(n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
(n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
(2) At the famed Winter Palace , formerly the home of the Egyptian royal family, ornate gold-and-glass chandeliers hang over empty brocade sofas, awaiting visitors.
(3) The human temporal cortex contains a type of interneuron, identified by Golgi impregnation which, like the axo-axonic or chandelier cells found in animals, establishes Gray's type II synaptic contacts exclusively with the axon initial segments of pyramidal cells.
(4) The axon initial segments are normally densely covered by GABAergic synapses derived from a specialized type of interneuron, the chandelier or axo-axonic cell.
(5) With special consideration to the axon morphology we could describe the following neuronal types: large spinefree cells with probably myelinated axons (basket cells), small and medium sized spinefree cells with axons inside the dendritic fields (small basket cells), spinefree cells with axonal arcades, cells with axonal grape like terminal knobs, cells with columnar axons (double bouquet cells), sparsely spined cells with ascending axons (Martinotti cells), bipolar cells, neuroglioform cells and chandelier cells.
(6) The genius of The Great British Bake Off Read more Viewers have seen contestants throw pots blindfolded, and create objects ranging from bone china chandeliers to decorated tiles and bathroom sinks.
(7) The tiles, I am told, are also Italian, the chandeliers Czech, the fridge American, the stove German.
(8) During the course of an in vivo intracellular labeling study, a chandelier (axo-axonic) cell was completely filled with biocytin in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.
(9) In the Dolce & Gabbana store - with its chandeliers, black mirror walls and stainless steel D&G logo - a young man is trying on a leather jacket.
(10) However, we find that parvalbumin and CRF are present in only subpopulations of chandelier axon cartridges.
(11) In an attempt to classify neurons in the upper layers of the cerebral cortex according to modern nomenclature based on Golgi impregnations, non-pyramidal neurons in layers II and III of the dog's cerebral cortex have been categorized into thirteen types: large double-bouquet cells with long ascending and descending axons (type I double-bouquet cells); bipolar neurons; multipolar neurons with long tufted descending axons (type II double-bouquet cells); neurons with long ascending axons; neurons with superficial axon plexuses; elongated large multipolar neurons with extended generalized axonal arborizations; neurons with long descending axons; small bi-tufted neurons with short ascending, descending or local axons; small multipolar neurons with short ascending, descending or local axons; multipolar neurons with local or extended axonal arborizations usually forming arcades (some of them also with a long descending axon); basket cells; neurogliaform neurons, and chandelier cells.
(12) Thus, the chandelier cell axons appeared to degenerate in epileptic cortex.
(13) These two types of structures composed of PV-IR terminal boutons tended to be present in different laminae in all regions and ages examined, except in layer III of primary motor cortex where both PV-IR pericellular clusters and chandelier cartridges were found.
(14) Chandelier earrings Sparkly, gobstopper styles worn by celebrities ranging from Kim Kardashian to Keira Knightley.
(15) The synapses formed by the chandelier cell terminals are readily recognized in thin sections because of the characteristics features of both the terminals and the initial axon segments, which are the neuronal elements postsynaptic to them.
(16) On the 50-minute journey to the plant, on a bus whose interior was an incongruous mix of protective pink plastic and mock chandeliers, radiation monitors bleeped in unison as we drove through hotspots, then fell silent as the hazard passed.
(17) I mean, buying chandeliers and TVs and porn movies with our money.
(18) Huge parvalbumin-immunoreactive cells were distributed at random and resembled axo-axonic (chandelier) and basket neurons.
(19) In addition to the chandelier and basket cells, which have been shown in animal studies to contain GABA, other cell types, most prominently the neurogliaform cells, terminating on the distal parts of neurons, also contain GABA and may have a inhibitory function.
(20) Oak-panelled walls are hung with hunting scenes and pre-independence state crests, while the chandeliers twinkle.
Lighting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Light
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Light
(n.) A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
(3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(4) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
(5) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
(7) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
(8) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(9) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
(10) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
(11) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
(12) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(13) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
(14) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(15) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
(16) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
(17) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
(18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
(19) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
(20) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.