(n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
(n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
(n.) Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
(n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
(v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.
(v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
(v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
(a.) Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
(a.) Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
(n.) A chief.
Example Sentences:
(1) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
(2) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(3) Administration of one of the precursors of noradrenaline l-DOPA not only prevented the decrease in tissue noradrenaline content in myocardium, but restored completely its reserves, exhausted by electrostimulation of the aortic arch.
(4) A forty-four-year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis and involvement of the aortic arch and its main branches complained of precordial pain on effort.
(5) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(6) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(7) Between March 1986 and September 1988, 38 patients underwent extended aortic resection (aortic valve, ascending aorta, and arch) for acute type-A aortic dissection with aortic valve insufficiency; deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest were used.
(8) Other associated malformations were an interrupted aortic arch and an atrial septal defect.
(9) The sucker, covered with basal lamina, has a constant volume; its layer of muscles resists deformation and supports the stability of the arch.
(10) In the anaesthetized dog the carotid sinuses and aortic arch were isolated from the circulation and separately perfused with blood by a method which enabled the mean pressure, pulse pressure and pulse frequency to be varied independently in each vasosensory area.
(11) The data presented in this paper confirm the need for stimulation of the pudendal reflex arch to achieve physiological conditions.
(12) This article describes the application and efficacy of the lipbumper used in the lower arch.
(13) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
(14) The most commonly associated lesions were ventricular septal defect (50%), hypoplastic aortic arch (45%), patent ductus arteriosus (41%), transposition of great arteries (22.7%) and other intracardiac lesions comprised 30%.
(15) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
(16) No correlation was found between aortic arch size and the size of the left-to-right shunt in cases of DAP.
(17) After 48 hours in culture, all specimens were examined at 6x magnification for defects in the facial arches, head fold, and neural tube fusion.
(18) Narrow paths weave among moss-covered ornate arches and towers on the 80-acre site, and huge abstract sculptures and staircases lead nowhere, but up to the sky.
(19) Although different dimensions of the face and head and the upper dental arch width were found to be significantly correlated in children with normal occlusion, this relationship is not found to be strong enough in children with different categories of malocclusion.
(20) We suggest that incomplete development of the bones of the dorsal neural arches of the upper sacrum may be a marker of incomplete neurogenesis of the sacral nerves.
Ogee
Definition:
(n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.
(n.) Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.
Example Sentences:
(1) Given the unique circumstances of the Presidency, OGE’s view is that a President should comply with this law by divesting conflicting assets, establishing a qualified blind trust, or both,” the agency wrote in response to questions from the Democratic senator Thomas Carper.
(2) However, although every President in modern times has adopted OGE’s recommended approach, OGE has no power to require adherence to this tradition.” Peter Henning, professor of law at Wayne State University Law School, said that even if Trump himself were legally free from conflicts of interest charges, a debatable point, the new arrangement would do little to address those conflicts.
(3) UEA-I reacted with the upper spinous layer of OGE, OSE and epithelia of hard palate, but not with any of the cells of the JE.
(4) The formation of JE by downgrowth of the oral gingival epithelium (OGE) during tooth eruption has been suggested but morphological studies indicate that it may be derived from the reduced enamel epithelium (REE) that covers the crown of the unerupted tooth.
(5) BPA binding was seen in the lower spinous layer of OGE, OSE, buccal and palatal epithelia, and in most of the JE.
(6) Twenty-one biopsies of clinically healthy marginal gingiva from children, who performed conventional oral hygiene but received no additional professional prophylaxis, were studied in order to obtain information on distribution and density of Langerhans cells (LC) in the oral gingival epithelium (OGE), the sulcular epithelium (SE) and the junctional epithelium (JE).
(7) Both these populations are separated from OGE by over 160 km (with low to undetectable distribution of species C in the transect regions).
(8) The ogee-flanged socket gave a consistently high injection pressure which could be maintained throughout the process of polymerisation.
(9) Comparison of the rigid (MD-71M) and flexible (OGE-1) endoscopes has shown the advantages of the latter design for intraocular surgery.
(10) Differences in keratin staining of gingival epithelia and the AE was found with respect to AE1-reactivity (keratins 10, 14-16, 19) which was suprabasal in JE, SE and OGE but basal in AE.
(11) The patterns of phenotypic expression of specimens of dissected JE, OGE and REE, and of cell cultures of these epithelia grown under standardized conditions, were examined (1) by immunocytochemistry using monoclonal antibodies with specificity for individual cytokeratins, vimentin and ICAM-1, and (2) by two-dimensional SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting.
(12) Species C of the Anopheles quadrimaculatus complex has a patchy distribution and has been found principally near the coast in river and springs systems of northwest Florida (GULF, SR, SFR--designated as C1, and CHOC--designated as C2) and the Ogeechee River (OGE--C2) near Savannah, Georgia.
(13) All epithelia showed changes in vitro but OGE remained different from JE and REE.
(14) The higher genetic similarity of the CHOC with OGE populations indicated either selective pressures or genetic drift or both as being responsible for the differences between C1 and C2 populations.
(15) Oral gingival epithelium (OGE), oral sulcular epithelium (OSE) and junctional epithelium (JE) were examined histochemically by using different lectins as markers for epithelial differentiation.
(16) It is a deadly place, making up for what it lacks in soul and vitality with ogee curves and pop antiquarianism.
(17) OGE-derived bFGF is bioactive and stimulates the proliferation of capillary endothelial cells or OGE cells.
(18) In chronic marginal periodontitis Fc gamma R were also observed on cells within the oral gingival epithelium (OGE) and the pocket epithelium (PE).
(19) OGE lost expression of the differentiation markers K1, K10 and K13; it acquired some expression of K19, but less than JE and REE.
(20) Our results agree with previous data suggesting that OGE and OSE exhibit squamous differentiation similar to that of the masticatory epithelium of hard palate.