(a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
(a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.
(a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.
(a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.
(a.) Perfect; complete.
(a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
(a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
Example Sentences:
(1) By hybridization studies, three plasmids in two forms (open circular and supercoiled) were detected in the strain A24.
(2) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
(3) Circular muscle strips from the opossum esophageal body obtained 3-5 cm above the esophagogastric junction were suspended in organ baths for measurement of isometric tension.
(4) Noradrenaline decreased the phasic contraction amplitude of the circular muscle and exerted a stimulant effect on the tone which suggested an existence of two alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes.
(5) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
(6) Circular dichroism (CD) spectra indicating different local orientation of oxazolone, when coupled to L or D side chain-terminating amino acids, support this suggestion.
(7) The alpha-helical content of the free form of the lipoprotein was measured from the circular dichroism spectrum of the lipoprotein in 0.01% sodium dodecyl sulfate and found to be 87%.
(8) Parameters affecting assembly of these complexes were sequences in circular DNA templates, sizes and sequences of linear DNA templates, temperature and incubation time.
(9) The mechanisms underlying the biphasic response (BR) of the circular muscle of the guinea pig ileum (CMGPI) to bradykinin (BK) have been examined.
(10) The distribution and lateral mobility of VDCCs on CA1 hippocampal neurons have been determined with biologically active fluorescent and biotinylated derivatives of the selective probe omega-conotoxin in conjunction with circular dityndallism, digital fluorescence imaging, and photobleach recovery microscopy.
(11) The structure of the Z-helix antigen was confirmed by circular dichroism (CD) and U.V.
(12) Dustin Benton Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship, Green Alliance Creating a circular economy will take action in three areas: the economy, policy and politics, and innovation.
(13) Anastomotic devascularization has been incriminated in the development of post-operative complications (fistula, stenosis) of circular stapling.
(14) If people approach it in the right way and we show that this is a development agenda – it’s competitiveness, it’s jobs – then why wouldn’t it be adopted.” Read more like this: How much do you know about the circular economy?
(15) When the method proposed by Trela (1975) is applied, thin layers of the petrous crest are chiselled out until the common crus of the superior and posterior semi-circular becomes apparent.
(16) A comparison of the conformation of Folch-Pi apoprotein in organic solvent and in aqueous solutions has been made by ESR, infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopy studies.
(17) In the group of malignant schizophrenia, irrespective of the stage of the disease and in the group of circular forms there was a definite drop in the activity of cytochromoxidase, succinatedehydrogenase and MAO, while as the activity of the ATP-ase and peroxidase was increased.
(18) Circular cuts which surgically isolated the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) from the remainder of the brain did not prevent copulation 4 to 24 h later, but did block reflex ovulation.
(19) Monodispersed N- and C-protected linear homo-oligomethionines (n = 2- -7) are studied by measurements of circular dichroism in the vacuum ultraviolet region.
(20) The first stage is characterized by circular disturbances of conditioned activity, vegetative shifts of compensatory character and intensification of individual characteristics of behaviour.
Cloak
Definition:
(n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
(n.) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
Example Sentences:
(1) But when people's jobs, homes and businesses are in jeopardy, it is not enough for the prime minister and the chancellor to use the eurozone crisis as a cloak to hide their lack of action.
(2) Winston Churchill, when he was offered the role of minister of the local government board in 1906, commented: "There is no place more laborious, more anxious, more thankless, more cloaked with petty and even squalid detail, more full of hopeless and insoluble difficulties."
(3) I can't pull an invisibility cloak over my house – nor would I wish to," she said, a little wistfully, as if she really wished she had Harry Potter's magic powers.
(4) Wearing royal blue cloaks with pointed hoods, the boys line up beside the road in a small village just outside the city of Ségou, chanting in unison.
(5) The most promising addition is the under-construction National Museum of African American History and Culture, designed by the British architect David Adjaye and scheduled to open in 2015, which cloaks a modernist structure with shimmering bronze-coated decorative panels.
(6) Brennan's testimony theoretically represents a rare chance to learn more about drone killing, warrantless wiretapping, torture, rendition, foreign meddling and other odd cloak-and-daggery.
(7) "The only reason they thought they could get away with it was because they had a guaranteed cloak of secrecy.
(8) We, and the public, cannot meaningfully evaluate execution protocol cloaked in secrecy.
(9) There's the odd scene where he's scrambling around naked, but it's cloaked in a more intelligent context.
(10) I will put prices up if I suddenly want a velvet cloak or a bejewelled cock ring.
(11) Images of her being dragged and stomped on - her black abaya cloak torn open to reveal her naked torso and blue bra - became a rallying symbol for the revolution and undermined the interim military rulers who held power between Mubarak's fall and Morsi's rise.
(12) His small frame could be seen following the tree line until eventually it was swallowed by the dense forest cloaking the border.
(13) The hypothesis is advanced that while the Hawaiian Islands contain one of the world's largest percentages of endemic species in the flora, only a few of these species were used for illnesses, though many endemic species were used for building, tapa making, and the foundation of the elaborate and renowned feather cloaks.
(14) However the value of training at altitude for competition at sea level appears on the one hand to lack total acceptance amongst sports scientists; and on the other to hold some cloak of mystery for coaches who have yet to enjoy first hand experience.
(15) It’s like bike sharers are given a cloak of visibility when they set out on a journey.
(16) The pair, whose identities have not been revealed, were dressed in white robes and bowed their heads as they were whipped by officials wearing brown cloaks and masks with eye slits.
(17) We acknowledge the complexity and elegance of the theoretical substance and program algorithms of existing work in these disciplines, while simultaneously observing that many presentations of this material cloak the essential facts and concepts in unnecessary jargon and hyperbole.
(18) No mention of UK Muslim women who are unhappy with this antisocial black cloak.
(19) Ermine cloaks the coalition's first post-local election test on Wednesday.
(20) Those sentiments had been echoed in the seemingly very different context of Qom, the centre of Shia religious studies, where most women move about in full-length black cloaks – the chadors that are the ultimate expression of Shia modesty.