What's the difference between blurring and rubbing?

Blurring


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blur

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The spatial spread or blur parameter of the blobs was adopted as a scale parameter.
  • (2) One subject reported slight transient faintness and visual blurring after 20 mg of the drug.
  • (3) There is also a continued blurring of the lines between games and other entertainment media.
  • (4) The relationships between dioptric blur, pupil size, retinal eccentricity, and retinal sensitivity were investigated in the central 5 degrees of the visual field in 10 normal subjects using the Humphrey Field Analyzer.
  • (5) Moments later Gary is being ushered out in a blur of drivers and batmen and image-straighteners.
  • (6) The definition of the blurring of narrow beam rotation radiography is revived.
  • (7) Two principles have to be considered: 1. the image of a curved surface will only show the surface area where the rays form a tangent to the surface; 2. in tomography the blurring of the image increases with an increase of the tomographic angle and the distance of the object to the plane in focus.
  • (8) Presenting complaints included blurred vision, visual field scotoma, and a field defect.
  • (9) Back in Christchurch, as my day goes on, at least some of these intergenerational questions start to feel a little more blurred.
  • (10) We have been able to remove the rotational blur from each of the fibers in the unit cell using the procedures described by Carragher et al.
  • (11) The thresholds for both tasks increased linearly with decreasing resolution (increasing blur), for a constant ratio of the resolution parameter and the separation of the outer two blobs.
  • (12) A patient with recurrent weakness and blurring of consciousness associated with hyperkalaemia due to aldosterone deficiency is reported.
  • (13) Towards the end, as entire eras wheeled past in a blur, I realised the programme itself would outlive me, and began desperately scrawling notes that described the broadcast's initial few centuries for the benefit of any descendants hoping to pick up from where I left off.
  • (14) The data indicate that target proximity will influence AR even when both blur and vergence cues have been stabilized.
  • (15) Determination of degree of blur is done by calculating a focusing measure for each point in each base image and a composite image is then constructed using only the unblurred regions from each base image.
  • (16) --Minimum power output of 100 mA at 25 kVp desirable to avoid movement blurring in contact grid work.
  • (17) The use of axial rather than planar blurring and intensifier camera filming rather than radiography does not reduce the clinical usefulness of the method.
  • (18) To determine the effect of optically induced blur on the visual field measured with high pass spatially filtered targets, 10 normal subjects had field examinations with 0 diopter + 1.00 diopter or + 2.00 diopter of overcorrection in the cyclopleged state.
  • (19) It is causing damage at every level and it needs to be addressed.” Smith said her desire to reach out to all audiences and blur the boundaries between the art forms had been a motivating factor in her taking on the role of guest director of this year’s Brighton arts festival, one of the biggest cultural events in the UK, now in its 49 th year.
  • (20) Part of the appeal for the authors of the course format described here is the blurring of that distinction.

Rubbing


Definition:

  • () a. & n. from Rub, v.
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rub

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Neither acetylcholine nor leukotriene D4 altered tone of arterial rings after the endothelium had been intentionally disrupted by rubbing with a cotton-tipped applicator.
  • (2) Rubbed rings, but not intact ones, contracted when Ca2+ was added to a previously Ca2+-free medium containing angiotensin II or adrenaline.
  • (3) Immediately after eye rubbing the conjunctival epithelium was histologically disrupted and 50% of the mast cells showed evidence of degranulation.
  • (4) But this morning's right-of-centre national papers were determined to rub his nose in the dirt.
  • (5) Long-term rubbing of a pressure stocking and splint was believed to be responsible for breakdown in the graft of the patient who had a hypertrophic scar.
  • (6) I think we all pine for the good old days when politicians actually wrote bills, and bills actually became laws and can I rub your arms a little?
  • (7) The specific endonuclease Bam HI from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (RUB 500) has been purified to apparent homogeneity.
  • (8) Ultz, who is also a well-known stage designer, is the only white person in the company - something the play rubs his nose in.
  • (9) Who was the asshole who threw the bottle?” Matt asked, rubbing his sore spot.
  • (10) The fibromas were transmitted by intradermal and subcutaneous inoculation and by rubbing the virus preparation into tattoo sites.
  • (11) With advancing age, the ATP-induced relaxation in the rubbed rings decreased and was abolished.
  • (12) In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association describes “frotteurism” as “recurrent, intense, or arousing sexual urges or fantasies, that involve touching and rubbing against a nonconsenting person”.
  • (13) Rubbed (endothelium-denuded) ring preparations at the age of 4-6 weeks showed a dose-dependent relaxation similar to that of the unrubbed rings.
  • (14) We found positive reactions in the prick test and rubbing test to the scales of the lizard Egernia cunninghami and others, which the patient kept as house-pets at this time or earlier.
  • (15) On the contrary, not all country dwellers are Tories; and fat cats, often Tory, will be rubbing their hands at the thought of asset-stripping another national resource.
  • (16) Ten rubs occurred in patients with pericardial effusion, five of whom had tamponade.
  • (17) But this will only rub more salt into the wounds at home.
  • (18) During each scratch cycle, the monoarticular knee extensor muscle is active when the limb rubs against the stimulated site, and there is rhythmic alternation between hip protractor and hip retractor muscle activity (Robertson et al., 1985).
  • (19) Oscar Pistorius rubs his face as he sits in the dock during his ongoing murder trial at a packed high court in Pretoria on May 5.
  • (20) Did it actually happen, that run of singles so strange and yet so strong that they rose to the higher reaches of the hit parade, rubbing shoulders with Showaddywaddy and the Nolans on Top of the Pops?

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