(a.) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
(a.) Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this paper we present a robust algorithm to determine automatically contours with elliptical shapes.
(2) The results of the rapid-freeze and deep-etch procedure showed that the ridges observed by the surface replica method consisted of linear arrangements of elliptical particles on the ES face of the plasma membrane.
(3) The interaction with these lipids, the rotational conformations of the 17-acetyl group, and invertible conformations of the cyclohexenone of PROG were discussed on the basis of the elliptical strength of the Cotton effect and energy estimation of the preferred conformers.
(4) Similar aftereffects were obtained whether the area of the test stimulus was fixed or varied randomly from trial to trial, and whether the test stimulus was rectangular or elliptical.
(5) Raji consistently exhibited the highest and SU-AMB-1 the lowest polymerase activity and ellipticity.
(6) As univariate predictors, the variance of nuclear roundness, the mean of ellipticity, the Gleason score, age, and clinical stage were statistically significant predictors of disease progression when analyzed with Kaplan-Meier survival curves.
(7) The thermodynamics of this self-association have been evaluated by studying the temperature- and concentration-dependence of the mean residue ellipticity at 220 nm.
(8) In addition, it appears that the population of Elschnig type III nerve heads includes higher elliptical values than that for the Elschnig type II nerve heads.
(9) Protein unfolding was detected by ellipticity changes at 222 nm with increasing concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl).
(10) Ontogenetic data on developmental stages I-IV of 3678 melanosomes based on geometric considerations (length, width, shape, and area) showed that MSH did not induce a complete transformation from spherical phaeomelanosomes to elliptical eumelanosomes.
(11) On 62 of 100 pediatric bladder sonograms a small, elliptical, hypoechoic structure was observed on the middle of the anterosuperior surface of the urinary bladder.
(12) The spatial extension of these megalospermatocyte populations is spherical to elliptical, some of them look like a section of a spiral around the longitudinal axis of the seminiferous tubule.
(13) In the case of the inclined model and a vertical beam the diffusion field was elliptical, with a still more diffuse transition to the fields above and below than in the case of the vertical model and a horizontal beam.
(14) CD measurements gave equal [theta] values for lysozyme and derivative at the two negative ellipticity bands at 208 and 220 nm.
(15) LH-RH nerve processes terminated mainly in the infurdibular radix within an elliptical zone surrounding the bases of the infundibular recessus.
(16) Similar, but far smaller, effects were seen in a region with an elliptical cross-section and when the flow was made pulsatile.
(17) The correlation showed the advantages of planning using optimal schemes in volumes with an elliptical and irregular section by the criteria of homogeneity of target contour irradiation, the lessening of radiation exposure beyond the target and an increase in the absolute value of minimum dose rate at the border of an irradiated volume.
(18) There was no positive ellipticity, and the spectrum was not characteristic of collagen.
(19) (b) Chemical input is received from unidentified presynaptic neurons containing either round or elliptical vesicles.
(20) The kinetics of regain of the native ellipticity in the far- and near-UV spectra have been investigated during the refolding at pH 7.8 and 20 degrees C of guanidine-unfolded, nonreduced hen egg white lysozyme.
Quenelle
Definition:
(n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
Example Sentences:
(1) The French NBA star was pictured giving the “quenelle”, which has been described as a “reverse Nazi salute”, with its originator, the French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala.
(2) Photograph: William Latkin I served these in quenelles with a little green salad and some grape focaccia.
(3) However, he has failed to distance himself from groups and individuals who have posted photographs of themselves doing the quenelle outside synagogues, Holocaust memorials, Jewish schools and even at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
(4) Nicolas Anelka has refused to apologise for his controversial quenelle gesture and denied any anti-Semitic intent behind the celebration.
(5) He is, however, an expert in provocation, and that's what his latest acts and statements, including the famous "quenelle", are all about.
(6) While even Anelka would surely have not been so ignorant as to repeat his appalling quenelle celebration, a goal would have refocused attention on the controversial French striker at a time when it would be better for everybody if the spotlight was elsewhere.
(7) Anelka confirmed to Downing that he did perform a quenelle , described by some as a "reverse Nazi salute", after his 40th-minute strike at Upton Park but as far as the West Brom hierarchy are concerned, it was done as a tribute to the French comedian Dieudonné, a friend of Anelka. "
(8) On Twitter, Anelka continued: “With regard to the ministers who give their own interpretations of my quenelle, they are the ones that create confusion and controversy without knowing what it really means, this gesture.” Two other Premier League footballers, the Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri and the Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, have been photographed performing the quenelle.
(9) The quenelle outrage overshadowed an excellent display by Anelka at the weekend, when the 34-year-old scored his first goals for West Brom since joining the club on a free transfer in the summer.
(10) "The quenelle is a Nazi gesture that is clearly antisemitic and known to be such.
(11) Samir Nasri was pictured doing the controversial quenelle gesture outside Manchester City's training ground but says he did not know its meaning.
(12) Both antisemitic and anti-establishment, the quenelle (which Dieudonné’s wife actually trademarked) became a viral internet phenomenon, with tens of thousands of fans posting images of themselves doing it in front of synagogues and Holocaust memorials, at the gates of Auschwitz, on the beach, in their bedrooms, or – like Nicolas Anelka – on the football pitch.
(13) The gesture, known as the quenelle in French, is a mixture of an inverted Nazi salute and "up yours".
(14) The Board of Deputies of British Jews has described the quenelle as "antisemitic" and says Dieudonné "has form for race hate".
(15) The same can be said of the quenelle, the much-discussed gesture performed by West Brom's Nicholas Anelka as he celebrated scoring against West Ham last month and which this week saw him charged by the FA.
(16) The quenelle is Dieudonné's signature gesture, although he insists it is an anti-establishment gesture and not against Jewish people.
(17) The quenelle One hand points stiffly downwards, while the other is raised across the chest.
(18) Given the notoriety the quenelle has gained in France ever since Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala, a figure known for harbouring antisemitic views, first used it in 2009, it is inconceivable that Anelka was not aware of the outrage he would unleash by performing it in east London.
(19) The quenelle is deliberately vague, a kind of repressed Hitler salute, rightly described by one French journalist as reminiscent of the thwarted Nazi arm-movement of Peter Sellers's Dr Strangelove.
(20) This is the same aggravated rule breach of which Liverpool’s Luis Suárez and Chelsea’s John Terry were found guilty for on-field abuse of rival players, and West Bromwich Albion’s Nicolas Anelka for using the antisemitic “quenelle” gesture .