(n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
(n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
(a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
(a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
(v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
(v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distance between the bevel end of the tube and the carina was determined with a fibreoptic bronchoscope.
(2) With the straight bevel with a slight angulation (40 degrees), the limit of the cavity-filling joint is clear.
(3) Electrical potentials in the cat lumbosacral spinal cord evoked by the action of single medial gastrocnemius Ia afferent fibres were recorded using low impedance, bevelled micropipette electrodes and the spike triggered averaging technique.
(4) After placement of the glass-ionomer cement, etching of the bevel, and placement of a resin bonding system, microfilled resin was placed over the bonding agent in one increment, light-cured, finished, and given 500 thermocycled 500 times between 5 and 55 degrees C. A silver nitrate staining technique was used to evaluate microleakage measured in graticular units (gu) along the dentinal interface under stereomicroscopy.
(5) In an effort to overcome restrictive adhesions following flexor tendon repair, a technique involving beveling of the tendon ends and fine compressive suturing was used in 50 patients (110 tendons).
(6) The use of short-beveled needles considerably decreased the number of traumatic punctures.
(7) Instead of the ends of the cuts being squared, the ends were beveled or rounded.
(8) Each margin of the cavities was finished in one of three ways: butt joint and etching; butt joint and no etching, or; bevel joint and etching.
(9) Those differences can be summarized as follows: (1) the occurrence of pronounced, highly curved hackle marks, which could in many instances be mistaken for conchoidal marks;(2)the appearance of the beveled edges bordering the cratering on the side opposite origin of force; and (3) a more apparent tendency toward an inverse relationship of muzzle velocity and energy to radial fracture length and degree of curving along crater boundaries.
(10) The bevelled and interdigitated structures seen in many sutures may be interpreted as an expedient solution to the problem of fast growth.
(11) If the Black Class II preparation is used, it is suggested that bevels be confined to the facial and lingual margins of the proximal box.
(12) Forty cast gold dowels and cores were made for four groups of dowel channels that had, respectively, 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, and 1 mm with a 60-degree bevel (collar) of the remaining buccal dentin at the entrance of the canal.
(13) The observed experimental alterations in ME behavior after bevelling were in agreement with those predicted by a relatively simple electrical model comprising of two conductive pathways in parallel having opposite in sign sensitivities.
(14) By rotating the puncture needle the spinal meninges become penetrated with the bevel adjusted parallel to the main fibre direction.
(15) Companion surgeries for comparison consisted of similar flaps, but utilized an inverse bevel primary incision.
(16) There was no significant difference among beveled metal margins, metal butt margins, or porcelain butt margins either before or after cementation at the 95% confidence level.
(17) This problem was more significant when the guidewire was withdrawn through the beveled needle, in comparison to the nonbeveled type.
(18) In the first experiment, embryos in different stages of development were used for micromanipulation by removing half of the blastomeres with a beveled aspirating pipette.
(19) This clinical study determined the feasibility of a sealed resin composite restoration to arrest dental caries using a minimal tooth preparation: a bevel in enamel only without removal of the carious lesion.
(20) This is located by inserting the needle at a point one quarter of the distance from the ischial tuberosity to the greater trochanter in the gluteal fold and then feeling two distinct losses of resistance as superficial and deep fascia are penetrated with a short-bevelled needle.
Bezel
Definition:
(n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has a smaller bezel (43% less), and is much thinner (7.5mm v 9.4mm) When you hold it it will be dramatically different experience.
(2) LG is one of the world's biggest suppliers of LCD and OLED screens, and has been pioneering so-called "edge-to-edge" smartphone screens that have very little in the way of bezel or body either side or surrounding the screen.
(3) The 9.7in iPad is expected to get a thinner body and bezels, to match the design of the iPad mini.
(4) I saw my father, larger than life, and the Irish landscape, skewed and magical, framed by curved, shining bezels.
(5) Now the iPad Air takes its cues from the mini – a thinner bezel around the screen (but with thumb detection so you don't accidentally activate it), an almost-vertical profile (but gently rounded), and so little weight that you might think it's just a large mini.
(6) The round screen has virtually no bezel, meeting the aluminium casing at the edges, but does have a squared-off bottom that resembles a flat tyre, where some of the electronic components are placed to operate the screen.
(7) The video for the 9.7in iPad suggests that the new model - updating the one released last October at the same time as the iPad mini - will be significantly thinner, and about 17cm wide rather than 18.5cm for the older model, because the bezel on the longer sides of the screen has been made thinner - as on the iPad mini .
(8) It is being 20% thinner, with with a slimmer bezel around the high-resolution screen, and a 64-bit processor with M7 co-processor.
(9) The new device is likely to feature a redesigned chassis , taking cues from the iPad mini in the form of a smaller bezel, and from the iPhone 5 in the form of an anodised aluminium back.
(10) Unbox Therapy has a hands-on video with what it claims is the “space grey” version of the iPad 5, featuring a black front bezel.
(11) The soft-touchback and thumb-wide screen bezel mean you don't have to worry about it slipping out of your grasp, or your fingers accidentally activating the touchscreen.
(12) The iPad, which already includes a high-quality 'retina' screen, is thought to be much thinner and with a slimmer 'bezel', or frame more like the latest iPad mini.