(a.) Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
Example Sentences:
(1) The inherent weakness of the diaphanous portion of the posterior lens capsule contributed to disruption of the normal lamellar arrangement of the lens fibers resulting in cataractous changes.
(2) After clearing and removal of the cuticle, the bracts are bleached, washed, dehydrated, and if studied by light microscopy, stained in 2% chlorazol black E and mounted in Diaphane; or, if studied by scanning electron microscopy, dried by the critical-point method and either left uncoated or coated with a film of various conductive metals.
(3) Diaphanoscopic postmortal examination of blunt impact injuries to the head sometimes revealed non-diaphanous regions deriving from intraossary haematomata.
(4) The rod appears as a diaphanous transparent object, slightly tinted to the same colour as the dots.
(5) Those photographs from Greece last week sent me straight round to the chief site of that abuse, the Duveen Gallery at the British Museum , where the Parthenon marbles are displayed and there are as many diaphanously clothed virgins as you would wish to clap eyes on.
(6) There were no reproductions, prints were precious few and could scarcely convey his mysterious and diaphanous style, so that the only way a Velázquez could be kept in mind was through the fantastic vagaries of memory.
(7) The Diaphane-program instituted under the authority of the French Society of Nephrology has been steadily expanding since 1972.
(8) The Authors describe a new technique of endodontic obturation using thermoplasticized guttapercha; the first results, studied with a diaphanic method, suggest that this technique gives a full obturation of endodontic system.
(9) In another 12 flaps vascularization was studied by means of diaphanization.
(10) The authors studied 52 organs, among 15 were taken from human beings and 37 from dogs, with the aim of knowing theirs weight and volume modifications after diaphanization.
(11) The sixth report of the "Diaphane Dialyse Informatique" Program concerns 2,518 adult patients (age 15 and over) treated by chronic hemodialysis or hemofiltration in 33 French dialysis centres between June 1972 and December 1978.
(12) In another 16 flaps, vascularization was studied by means of "diaphanization" (ie, making the tissue transparent or diaphenous in nature).
(13) His muscles ripple beneath the diaphanous folds of the toga.
(14) The authors, use histology and diaphanization after the injection of Micropaque 25% with gelatin 10% in 35 rabbits, 25 female and 10 male, with race, weight and age variable, to show some aspects of the thyroid follicles microvascularization.
(15) Data of the DIAPHANE Dialyse-Informatique system of the Society of Nephrology have been collected by patients just on a home dialysis program after training in the hemodialysis Unit of the Hospital of Montreuil.
(16) Two studies using diaphanization have displayed the diaphragmatic anastomoses.
(17) That is, flirty, feminine shapes, diaphanous textures (silk and organza) and hero swimwear.
(18) The muscle originates from the medial border of the levator palpebrae superioris and has a diaphanous insertion on the fascia in the region of the trochlea and other nearby structures.
(19) This may include the presence of diaphanous serous-filled vascular channels, a connective tissue stroma with lymphorrhages, features of old hemorrhage, dysplastic vessels, and random smooth muscle bundles.
(20) Using the "Diaphane" computed medical record system enables multicentric statistical studies to be conducted.
See
Definition:
(n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
(n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
(v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
(v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
(v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
(v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
(v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
(v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
(v. i.) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
(v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
(v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.
Example Sentences:
(1) I can't wait to see what Christie and her patriarchy-smashing pals do next.
(2) You can see where the religious meme sprung from: when the world was an inexplicable and scary place, a belief in the supernatural was both comforting and socially adhesive.
(3) The sound of the ambulance frightened us, especially us children, and panic gripped the entire community: people believe that whoever is taken into the ambulance to the hospital will die – you so often don’t see them again.
(4) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
(5) My boyfriend and I have been seeing each other for two years.
(6) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(7) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
(8) What we’re doing is designed to improve people’s lives.” "I don't see race, colour or creed, and neither do my children," he added.
(9) But both for malaria and Aids we’re seeing the tools that will let us do 95-100% reduction.
(10) We investigated the incidence of skin cancer among patients who received high doses of PUVA to see whether such incidence increased.
(11) 'The French see it as an open and shut case,' says a Paris-based diplomat.
(12) If Deckard cannot see himself in the other, Roy can.
(13) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(14) Swedes tend to see generous shared parental leave as good for the economy, since it prevents the nation's investment in women's education and expertise from going to waste.
(15) The association constants K'A, KN, and K'N in the scheme (see article), were determined for the magnesium salts of ADP, adenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate AMP-P(NH)P, and PPi.
(16) The IgG index (formula: see text) corrects for the influence of serum protein abnormalities as well as a bloodbrain barrier damage and is, therefore, a better measure for the presence of an IgG elevation in CSF due to IgG synthesis, when compared with other IgG quotients commonly used.
(17) Stimuli presented to this island could be detected and discriminated, although the subject reported he did not see them.
(18) However, as all subjects had normal hearing and maximum speech discrimination scores pre-smoking, it can only be concluded that smoking marihuana did not worsen the hearing--the experiments were not designed to see whether it would improve hearing.
(19) A Palestinian delegation was to hold truce talks on Sunday in Cairo with senior US and Egyptian officials, but Israel has said it sees no point in sending its negotiators to the meeting, citing what it says are Hamas breaches of previous agreed truces.
(20) We conclude by looking at several specific models and seeing how the results relate to previous work.