(a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) A characteristic feature of the sensory nerve terminations of the branchial apparatus in fishes is their arborescent structure, a diffuse disposition of terminal branches and absence of special cells from the receptor.
(2) In the brain stem of 30-day-old kittens three types of Golgi-stained neurons are distinguished: sparsely branched reticular neurons, densely branched arborescent neurons and multipolar giant neurons (according to the classification by Leontovich).
(3) Three species of arborescent bryozoans share a bias in growth rate that favors reverser branches (those whose direction of growth is opposite that of their parent branch); this bias produces a common hummocky appearance to the top margin of the colony.
(4) So, with this profile of fragments it is possible to build a spanning tree (PRIM'S arborescent skeleton) and to place a priori on it, new structures with other properties to value their activity level in the designed field.
(5) These same cells produce dentinal tubules which are more irregular in their course, more arborescent, with more lateral branches, wider in diameter and less numerous than are the tubules of the labial orthodentin.
(6) The arborescent processes of neurons that are necessary for the transmission of the information are formed by branching and elongation of segments.
(7) Connectivity was characterized either by applying the system of Strahler ordering, which assigns a relative order of magnitude to each branch of the arborescence or by the identification of unique topological branching patterns within the tree.
(8) It then spread, following arborescent pathways, sideways along this border and forwards towards the apex of the head.
(9) The most prominent symptoms were impressive dermatologic anomalies including painful, diffuse edema over which arborescent telengiectasic lesions could be seen.
(10) In the first branchial arc as well as in others the receptors of two kinds were revealed: those having the main type of branching and diffuse arborescent vessels.
(11) It has been variously described as "lightning prints," "arborescent" burns, or "feathering," and has long been neglected in the dermatologic literature.
(12) Bushy neurons displayed mainly destructive changes and reticular and arborescent neurons--both destructive and constructive ones.
(13) We tried to answer this question by comparing the demography of three monkey troops: one lives in a deciduous oak forest; the second lives in an nondeciduous cedar-green oak forest while the third is found on rocky ridges of mountains without any arborescent vegetation.
(14) In the course of evolution toward polymerization and integration of fronds, the group of arborescent Pteridophyta were transformed into shoot plants, initially of the Cycas type.
(15) Furthermore, there is an arborescent hierarchy in the system such that collagen type I is more prevalent in the wider septa, collagen type III being more obvious in medium-sized branches, and fibronectin and collagen type VI prevailing in the terminal (pericellular) aspects of the network.
(16) The following separation of the main growth forms of Pteridophyta is proposed: thin-rhizomatous, creeping-rosetted, ascending-rosetted, vertical-rosetted, and arborescent.
(17) In some cases, epiphyseal vessels crossed the whole physis and arboresced after turning through 180 degrees.
(18) Partial deafferentation resulted in changes of dendrite apparatus of reticular, arborescent and bushy neurons (68.61 and 48% of neurons changed).
(19) Then it has been possible to build a spanning tree (Prim's arborescent skeleton) which gathers the different molecules and permits to put a priori new structures.
(20) In the molecular layer climbing fibers exhibited a characteristic crossing-over or arborescence pattern type of bifurcation, Scheibel's collaterals and multiple thorn synapses with Purkinje spiny dendrites.
Insistence
Definition:
(n.) The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
(2) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
(3) However, he has also insisted that North Korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations and deal peacefully with its neighbours.
(4) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(5) At the trial Arena admitted involvement in criminal activity, but insisted he was innocent of the murders.
(6) They insist this is the best way of ensuring the country does not descend into chaos before the final withdrawal of combat troops.
(7) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
(8) Uruguay's coach, Oscar Tabárez, had insisted yesterday that his player should face only a one-match ban.
(9) Car manufacturers, for example, are not allowed to insist that buyers only get their car serviced by them.
(10) It certainly isn’t a good time for the association but we as a team are insisting on this being cleared up transparently and Wolfgang Niersbach, as president, is part of that.
(11) Sharif's family insist that he still runs the party from jail.
(12) The prime minister insisted, however, that he and other world leaders were not being stubborn over demands that the Syrian leader, President Bashar al-Assad, step down at the end of the peace process.
(13) As long as Israel refuses to cease settlement activities and to the release of the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners in accordance with our agreements, they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements, while Israel continuously violates them,” Abbas said.
(14) But he insisted that there had to be “proper succession planning” before he would relinquish the leadership.
(15) Both a voter and Cooper repeatedly asked him if he stood by his comments in the last Republican presidential debate when he insisted that was the case.
(16) Cable, once a leading critic of City speculation, insists the shares will go to responsible investors.
(17) Protesting naked, as Femen's slogans insist, is liberté , a reappropriation of their own bodies as opposed to pornography or snatched photographs which are exploitation.
(18) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(19) In what appeared to be pointed criticism of increasingly firm rhetoric from Cameron on multinational tax engineering, Carr insisted tax avoidance "cannot be about morality – there are no absolutes".
(20) A doctor the Guardian later speaks to insists it makes no sense.