What's the difference between aspect and sextile?

Aspect


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
  • (n.) Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
  • (n.) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
  • (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
  • (n.) Prospect; outlook.
  • (n.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
  • (n.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
  • (n.) To behold; to look at.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The thermoregulatory responses of this American marsupial were, in most aspects, similar to those of Australian marsupials.
  • (2) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
  • (3) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
  • (4) An opening wedge osteotomy is then directed posterior-dorsal to anterior-plantar, to effectively plantarflex the posterior aspect of the calcaneus.
  • (5) The clinical and epidemiological aspects of these 35 cases are discussed.
  • (6) The clinical aspects, the modality of onset and diffusion of the lymphoma, its macroscopic and histopathological features and the different therapeutic approaches are discussed.
  • (7) Since intracellular Ca2+ seems to play a role in stimulus-secretion coupling and ion movements, several aspects of Ca2+ homeostasis have been investigated in CF.
  • (8) These and other aspects of toxoplasmosis on Taiwan are discussed.
  • (9) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (10) The authors suggest that the outstanding high sensitivity of the above mentioned two tests applied parallelly reveals that they highlights partially different aspects of coronary artery disease, and that is why the overlapping between the methods is relatively small.
  • (11) Major limitations of the conventional sperm penetration assay are the inability to assess several aspects of sperm function (zona binding and penetration) and the absence of human ovulatory products known to influence fertilization.
  • (12) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
  • (13) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
  • (14) Some aspects of the life structure, of course, are also unconscious, namely, those having to do with attempted solutions to core personality conflicts and those reflecting modes of ego functioning.
  • (15) The horizontal portion of the intracavernous ICA as well as the whole aspect of the aneurysm could be exposed as a result of the extended opening of the cavernous roof anterior to the posterior clinoid process.
  • (16) There were pronounced differences from the fine structural aspects in late infantile cases.
  • (17) Equilibrium and kinetic aspects of the binding of several proteins to N-(3-carboxypropionyl)aminodecyl-Sepharose, an amphiphilic ampholytic adsorbent, were studied at 22 degrees C, pH 7.0, I 0.10--0.12.
  • (18) These findings indicate the cytogenetic correlation with clinical and morphological picture, which consequently implicates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of chromosomal aspects.
  • (19) Although the performance aspects of electronic displays are crucial considerations in workstation design, experience suggests that human factors in mechanical operation, software accessibility, and workstation environment are also important.
  • (20) The peculiar aspects of uncommon causes of IVH are discussed on the basis of a review of the literature.

Sextile


Definition:

  • (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
  • (n.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In considering logistic function 46% of CHD new cases originated from the first four informative characteristics of the upper sextile.
  • (2) Risk of CHD development in the upper sextile was 6 times as high as in the lower sextile.
  • (3) Risk of CHD development compared to the lower sextile increased 9.5-fold.
  • (4) Cholesterol metabolism has been studied in two groups of five rhesus monkeys each that were selected from the upper and lower sextile in the distribution of serum cholesterol concentration while being fed an atherogenic diet.
  • (5) 50% of all CHD new cases originated from the upper sextile of distribution (17% of values).