(n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
(n.) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
(n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
Example Sentences:
(1) But in the presence of a sufficient excess of APS kinase, APSe is completely converted to PAPSe.
(2) The basilica was rebuilt in the 12th century by Pope Innocent II and, at the end of the 13th century, Pietro Cavallini embellished the apse with six mosaic panels of scenes from the life of Mary.
(3) Paul O'Brien, chief executive of the Association for Public Service Excellence Paul O'Brien has been the chief executive of the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) for the past 10 years.
(4) It really felt like a pioneering thing when we first arrived,” she says, sitting in the living room of her home, which nestles behind the foundry apse like a cosy Hobbit cave, its porthole windows looking down on the bronze-pouring action below.
(5) The German nostril was larger in size, flatter in shape, and the apse line closer to the sagittal plane than the Japanese counterpart.
(6) Beneath one richly patterned apse sit two women, carving cosmic symbols into freshly cast ceramic bells, while a second group pours molten bronze into sand moulds under another dome nearby.
(7) He has overall strategic responsibility for the management and development of all APSE's activities in the United Kingdom.
(8) At pH 8.0, 30 degrees C, the specific activities (units x mg protein-1) of the most highly purified sample are as follows: ATP synthesis, 370; APS synthesis, 23; molybdolysis, 65; APSe synthesis or selenolysis, 1.9.
(9) Story of cities #36: how Copenhagen rejected 1960s modernist 'utopia' Read more The ultimate masterplan, which is currently being digitally modelled in 3D for the first time by visiting workshoppers, looks a little like a city-sized cathedral, except with the apses, which would usually face the inwards, flipped to face the surroundings.
(10) With passive environmental design at the core, the buildings were south-facing, their thick concrete apses oriented to soak up the winter sun, while providing shade during the sweltering summer.
(11) The inclination of the apse line was calculated from the phase of the second term.
Concha
Definition:
(n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.
(n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cartilage of the concha is a valuable substitute of the bridge and the posterior wall of the external auditory conduct.
(2) Statistical analysis has shown the following: a) the growth inhibition, which is especially distinct in autumn-spring generation, takes place in the Ist instar larvae 1.76-2.20 mm long inhabiting the walls of the nasal cavity and concha (their average body length at hatching is 1.08 plus or minus 0.004 mm); the inhibition is associated with interpopulation relations and apparently does not depend on the date of its beginning and can last from 6 to 7 months; c) after the growth resumption the development continues uninterruptedly up to the moulting; the inhibition is also possible at the beginning of the 2nd instar and then the development proceeds without any intervals up to the complete maturation of larvae.
(3) This article presents the author's preferred technique for reconstructing the auricle, simultaneously using Mustarde's mattress sutures, Cochrane's anterior scoring of the antihelix, and the approximating of the concha to the mastoid.
(4) This paper describes the external ear anomalies found in this syndrome: short wide pinnae, often cupped and asymmetrical; distinctive triangular concha; discontinuity between the antihelix and antitragus; and 'snipped-off' portions of the helical folds.
(5) Tissue was taken from a defined site on the inferior concha to minimise individual variation and was studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
(6) Conchae atrophy and brachygnathia superior are indicators for suspicion of AR but do not prove the diagnosis of AR.
(7) Examinations of 4481 skeletons revealed 70 cases of chronic osteomyelitis, 9 cases of osteotuberculosis and 10 cases of concha bullosa of the concha media nasalis in bronze age.
(8) The removal of ear cartilage is performed via a posterior approach for the concha cartilage associated with a septum or an alar cartilage removal.
(9) Both cholinergic nerve fibres and adrenergic nerve fibres were noted around the arterioles, arteries and glands in the mucosa of the inferior concha.
(10) On the nasal maxillary concha of chickens, the number of acinar gland cells containing glycoproteins was significantly reduced on the 1st, 7th and 14th days of exposure to 11.8 ppm of SO2, but not on the 5th day of exposure.
(11) A small quantity of Saccharin (R) is deposited on the inferior nasal concha; the chemical agent will be transported by the respiratory epithelium (kinocilia) from the nasopharynx to the oropharynx and can be tasted here as "sweet".
(12) Our two cases of trisomy 12p (ter leads to 12.1) were compared with eight cases of trisomy 12p described earlier, and the following common characteristics were found: severe mental and physical retardation; flat and round, broad face with prominent cheeks; flat and broad nasal bridge with short nose; anteverted nostrils and large philtrum; broad and prominent lower lip; low-set or slanting ears, poorly formed with folded helix, prominent antihelix and deep concha; short neck; short sternum; "spade"-shaped fingers, the fifth being short; bilateral genu valgum; bilateral pes planus and talus valgus; increased space between the first and second toes; generalized hypotonia; and certain dermatoglyphic characteristics.
(13) In various respiratory areas of the mucosa of the nasal conchae of the zebu (Bos indicus) there is a quantitative variation of goblet cells.
(14) Auricular concha cartilage is an almost ideal transplant material for corrective rhinoplasty because: 1.
(15) Another minor deformity is an extension of the crus of the helix, wherein it runs as a crest across the concha.
(16) In Nd:YAG laser therapy of hyperplastic lower nasal conchae (approx.
(17) After determination of an individual allergen concentration for every subject the INT was repeated five times under standardised conditions (allergen lyophilised and standardised in biological units, application of the allergen solution to the inferior concha, rhinomanometrical measurement of the nasal flow before and 15 min.
(18) A correlation between the distribution of the different mineralized tissues of the nasal ventral conchae and the distribution of the lesions of atrophic rhinitis in the nasal ventral conchae as well as the receptivity period of piglets to the disease as observed in the literature have been discussed.
(19) Such cases may be successfully treated with the use of a composite graft taken from the concha of the ear with skin lining preserved on both sides.
(20) Aeration of the middle turbinate, termed "concha bullosa," is a common anatomical variant of intranasal anatomy.