(n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some druidical Beltane fire flickered in Thurley's eyes and he snapped back at me, quick as a flint-tipped arrowhead fired from a Neolithic bow: "Museumification isn't a word!"
Lammas
Definition:
(n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
Example Sentences:
(1) After a short review of the general state of the art of laser microprobe analysis, recent achievements of the laser microprobe mass analyzer (LAMMA) are presented.
(2) The application of the laser microprobe mass analyser LAMMA 500 to the solution of problems in the field of microbiology is reported.
(3) In the LAMMA spectrum of the negatively charged ions the carbonate lines could be compared directly with those of negatively charged iron ions.
(4) LAMMA provides a valuable alternative for the direct mass spectral analysis of cisplatin analogues.
(5) The characteristics and analytical utility of laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA) are described and evaluated, and a short history of this recent microanalytical technique is presented.
(6) A review of the areas of application of LAMMA and related laser microprobes is presented with special emphasis on applications in the life sciences.
(7) As shown in submandibulary gland and pancreatic B cells, a new combination of GBHA staining with laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA) for the first time enables direct kinetical studies of calcium at the microscopical level using stable calcium isotopes (i.e.
(8) Using laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA), the composition of 'micro-calcifications (dystrophic type)' or 'metastatic calcifications', previously described in rats given high doses of cyclosporin, have been identified.
(9) LAMMA analysis is ideally suited for detection of ions in microquantity on cellular levels overcoming many technical difficulties.
(10) AMG can be combined with new quantitative methods, such as electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) and laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA), to enhance detection of AMG metal catalysts with these techniques.
(11) Laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA) identified aluminum at the location of the red lines and both aluminum and iron at the purplish lines.
(12) The Lamma-instrument, which was primarily developed for biomedical purposes has been recently used on a large variety of specimens: biological, technical, organic and inorganic in nature.
(13) Microprobe analysis (laser absorption mass micro analyzer "LAMMA" and X-ray) combined with morphological observations were performed in shock frozen, freeze-dried and plastic embedded inner ear tissue from the vestibular organ of pigmented guinea pig.
(14) The present study is concerned with the investigation of the potentials and limitations of fast atom bombardment (FAB) and laser microprobe mass spectrometry (LAMMA) for the structural characterization of a series of cisplatin analogues.
(15) Morphological alterations of pseudocapsules and regional lymph nodes were studied by light and electron microscopy and by Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis (LAMMA).
(16) For bulk analysis a separate version of the LAMMA-instrument has been developed.
(17) This study shows that LAMMA can be used for the identification of elements sought by histochemical methods and thus permits the evaluation of their staining effects.
(18) The examples of LAMMA-applications given in this paper include muscle tissue (physiological cations), uterine tissue (Fe), retina tissues (Na, Mgmg, K, Ca and Ba!
(19) An instrument for laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA) has been available for applied research for several years.
(20) The recent development of the laser microprobe mass analysis (LAMMA) now provides a unique method to precisely determine specific distribution patterns of lead concentrations within substructures of the vascular wall.