(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.
Inclined
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Incline
(p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue.
(p. p. & a.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
(p. p. & a.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the tangential views the inclinations of the future implants were estimated and the part of the alveolar ridge having a width less than 5 mm, which is the minimum width for housing an implant, was compiled.
(2) Such early specialization produced men with orthopedic inclinations.
(3) The conclusion is that the inclined method can be used and interpreted by the clinician in the same way as the classic Westergren method.
(4) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
(5) As Kuwait is one of the countries where the total consumption of antibiotics is very high as compared to most of the western countries, we are inclined to assume that this generous policy for the prescription of especially ampicillin and other broad spectrum antibiotics in uncomplicated infections has generated this serious consequence.
(6) It begins with the origins of treatment in the self-help temperance movement of the 1830s and 1840s and the founding of the first inebriate homes, tracing in the United States the transformation of these small, private, spiritually inclined programs into the medically dominated, quasipublic inebriate asylums of the late 19th century.
(7) If Abbott changes his formulation, he could risk an outbreak of ill-discipline within his own ranks, because these days the conservatives are more inclined to public outbreaks off-script than the moderates.
(8) This ranged from heads inclined at a slight angle to the tail through to complete flexure.
(9) A second set of experiments which involved the injection of E2 into senescent male as well as female rats indicated that there were no sex differences in improvements in inclined screen performance, and that once the E2 injections were discontinued, performance returned to preadministration levels.
(10) The base orientations are characterized by a substantial inclination and propellor twist.
(11) The survey also found that Osborne's currency union veto made 30% more likely to vote no with only 13% more inclined to vote yes.
(12) Loss of the righting response was not associated with any gross reduction in skeletal muscle tone (inclined screen and wire grip tests) and it was proposed that the animals were not anaesthetized but instead could be placed on their backs because flurazepam had enhanced the cataleptic effect of THC.
(13) The paper presents a quantitative study of the trajectories of rat granulocytes (PMNs) migrating on a glass surface inclined at various angles, i.e.
(14) The obliquity of the joint line was measured in positive degrees (medial inclination) and negative degrees (lateral inclination).
(15) In a second experiment schizophrenics were significantly different from the depressives in showing less inclination to select a metaphorical meaning to an ambiguous adjective in a sentence.
(16) Shields accepted that the Irish appeared more inclined to send up their grim fiscal situation than go out and riot.
(17) For his part, the Russian president will be aware of the economic damage that even limited sanctions are doing and so be inclined to put quiet pressure on the rebels in the Ukraine to co-operate with the international investigation at the crash site.
(18) Why would disaffected Liberals be inclined to give their protest votes to a Labour party that has abused them at every turn since last May?
(19) Over the next five weeks the horses were trained at near maximal speeds (that is, up to 14.5 m s-1) with no incline of the treadmill.
(20) The influence of the parameters' inclination and curving of condylar guidance, intercondylar distance, Bennett angle, distance of the plate, and position of the recording pencil are studied.