(n.) A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.
(n.) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
(n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results show that 70% of the total activity of radiocesium and 60% of radioruthenium deposited in the spruce stand were retained initially in the canopy.
(2) It arrived at this number through a 2004-06 survey of tree canopy cover, carried out using aerial photography.
(3) Classical radiation interception laws for monospecific canopies cannot be used directly for bispecific canopies.
(4) Using field observations, modelling techniques and theoretical analysis, parameters describing the performance and collection efficiency of large industrial canopy fume hoods are established for, a) steady state collection of fume and b) collection of plumes with fluctuating flowrates.
(5) Air pollution was not the most immediate of problems but the canopy of smoke that belched from industrial and domestic chimneys began to attract attention.
(6) Over the last 30 years, a dense canopy of trees has grown to shade its ramshackle cluster of caravans, old buses, huts and makeshift toilets, many decorated with peace slogans and abstract murals.
(7) quinquefasciatus females were collected within the open canopy and peripheral understory.
(8) The colossal tarpaulin roof had actually been opened and closed regularly throughout the day, as if taunting those fans who could not attend the rescheduled game, as the locals sought to dry the surface so there was an irony this game kicked off with autumnal sunshine pouring through the concourse under the canopy.
(9) Minimal concentration of fluorescein was detected on the inner upper canopy away from the direction of the row.
(10) restuans selected shaded oviposition pools, located under a tall, dense tree canopy, while Cx.
(11) In spite of these findings, we discuss the compelling tactical and financial reasons to consider through-canopy systems.
(12) It seems virtually certain that any larvae feeding below the canopy will therefore be missed by such aerial application of [pesticide] over such a larger area," it said.
(13) The company is also planning to lower a second, much smaller canopy on to one of the two remaining leaks on the pipe, which is now lying on the seabed.
(14) The regulator also said it did not believe the aerial spraying would work because it would only hit the tree canopy and not kill any oak processionary moth larvae on leaves further down.
(15) Golden towers emerge from a canopy of trees on a hoarding in Elephant and Castle, snaking around a nine-hectare strip of south London where soon will rise “a vibrant, established neighbourhood, where everybody loves to belong”.
(16) A tongue-like canopy then sticks out from the mouth-like arch.
(17) Casa do Valle, Sintra, Lisbon Zip-wiring at Sintra Canopy Soak up fairytale views of Sintra mountain and its palaces from the rambling gardens of the Casa do Valle, a friendly little B&B a short stroll from the historic centre of this atmospheric town.
(18) Breath sampling through a mouthpiece is not appropriate in severely ill patients; the authors therefore validated the use of direct air sampling from the ventilated canopy of an indirect calorimeter for measuring the oxidation of 13C-labeled substrates.
(19) This study compared three techniques for indirect calorimetric measurement of resting energy expenditure: ventilated canopy, face mask, mouthpiece plus noseclips.
(20) Oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) were measured during recovery in patients breathing spontaneously with a head canopy system.
Cockpit
Definition:
(n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
(n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
(n.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
(n.) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pilot, who sustained serious injuries, was thrown clear of the cockpit in his seat after the impact, but investigators are still trying to ascertain if he had tried to eject.
(2) As with the 787, the plane may be dramatically different but the cockpit is designed for continuity for pilots, albeit with a host of technological improvements.
(3) The noise of several alarms – including one that indicated the plane was stalling – can be heard going off in recordings from the black box in the cockpit, the investigator said.
(4) The key measure, sealing cockpits to deny access to passengers, is universal.
(5) It showed the Buk missile exploding on the left-hand side of the cockpit.
(6) In one high-profile gaffe, the expertise of one member of Macierewicz’s commission was revealed to have been based upon experience of constructing model aircraft, sitting in a fighter jet’s cockpit during an air show, and observing plane wings while looking out of a passenger window.
(7) During a period of one year, 6,863 employees underwent routine medical check-ups: 3,223 ground staff, 3,129 cabin staff, and 511 cockpit crew.
(8) [The cockpit voice recorder] seems to be under a wing, which is quite heavy,” said Supriyadi, operations coordinator for the search and rescue agency.
(9) As Frank De Winne, head of the European astronaut corps puts it: “This isn’t education, this is a mindset.” Peake, 43, grew up in Chichester and fell in love with flying when he sat for the first time in the cockpit of a plane in the cadet force at school.
(10) This allows the aircrew members to experience the effect of viewing instruments in the cockpit of a C-130 aircraft.
(11) The mean WBGT in the cockpit over the 1-h standby period was positively correlated with the ambient WBGT at time 0 (r = 0.783, p less than 0.001).
(12) The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) says the report, due on Tuesday, will include details gathered from the cockpit voice recorder, the flight data recorder, satellite and other images, and radar information.
(13) The so-called black boxes - the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder - record what happens on board planes in flight.
(14) The results show that both vertical and lateral gradients exist in F4E aircraft and that single-point measurements of Tdb close to the right shoulder show a bias of up to 4 degrees C in relation to mean cockpit dry bulb temperature derived from measurements at five sites.
(15) Development of a prone-position cockpit with a counterweighted, forward-looking head support plus optical-electronically aided all-directional visibility is the most physiologic, safest, and surest way to achieve this goal.
(16) In order to examine the influence of enhanced information transfer on aircrew behavior, intracrew communications and approach-to-land decisions were evaluated with conventional ATC communications and with automated cockpit alerting and display of weather information.
(17) @OSCE monitors visited cockpit debris today, say not scorched like other parts of wreckage, add that 37 bodies removed from there, inc crew July 20, 2014 7.36pm BST Kiev Post's Christopher Miller tweets: Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) .
(18) The AAIB team will examine the information from the cockpit voice recorder which will give them two hours of pilots' conversations as well as studying the contents of the flight data recorder (FDR).
(19) The trajectories of head movements in the helmet and velocities of impact contact with the seat and anterior of the cockpit were calculated as applied to every stage of the catapulting process and mass-inertia parameters of helmets taken into account.
(20) Results suggested that flight stresses perceived by crewmembers in the same cockpit were influenced by their flying experience and flight position which could be clearly assessed by determining relative excretions of epinephrine and norepinephrine.