(n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)
(n.) A kind of organ stop.
Example Sentences:
(1) The increase of COHb saturation up to 12--13 per cent units had no effect (p greater than 0,05) on perceptual speed and accuracy as measured by the Bourdon--Wiersma test.
(2) Cell Biol., 98:1926-1936), and the glioma mesenchymal extracellular matrix protein described by Bourdon et al.
(3) Neuropsychological evaluations were also made using Benton's test, Bourdon's letter cancellation test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
(4) The amino acid sequence of the mature core protein has been determined from cloned cDNA (Bourdon, M. A., Oldberg, A., Pierschbacher, M., and Ruoslahti, E. (1985) Proc.
(5) It was concluded that the active haptic Bourdon illusion is basically the same as the visual illusion and can be accounted for by a compromise in perception between the orientation of the test surface and that of the object of which it is an integral part.
(6) The extracellular domain contains two distinct types of putative glycosaminoglycan attachment sites; one type shows sequence characteristics of the sites previously described for chondroitin sulfate attachment (Bourdon, M. A., T. Krusius, S. Campbell, N. B. Schwartz, and E. Ruoslahti.
(7) in human tumors (Bourdon, M. A., C. J. Wikstrand, H. Furthmayr, T. J. Matthews, and D. D. Bigner, 1983, Cancer Res.
(8) Strength was measured using a dynamometer based upon a hydraulic system (Bourdon tube).
(9) Bourdon and Pollan go on to explain the importance of proper fermentation of grains to aid in digestion.
(10) A strong Bourdon illusion-the apparent bentness of a straight edge-in the active haptic mode was established in two experiments.
(11) But the relationship with Bourdon led to an acrimonious rift with her parents which was only repaired some years later when the couple separated.
(12) The digit span test, digit symbol test, Bourdon-Wiersma vigilance test, flicker fusion test and Maudsley personality inventory (MPI) were used to assess the behavioural changes induced by the existing heat stress.
(13) Day (1990) and Day, Mitchell, and Stecher (1990) recently reported new data on the Bourdon illusion, showing that the effect occurs in novel variations of the classic figure--for example, with orthogonal and parallel test edges--and also that it occurs in the haptic modality.
(14) Day (1990) criticized theories of the Bourdon effect proposed by Wenderoth, Criss, and van der Zwan (1990), Wenderoth and O'Connor (1987a, 1987b), and Wenderoth, O'Connor, and Johnson (1986), and proposed his own "perceptual compromise" hypothesis.
(15) Wenderoth and O'Connor (1987b) reported that, although matches to the straight edge of two triangles placed apex to apex revealed an apparent bending in the direction of the chevron formed by the hypotenuse pair (the Bourdon effect), no perceptual unbending of the bent chevron occurred.
(16) Compared with the controls, the performance of the lead workers was found to be significantly poorer for digit symbol, Bourdon-Wiersma, trail making test (part A), Santa Ana test, flicker fusion, and simple reaction time.
(17) The bread he is referring to is a sourdough made the old fashioned way, with hours of fermentation and naturally occurring yeast found in the air by a baker named Richard Bourdon in rural Massachusetts.
(18) Performance tests measuring memory for designs (modified Graham-Kendall memory for designs), short-term memory (digit span of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale), learning (nonsense word series), perception (symmetry-drawing), speed of observation (Bourdon-Wiersma) and visualization also revealed no significant psychological changes compared to the control (epidural anaesthesia) group.
(19) We obtained Bourdon effects similar to those in Experiment 1, but much larger unbending effects.
(20) The Bourdon illusion is the apparent bentness of the straight edge of a figure consisting of two elongated triangular components arranged apex to apex.
Burdon
Definition:
(n.) A pilgrim's staff.
Example Sentences:
(1) Philippa Tuckman, a specialist lawyer in military negligence at Bolt Burdon Kemp, suggested that if the MoD had been following its own guidelines regarding operating in the heat, possible failings which may have led the deaths could have been avoided.
(2) Philippa Tuckman, a specialist lawyer in military negligence at Bolt Burdon Kemp, said: "The MoD has a lot of guidance around climatic injuries and itself states that the majority of deaths caused by the climate could be avoided.
(3) Jonathan Wheeler is a partner at Bolt Burdon Kemp , specialising in handling claims for survivors of abuse Why not join our community?
(4) -A Life in Writing, the Guardian, 2013 Facebook Twitter Pinterest George Baker as Detective Chief Inspector Wexford with Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burdon in in The Wexford Mysteries.
(5) Tony Burdon, DfID's head of growth and resilience, admitted that more consultation could have taken place with civil society and farmers' groups, and that companies could be more transparent about their investment plans, which he described as "light on detail" in some cases.
(6) Tony Burdon, an Oxfam policy adviser, said: "It gave the organisation a powerful mandate."