(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.
Relevant
Definition:
(a.) Relieving; lending aid or support.
(a.) Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.
(a.) Sufficient to support the cause.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(2) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(3) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
(4) 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.
(5) The relevant phase diagram shows different macroheterogeneous phases and microstructured domains.
(6) Correlations and some clinically relevant comparisons suggested that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree of accuracy.
(7) We discuss the pathophysiological relevance of peripheral and in situ analyses of T-lymphocyte subpopulations.
(8) The calcium entry blocker nimodipine was administered to cats following resuscitation from 18 min of cardiac arrest to evaluate its effect on neurologic and neuropathologic outcome in a clinically relevant model of complete cerebral ischemia.
(9) The possible relevance of these findings to Parkinson's disease is discussed.
(10) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
(11) and (4) Compared to the instruction provided by instructors from other medical and academic disciplines, do paediatric residents perceive differences in the teaching efficacy and clinical relevance of instruction provided by paediatricians?
(12) Photo-sensitivity probably only limits the processing period slightly, at least under these conditions relevant for the dental practice.
(13) There is evidence that some of these problems are being addressed as new research initiatives are being undertaken both nationally and internationally that are relevant to both AIDS and sexuality.
(14) The relevance of these results to previous studies of PC-induced immunosuppression and to the control of normal B cell proliferation is discussed.
(15) The results are relevant to the interpretation of biopsies from patients with chronic demyelinating neuropathy of possible inflammatory or autoimmune origin.
(16) While we cannot administer aid indiscriminately, our ability to provide swift, effective humanitarian aid is one way in which we can demonstrate that we are truly relevant in the Third World.
(17) A manual search, derived from the references of these papers, was performed to obtain relevant citations for the years preceding 1970.
(18) In the present study, we used a technique designed to restrict the distribution of intraventricularly administered drugs to varying degrees in order to better localize the relevant sites of drug action.
(19) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
(20) While an abnormal birth may result in minimal brain damage this is not necessarily the significant factor, as a separation of mother and baby in the immediate neonatal period, Which usually follows an abnormal birth, may be of more relevance.