(n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
(n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
(n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.
(n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
(v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
Example Sentences:
(1) Implantation of the mouse embryo involves the invasion of the secondary trophoblast giant cells of the ectoplacental cone (EPC) into the uterine decidua.
(2) It is commonly assumed that the visual resolution limit must be equal to or less than the Nyquist frequency of the cone mosaic.
(3) In scanning of more than 20 Hz frequency, the spectral pattern also reflected the characteristics of the cone system.
(4) The function of these triple cones can not be deduced from the behavior patterns of these fishes.
(5) Light-induced cone shortening provides a useful model for stuying nonmuscle contraction because it is linear, slow, and repetitive.
(6) As early as E-28 many growth cones have lamellipodia that extend outward from the core region as far as 10 microns.
(7) RCA-1, which is specific for D-galactose, showed patchy fluorescence on the basal and distal portions of the outer segments of the cones and rods, whereas neuraminidase-treated sections had uniform fluorescence throughout the tissues.
(8) Rats permitted to recover for 13 weeks and then sacrificed had lost almost all their rods (p less than 0.001) while the cones were reduced by about 50% (p less than 0.01).
(9) Rod adaptation had no reliable influence on response to rapid onset in cones or bipolar cells.
(10) Unique domains of the retinal interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM), termed cone matrix sheaths, are composed largely of chondroitin 6-sulfate proteoglycan in most higher mammalian species.
(11) Psychophysical results on human colour matching (Stiles & Burch, 1955; Stiles & Burch, 1959) were well predicted from the spectral sensitivities of the monkey cones.
(12) Our model of voltage dependence of GABA uptake predicts that all colors of light should hyperpolarize H1 cone horizontal cells and other investigators have shown by intracellular recording and dye-marking that type H1 cone horizontal cells hyperpolarize to all wavelengths of light.
(13) During the third stage, the dendritic trees of ganglion cells no longer branch or extend by means of active growth cones.
(14) Growth cones from the neurons contacted the muscle fibers within 6-12 h after isolation.
(15) The results indicate that contact Nd.YAG laser conization for CIN is an excellent conservative therapy from the point of cure rate, safety, indication, operation time and cone specimen, even compared with CO2 laser conization.
(16) In the human retina, which has both cones and rods in abundance, cones, cone bipolars, ganglion cells, horizontal cells, and small and large amacrine cells were labeled.
(17) Neither pH nor composition of liner collection cone had an effect on postthaw acrosomal scores, but the time required for a 50% increase in severely damaged acrosomes was greater for spermatozoa collected in polyethylene than in rubber liner collection cones.
(18) These regenerating nerve fibres together with growth cones make terminals in the form of buttons, rings and loops.
(19) Underneath the envelope, p17 forms the matrix protein layer, while the capsid of the double cone shaped core is built up of p24.
(20) On the model of electrical coupling proposed by Lamb & Simon (1976), this suggests that to the extent that the voltage-dependent desensitization results from an increased conductance and hence an increased shunt of the signals at the plasma membrane, there must be a concomitant increase in the conductance of the electrical pathways linking cones to one another.
Coney
Definition:
(n.) A rabbit. See Cony.
(n.) A fish. See Cony.
Example Sentences:
(1) Melanie Wilson and Abigail Conway return with their cinema experience Every Minute Always and Coney offers the experience of The Loveliness Principle.
(2) Since the dawn of cinema, Coney Island has been a beloved shooting location.
(3) Coney, Blast Theory and Fish And Game are just a few of those engaging with the possibilities of film and persuasive media, while the city has offered festival-goers a series of downloadable virtual adventures at locations around Edinburgh.
(4) And there have been times I couldn't bear to play Coney Island Baby, with its refrain of "I wanted to play football for the coach", its quiet nostalgia like a punch in the stomach.
(5) The beverage industry led a multimillion-dollar disinformation campaign, complete with Astroturfing advocates handing out "right to choose" leaflets in Manhattan's Union Square and aeroplanes flying "soda freedom" banners over Coney Island.
(6) Coney had a prolific criminal record, including assault with a weapon.
(7) The stuff that reinforced that image – I'm Waiting for the Man, Street Hassle, Dirt, Kicks, Sad Song – was matched by songs of real tenderness, not in the grudging tears-of-a-tough-guy style, but open and honest and touchingly fragile (see Femme Fatale's ruined suitor warning others off to Coney Island Baby , his lovestruck paean to Rachel, the beautiful drag queen who was his mid-70s companion ).
(8) Business is far from usual this winter for Alex Alfidi, manager at Leo's Coney Island restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham.
(9) When the mayor's representative came to unveil the sign, she was mobbed by Jane Jacobs look-alikes protesting the rezoning in Coney Island that will see the historic amusement park halved in size and shielded from the sea by high towers.
(10) As Coney Island’s fortunes shifted into decline in the 1960s and 1970s, its portrayal in the movies followed suit.
(11) From the long-standing regular night Coney Island (where dressing up to various classic movies is encouraged, music is themed accordingly and hotdog eating competitions are standard) to The Virgin Xtravaganzah and her variety show of the best of London’s alternative cabaret scene to the popular Disco 54 night, there’s something for everyone.
(12) It emerged that Scott was very familiar with the Vincent Thomas bridge near Long Beach, about 30 miles south of his Beverly Hills home, because he planned to use it in a remake of the 1970 cult classic The Warriors, about a gang crossing New York to their Coney Island home pursued by rival gangs.
(13) The trajectory of this unfortunate shift in New York film-making is perhaps best exemplified by looking at how Coney Island has been portrayed throughout film history.
(14) We could stop the collection of millions of dollars a day, turn off the water supply, pull out the ambulance drivers, leave Coney Island without lifeguards,” ruminated Gotbaum, the DC37 union’s executive director, during the crisis, with a frankness no American union leader would dare voice today.
(15) There were a few who were very vocal, but really a lot of that is down to not knowing who was coming and what to expect,” said the Rev Steve Coneys of the Seasalter Church in the town, who is helping at the centre.
(16) To deal with the problems of excessive and inappropriate use, the medical staff of Coney Island Hospital established compulsory, prospective antibiotic control.
(17) Coney Island hospital was also evacuated Monday night.
(18) Zones has been designed with interaction experts and theatre-makers Coney to ensure that genuine gamification is incorporated into the design.
(19) Lou Reed poses for the cover session for his album Coney Island Baby, in 1976.
(20) A retrospective study of the Coney Island Hospital experience with Greenfield filters over a five-year period was undertaken.