What's the difference between encircling and waistband?

Encircling


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encircle

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After 1 day in vitro the explants were partly encircled by epithelium which had proliferated from the cut edges of the explant and from rete ridges near the cut edge (epiboly).
  • (2) More distally the nerve fibres consist only of one axon encircled by a Schwann cell.
  • (3) Foveal involvement included coarse foveal granularity, thinning of the foveal retinal pigment epithelium, increasing encirclement of the fovea with focal areas of atrophy, and minimal macular drusen.
  • (4) The roentgenographic appearance of most lesions consisted of a radiolucent central nidus encircled by sclerotic bone.
  • (5) At the ultrastructural level, kynurenine aminotransferase immunoreactive astrocytic processes were apparent throughout the neuropil where they often encircled capillaries and surrounded axospinous synapses.
  • (6) The bands encircle the muscle fiber perpendicular to the long axis of the fiber and they matched the sites of attachment of the sarcomeres to the plasma membrane.
  • (7) These and other results indicate that the junctional complex encircling the apical surface of a sheet of MDCK cells can provide an effective permeability barrier constituting a true occluding junction with the same properties in hemicyst and nonhemicyst areas.
  • (8) Encircling endocardial resection, with complete removal of endocardial scar unguided by intraoperative mapping, was employed in 10 patients with drug-resistant sustained ventricular tachycardia.
  • (9) The nerve bundles, encircled by basal lamina, were enclosed by a thin connective tissue layer and by flattened fibroblast-like cells.
  • (10) Within these fields, the development of perineuronal baskets followed a similar medial to lateral sequence: DA axons first surrounded a few neuronal cell bodies at P3 in the medial part of the intermediate LSN; at P6, Met-IR axons encircled more laterally located perikarya, and only at P9, some neurons located along the ventricle in the lateral DA field became surrounded.
  • (11) Ventricular tachycardias occurring after myocardial infarction (MI) and resistant to medical treatment were successfully treated in 5 patients by encircling endocardial ventriculotomy.
  • (12) At the end of the third reperfusion day, an atypical form of bouton degeneration was found, consisting of massive occurrence of enlarged (greater than 4 microns) boutons encircled by a clear halo.
  • (13) The preservation of the His bundle connection is explained by the failure of the sulcus to completely encircle the heart.
  • (14) Examinations of stages of fibril development in muscle fibers of seven Rhesus monkey and six human fetuses reveal SR tubules encircling the Z lines at all stages of fibril development.
  • (15) All patients had undergone pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil injection for proliferative vitreoretinopathy; five patients had encircling solid silicone scleral buckles.
  • (16) Vibrassae show up as hair follicles plunged in a blood sinus encircled by a thick connective capsule.
  • (17) From these primary processes, secondary ones arise and often encircle the vessel almost completely.
  • (18) The "dangerous zones" are situated at the base of the right-side surface of the interatrial septum above the fibrous ring of the septal cusp of the tricuspid valve, along the base of the membranous segment of the interventricular septum, in front of the posterior fibrous triangle, and at the fibrous ring encircling the bases of the posterior and right aortic semilunar valves.
  • (19) Thus, under these circumstances, the message from the neuron to the oligodendrocyte to make myelin is apparently intact, yet there is interference with the ability of the oligodendroglial cell process to find, attach to and encircle CNS axons with a normal myelin sheath.
  • (20) Intraocular pressure was recorded continuously during intravitreal infusion of saline solution before and after the application of encircling silicone elements.

Waistband


Definition:

  • (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
  • (n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He argued that he had intended to tase Grant, but accidentally shot him after seeing him reach for his waistband.
  • (2) He was wearing a beautiful tweed jacket, which had a slightly high waistband and he looked so beautiful.
  • (3) He put his right hand into his waistband and his left hand into a fist, “and he starts charging at me,” Wilson.
  • (4) In our American imagination, the feared objects which might come out of the waistband of unarmed black male children like Mike Brown or Tamir Rice so frightened armed white men, they’re allowed to kill them.
  • (5) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
  • (6) Today we're in a different century, a different millennium, a very different era than the one that first offered up twerpy, earnest, high-waistbanded Astley.
  • (7) Authorities said the officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband .
  • (8) Aged five, he joined Barnard Castle rugby club , his local team, and started playing tag rugby, where opponents try to swipe a swatch of cloth from their waistband instead of tackling.
  • (9) I could show you if you really want,” he says jokingly tugging at his waistband.
  • (10) Two workers on a construction site told police that Alexis walked out of a next-door home on 6 May 2004, pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired three shots into the rear tyres of their parked car .
  • (11) "His hands were always up your skirt or your top and if you were wearing trousers, he'd find a way to slip them down your waistband.
  • (12) The boy was confronted on Saturday by officers responding to a 911 call about a male who appeared to be pulling a gun in and out of his waistband.
  • (13) Female ushers in flowing white robes, gold waistbands and gold shoes smile serenely in the aisles as they collect donations.
  • (14) Authorities said officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband.
  • (15) Deputy chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police.
  • (16) Loehmann claimed he shot because Tamir pulled the pellet gun from his waistband, “had been threatening others with the weapon and had not obeyed our command to show us his hands”.
  • (17) Agents in Washington spoke to him again in late August after Gonzalez was found near a White House fence with a small hatchet in his waistband.
  • (18) Photograph: Screen capture The 911 caller also suggested that Tamir was repeatedly pulling the BB gun out of the waistband on his pants.
  • (19) US army researchers have developed smart underwear, with sensors secreted inside elastic waistbands that track heart rate, body temperature and perspiration, and beam the stats back to a central monitor.
  • (20) It has always been a favourite spot for guys who prefer to wear their T-shirt tucked into their waistband than on their actual person.

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