electron-dense spheres penetrating the lipid bilayer of the erythrocyte plasma membrane.
(12) In the present paper the images produced by spheres of varying diameter (d = 4,6,8,10 mm) embedded in a homogeneous substance of varying densities (H' = 3,48,93,137 Hounsfield units) as produced by computer tomography were studied.
(13) The typical elements of risk (tobacco, age, socio-professional sphere) reappear in this study.
(14) Our results showed that a lower percentage of normal subjects and a lower percentage of constipated patients were able to pass a 1.8 cm incompressible sphere compared with a 50 ml deformable balloon, although constipated patients found it more difficult than normal subjects to expel both types of simulated stool.
(15) A transient 5-coordinate intermediate might play a role in the mechanism of action of carbonic anhydrase by facilitating ligand exchange reactions within the inner coordination sphere of the Zn(II) ion at the active center.
(16) The expression of WAP appears to be dependent upon the formation of the alveoli-like spheres: prevention of sphere formation by fixation or drying of the matrix abolishes the expression of WAP.
(17) The SAR patterns in birds, however, varied markedly from those obtained from spheres of comparable mass.
(18) The depth of FAD incorporation into the enzyme molecule as calculated according to the outer sphere electron transfer theory is 6.1 A.
(19) For the hard-sphere model used in these calculations, it was found that current helix-coil transition theory does not predict the correct perturbed dimensions.
(20) These questions are the points of collision of two immensely important spheres of interest in our everyday life.