(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.
Parasol
Definition:
(n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
(v. t.) To shade as with a parasol.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dendritic-field diameters of parasol cells within the nasal quadrant of the retina are not fully brought into line with those of cells lying elsewhere in the retina.
(2) Huang Ren Zhong's striped parasol stands out against the muddy cliff of excavated earth.
(3) This is one of the strands of Revival of the Snake, a 10-screen video installation by Yang Fudong, at the Parasol Unit in London.
(4) · No Snow on the Broken Bridge: film and video installations by Yang Fudong is at the Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London N1, until June 9.
(5) According to their depth of stratification, there are two types of parasol cells (termed a-parasol and b-parasol), and two types of midget ganglion cells (a-midget and b-midget).
(6) Video footage was shown of the gunman being dropped off in a street near the hotel by a white Peugeot van before he sets off on foot clutching a parasol under his arm.
(7) Fomichev sold him a half share in an offshore Cyprus company, Parasol Participations Ltd, which controlled the planned property speculation.
(8) The border between the a- and b-sublaminae of the IPL, defined in terms of this narrow gap between the stratification of the two parasol cell types, lies approximately at the center of the IPL.
(9) GABA+ amacrines must play significant but different roles in ON and OFF midget and parasol pathways as well as the rod pathway.
(10) There's a dead ringer for Iggy Pop's cross-dressing frontierswoman from Dead Man, there's some Silver-centric horse comedy that's half Mr Ed and half "My horse, Fritz" from Django Unchained; even the little pink parasol from Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo gets a look-in.
(11) An unusual rock formation girdles the sandy beach and the cafe with its tables and parasols.
(12) Forests of thatched parasols dotted near-deserted beaches, loungers remained stacked in orderly ranks.
(13) Analysis of the nearest-neighbor distances for the parasol cell clusters showed that dendritic-field overlap remained constant as dendritic-field size increased from 100-400 microns in diameter.
(14) The cot bumper has been great, the parasol will probably go to the charity shop.
(15) Thus, we get the basic Blade Runner cityscape: monsoonal rain and humidity, perma-dusk and millions of Asian people with parasols.
(16) The large garden has outdoor seating shaded by parasols, and climbing plants adorn the side facade of the building.
(17) In instances of homotypic coupling, the injected parasol cell was surrounded by a regular array of 3-6 neighboring parasol cells.
(18) Using intracellular staining in an in vitro preparation of the isolated and intact human retina, we have characterized the relationship of dendritic field size to retinal eccentricity for the two major ganglion cell classes, the midget and the parasol cells.
(19) (ii) The dendritic fields of human ON-center parasol and midget cells are 30-50% larger in diameter than their OFF-center counterparts, suggesting a distinct asymmetry in the human ON-OFF visual pathways.
(20) At least two amacrine cell types showed tracer coupling to parasol cells.