(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.
Marquee
Definition:
(n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's still going to be one of the marquee companies of the US and the world."
(2) The marquee event on Thursday, considering recent off the court events, was the sixth game between the Los Angeles Clippers.
(3) Heselden's only reservation about the ceremony, said David Robinson, would have been the time it took 30 or more staff to wrestle with erecting the marquee.
(4) Hemingway’s daughter, Corey, is in a marquee at the back of the site, painting a teddy bear onto some MDF, in the pursuit of a Teddy Boy pun that either doesn’t work, or I don’t get, but it looks great.
(5) Filmed in a marquee in the grounds of Harptree Court in Somerset, and making unlikely TV stars out of judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, Bake Off (as it is known to its fans) is made by the independent production company Love Productions.
(6) When the first exit polls flashed up on the big screen in the same marquee at 7pm local time on Sunday, there were as many reporters, photographers and cameramen as there were party supporters.
(7) Beyond the live coverage, which will be in fixed time slots, including a live game at the Saturday 12.30pm ET time slot on NBC itself (in order to build a consistent presence), there will be a whole raft of secondary programming and content, including a half hour goals show on Sundays, a two hour Saturday highlights show, "Match of the Day", modeled on the BBC show, and cut-down games from marquee teams such as the two Manchester sides, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, in distinct Monday and Tuesday night programmes.
(8) Krul still needed to brilliantly save Danny Drinkwater’s shot but Pardew’s decision to start Obertan and once again omit Rémy Cabella, his £12m marquee summer signing from Montpellier, had been vindicated.
(9) Poyet’s quest for that hitherto elusive league win involved dropping both Jack Rodwell, his marquee summer signing, and Adam Johnson to the bench.
(10) The marquee part of the Affordable Care Act went live yesterday as millions went online to browse health insurance options and begin signing up.
(11) It was a strange purchase considering that Cano is not the kind of player that puts a wild amount of fannies in the seats - he’s just not a marquee draw, for whatever reason, despite his tremendous talents.
(12) At a meeting on Monday afternoon activists said they were in talks with a marquee company over donations of bigger, more permanent structures, allowing them to set up a "visitor centre" and an "outreach group" to spread the message via local schools and businesses.
(13) Had he been one of the marquee names in South Africa rather than an athlete schooled in the J-League who plays his club football in Russia, his performance would have made banner headlines worldwide.
(14) He repeatedly raped a young woman after dragging her into the wedding marquee and handcuffing her.
(15) "We've come a long way to re-establishing Discovery's brand as a real powerhouse, but I think Discovery can be even bigger and stronger, and become the marquee brand in cable," said Zaslav, according to Multichannel News.
(16) "Here's my take: whilst the clamouring for 'marquee' signings has no doubt contributed to a short-term success strategy at the top clubs, part of the problem is this: a 17-year-old Mexican wonderkid will cost a coach significantly less money than a 17-year-old British kid of equal talent.
(17) He was replaced as Delhi’s marquee player by Carlos, who became the club’s player-manager in July and will oversee the team’s 2015 campaign.
(18) Now he has returned as one of the marquee signings of Tim Leiweke’s big-money revolution in Toronto : “I was just saying to somebody last night, in 2004 and 2005, when I was playing for the Metrostars, we’d show up at the old Giants Stadium, we’d go into the locker room, change, we’d get back in 15-seat passenger vans, drive out to Rutherford, train on field turf that’s 100 degrees, get back in the vans, go back to Giants Stadium.
(19) The marquee was packed for both a great King Creosote set and the mighty, raucous British Sea Power.
(20) It only harms the league to have headlines involving Sterling, the newly crowned Most Hated Man In America , overshadowing the playoffs, especially with the NBA Finals, the league's marquee event, a week away.