(a.) Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical.
Example Sentences:
(1) The data collection scheme for the scanner uses multiple rotations of a linearly shifted, asymmetric fan beam permitting user-defined variable resolution.
(2) Subjects with high ocular-dominance scores (right- or left-dominant subjects) showed for the green stimulus asymmetric behavior, while subjects with low ocular-dominance scores showed a tendency toward symmetry in perception.
(3) The Soret MCD of the reduced protein is interpreted as th sum of two MCD curves: an intense, asymmetric MCD band very similar to that exhibited by deoxymyoglobin which we assign to paramagnetic high spin cytochrome a3(2+) and a weaker, more symmetric MCD contribution, which is attributed to diamagnetic low spin cytochrome a2+.
(4) Bidirectional selection in the E strain was unsuccessful, but an asymmetrical response to selection was obtained in the N strain and in lines derived from crosses between the N and the E strains.
(5) The diagnosis was considered established, when the patient had a significant left intraventricular pressure gradient (LIPG) and by angiographic and or echocardiographic demonstration of systolic anterior movement of the mitral valve and asymmetric septal hypertrophy.
(6) Several short-chain asymmetric lecithins with a total of 14 carbons in the acyl chains (ranging from 1-lauroyl-2-acetylphosphatidylcholine to 1-hexanoyl-2-octanoylphosphatidylcholine) have been synthesized and characterized.
(7) As part of the analysis the positions of 84 solvent molecules in the asymmetric unit were established.
(8) The formation of cavity is followed by asymmetrical segment demyelination and reparative hyperplasia of the astroglial cells and gliosis of the cavity walls.
(9) Asymmetrical gait pattern with mild gait disturbance was found more often in infants lying in supine than in prone.
(10) In the rotatory and transverse gallop (examples of the in-phase form of locomotion) the coupling is asymmetrical: on one side it is comparable to pacing (forelimb flexion precedes hindlimb extension), and on the other side to trotting (forelimb flexion follows extension).
(11) The highly asymmetrical shock wave is produced in the focal region by providing an appropriate time delay to each of the high voltage electrical excitation signals which drive the transducers.
(12) It sediments at 15 S in sucrose density gradients indicating a molecular weight of 380,000, but apparently is very asymmetric.
(13) At the former site the membrane overlying the bud showed an electron opaque thickening which imparted to the mature particle an asymmetrical appearance.
(14) The two molecules in the asymmetric unit form a dimer with its 2-fold axis perpendicular to and intersecting with a crystallographic 4(1) axis.
(15) Thus, the 2 sides of the CVP meridian have different morphogenetic properties and such differences are determinative in the asymmetrical fine-positioning of the CVP.
(16) In 14 patients with asymmetrical baseline VERs, hypercapnia caused improvement of symmetry in five, worsening in three, and no change in six.
(17) Temperature decline through the region of 10 degrees C caused a number of spermatozoa in buffer to undergo a sudden asymmetric bending of the flagellum in the region of the midpiece.
(18) The result discloses an asymmetrical cross-section of pneumococcal cell walls because capsular polysaccharides are located on the outer surface of the walls only, in contrast to the cell wall polysaccharide, which has been shown to be located on both surfaces.
(19) The analysis of these profiles showed that the reaction center protein incorporates into the phosphatidylcholine membrane with unique sidedness and that the profile of the reaction center protein itself is asymmetric and spans the membrane.
(20) The calorimetric data can be simply explained in terms of an asymmetric distribution of the major ROS disk membrane phospholipids (G.P.
Oblique
Definition:
(a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
(a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
(a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
(n.) An oblique line.
(v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
(v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Example Sentences:
(1) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
(2) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(3) Gains in gait pattern, ease of bracing, and reduced pelvic obliquity were noted.
(4) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
(5) Gated blood pool images were stored in modified left anterior oblique views by the multiple gated method (28 frames per beat) after the in vivo labeling of erythrocytes using 25 mCi 99m-Tc.
(6) The most frequently occurring signs were: tilting of the disc (89%), oblique direction of the vessels (89%) and myopic astigmatism (96%).
(7) The presence of vital and sensitive organs such as the spinal cord, heart, and lungs makes curative radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer difficult to implement and necessitates use of oblique portals.
(8) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(9) The radio-activity of 99mTc of the entire cardiac blood pool including the large vessels (T), the right ventricle including the right atrium (RV) and the left ventricle (LV) was calculated from the 30 degrees anterior oblique cardiac pool scintigram.
(10) (1) The superficial layer (external oblique aponeurosis).
(11) The sample surfaces were then photographed under a high-resolution metallographic microscope using oblique illumination.
(12) Specimen of the inferior oblique muscle revealed no abnormalities or showed decrease of type I muscle fibers.
(13) In patients with 18 unreduced unilateral hip dislocations, pelvic obliquity and scoliosis were present in 12.
(14) TTX also reduced the number of spines on the proximal portion of oblique dendrites in layer IV by 16%, yet did not change the number of spines on basilar dendrites.
(15) For the experimental studies, fractures of the jaw bone in terms of oblique osteotomies from angle to sigmoid notch of the mandible of the Malaysian monkeys were made by using #700 fissure bur and reduced and fixed them in terms of interosseous wiring.
(16) The authors describe two types of pelvic obliquity--total pelvic obliquity in which the sacrum is the lowest vertebra of the lumbar curve and subtotal pelvic obliquity in which there is some compensation between L5 and the sacrum.
(17) The obliquity of the joint line was measured in positive degrees (medial inclination) and negative degrees (lateral inclination).
(18) The sagittal distribution of N18 was studied in a patient with a thalamic lesion and an oblique distribution with the maximum region between Cz and nasion was demonstrated.
(19) Except for some short or oblique references, the first explicit clinical description of a case of anorexia nervosa by an American author (James Hendrie Lloyd) did not appear until 1893.
(20) Although we found clear and consistent subject-specific differences, the most common pattern in oblique visually-guided (i.e., fast) saccades reflected early dominance of the horizontal velocity signal as expressed in saccade trajectories curving away from the horizontal axis.