What's the difference between fin and hand?

Fin


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub.
  • (n.) End; conclusion; object.
  • (n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.
  • (n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.
  • (n.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin
  • (n.) The hand.
  • (n.) A blade of whalebone.
  • (n.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.
  • (n.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.
  • (n.) A feather; a spline.
  • (n.) A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
  • (2) Since there is a body of literature indicating that preexposure to low levels of metals may increase tolerance during subsequent exposure, these experiments were designed to investigate the effects of preexposure to cadmium, using fin regeneration as the parameter of effect.
  • (3) Next year they will target 50 fin whales, 50 endangered humpbacks, and another 925 minkes.
  • (4) Electron microscopy discloses axons in the mesodermal mesenchyme and in the epidermis of the bud as early as stage I of the development of the pelvic fins.
  • (5) The fins are formed by a longitudinal tegument fold containing the same components as the remaining part of the tail tegument.
  • (6) The dorsal fin mesenchyme expresses vimentin at stage 26.
  • (7) In this situation one could fins concentrated not only the various stands of protolife necessary for the final act of biopoesis, but also perbiologically formed nutrients necessary as for the first eobionts.
  • (8) These data and independent scanning electron microscopy indicated that a resident population of predominantly Blastobacter bacteria was present as a biofilm on the supply-side cooling coil fins.
  • (9) The development of the vasculature of the pectoral fin in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, was studied by the dye-injection method.
  • (10) Behavioral arousal evoked by lightly touching the fish on the snout or over the eye resembled spontaneous arousal observed in the field and consisted of eye withdrawal, fin erection, and attempted swimming.
  • (11) This communication briefly reviews knowledge of the systemic disease caused by Crassicauda boopis in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (B. physalus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
  • (12) This year the whalers plan to kill more than 900 minke whales and about 50 fin whales, reports said.
  • (13) The fish of these groups completed translocation of the right eye to the left side and resorption of elongated dorsal fin rays.
  • (14) Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are found primarily in the dorsal fin and in the ECM surrounding the notochord.
  • (15) By noon, the small fish market on shore is packed with black crows nibbling on hundreds of butchered fish heads, shark fins and long red swordfish tongues.
  • (16) Fixation included tines or fins (160), screw (40), flange (12), and other (16).
  • (17) In light of previous descriptions of Crassicauda infections in balaenopterids, this implied that C. boopis should at present be considered a renal parasite of fin whales, and perhaps other rorquals, throughout the world's oceans.
  • (18) The US-based group said it encountered an illegal shark finning operation run by a Costa Rican ship, the Varadero, and told the crew to stop and head to port to be prosecuted.
  • (19) We have used 14 restriction endonucleases to investigate the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of fin whales, 13 enzymes for sei whales, and 8 enzymes for the minke whale.
  • (20) The researchers estimated that global reported catches, unreported landings, discards and sharks caught and thrown back after their fins were cut off – a process known as finning – added up to 97 million fish caught in 2010.

Hand


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
  • (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
  • (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
  • (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
  • (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  • (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  • (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  • (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  • (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
  • (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
  • (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
  • (n.) Rate; price.
  • (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
  • (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
  • (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
  • (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  • (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
  • (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
  • (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
  • (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
  • (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  • (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
  • (v. i.) To cooperate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
  • (2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (3) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
  • (4) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
  • (5) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
  • (6) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
  • (7) On the other hand, after exposure to BrdUrd, neuron specific enolase decreased in NB-1 and SK-N-DZ and increased in GOTO.
  • (8) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (9) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
  • (10) Symptomatic improvement was obtained in 14 of the 15 hands, and sensory-evoked response improved in 13 hands.
  • (11) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
  • (12) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (13) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
  • (14) On the other hand, the majority of gynecologic patients with pelvic infections are young and healthy.
  • (15) The pons, on the other hand, has a bioelectrical activity of its own during PS, i.e., the ponto-geniculo-occipital spikes (PGO).
  • (16) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
  • (17) On the other hand, the limbic after-discharges to the hippocampal or amygdaloid stimulation were enhanced by Z. mioga as well as chlorpromazin, but they were inhibited by diazepam.
  • (18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (19) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
  • (20) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.

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