(n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
(n.) A ring or cincture.
(n.) A collar beam.
(n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
(n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
(n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
(n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
(n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
(n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
(n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
(v. t.) To seize by the collar.
(v. t.) To put a collar on.
Example Sentences:
(1) On day 7, washes were collected as on day 0, and a collar was attached to the neck to prevent contamination from saliva.
(2) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
(3) The working women lost their elasticity more rapidly than the nuns, and the male blue collar workers lost their elasticity more rapidly than the male white collar workers.
(4) Participants were younger, more likely to be male, less likely to be currently married, and more likely to have had a white-collar job and some postsecondary education than were nonparticipants.
(5) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
(6) These were compared against previously published National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studies of nonexposed blue-collar workers to determine if these predictions fit our population.
(7) It is concluded that the femoral stem should be as thick as possible and that the collar of the prosthesis is useless.
(8) Radioimmunoassays carried out on acidic extracts of the same organs confirm the molecular results and lead us to conclude to the presence of substances strongly related to MK in the ovotestis as well as in the circumoesophageal ganglia (COG), and to ascertain that the MK-positive tentacular collar cells do not contain authentic MK.
(9) Efficacy of polyvinyl chloride collars containing temephos [0,0'-(thiodi-4,1-phenylene) 0,0,0',0'-tetramethyl bis-(phosphorothioate)] was elevaluated in dogs and cats against the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis).
(10) The magnitude of the age-adjusted PRs was greatest for blue collar males.
(11) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(12) Based on the results of a large Australian study of a workplace smoking ban, an estimated 654.88 million cigarettes with a retail value of $A6,549 thousand would be forgone annually in Australia alone if 50 percent of white-collar worksites were to ban smoking.
(13) Tooth germs are formed partly by cells of the stomodeal collar and partly by mesenchymal cells and calcification takes place before hatching.
(14) These problems are explored using data from three recent studies on workplace experiences of white collar and blue collar workers who had recovered from cancer, and of former pediatric cancer patients.
(15) Four cases of non-surgical extraction of iatrogenic vascular foreign bodies are reported, in two of which a basket sound was used, and two others a metallic collar.
(16) What’s left for such workers is the same as their blue-collar counterparts: lower wages, precarious work and a lot of borrowing.
(17) For instance, there are elevated rates of lung cancer and stomach cancer among blue collar workers; colon cancer and breast cancer among white collar workers and lip and stomach cancer among self-employed farmers.
(18) (See: The Royal Tenenbaums) Just as we started to feel hot under the collar about it, this little beauty appeared on screen.
(19) The egg burdens in these collars were, on the average, twice the average egg burden in the remainder of the urinary bladder.
(20) By contrast, the risks for renal pelvis cancer tended to be higher among blue collar workers, especially in the machine industry.
Preparatory
Definition:
(a.) Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapter three Administration of the camps The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
(2) Our patients were severely impaired in their school career: Although their average IQ was 112 only 6 out of 59 had completed a college-preparatory program (Abitur), all of them from middle-class families with well-educated parents.
(3) The few preparatory set cells in FEF tested with both auditory and visual stimuli tended to respond preferentially to the visual targets, whereas, in contrast, most set cells in SEF were bimodal.
(4) In order to determine the presence of dermatophytes and saprophytes in healthy toe and finger nails, 120 students (60 male and 60 female) from preparatory schools at Sohag Governorate (Upper Egypt) were studied.
(5) The rationale of this preparatory cytoreduction is discussed critically.
(6) There is great lability of the endocardial surface in response to a classic "holding solution" widely used in preparatory techniques.
(7) Repetitive dysfluencies of speech were elicited by mechanical perturbation of the thalamus in a patient, preparatory to therapeutic lesion placement for chronic pain.
(8) In the area of Tripoli, measles haemagglutination-inhibiting (HI) antibodies were found at a titre of greater than or equal to 1:10 in 97% of the adult population, and in 78%, 100% and 97.1% of schoolchildren of primary, preparatory and secondary schools respectively.
(9) The SMA contained a higher proportion of limb-dependent preparatory cells (40%) than either MC (15%) or putamen (9%).
(10) Nothing in the process of picture-making can be certain, but it would be reasonable to assume that she sees a young man aged 23 or 24 standing a few feet away with a brush in his hand (such a delicate implement compared with a knife fit for cabbage stalks) and dabbing at a piece of canvas or board which is the picture's preparatory sketch.
(11) The intrauterine source can effect pendulous displacements in linear or non-linear patterns without preparatory dilatation.
(12) It is assumed that the preparatory set for response movements is organized in an order, resulting in the differentiation of RT.
(13) Partial advance information was sufficient to trigger preparatory activities specific for the revealed dimension of the ensuing movement.
(14) Preparatory methods for CSF examination are discussed and normal and reactive conditions involving CSF, lymphoma, leukemia, meningeal carcinomatosis and the subarachnoid spread of primary brain tumors are described and illustrated.
(15) Analysis showed that the order of the preparatory sequence was correctly produced after 4 trials under all conditions.
(16) During the preparatory period (PP), either CNV was monitored from 8 scalp leads, or elbow stretch reflexes were tested at selected times using mechanical torque steps as stimuli.
(17) It did not, however, alter the preparatory increase in motoneuronal excitability.
(18) The students were examined during two consecutive periods, each consisting of one preparatory (during which active tooth cleaning measures were carefully practiced) and one main test period (during which mouth rinsings were the only plaque control measure).
(19) Sitting at a long table in a conference room at the whitewashed Nato headquarters, Sārts cannot see the logic of Russia invading Latvia in the near future, as it did Georgia and Ukraine, but he will not beat around the bush: “It is not at all impossible.” Last week the centre of excellence in Riga unveiled the results of research into what it claims is a “ preparatory information war ” in Latvia but with, it emerges, much wider repercussions.
(20) This is consistent with the psychometric findings of higher error scores in target counts and d2-test, and significantly prolonged reaction times after regular preparatory intervals (PIs) in the high-risks.