(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.
Thruster
Definition:
(n.) One who thrusts or stabs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Results indicated that both groups of tongue thrusters with and without interdental lisp scored significantly more poorly than did normal children (t = 4.68, P less than .001; t = 5.00, P less than .001), respectively.
(2) The $2.5bn (£1.6bn) trundling science lab began its mission on Mars after a dramatic arrival last month in which the rover was winched to the surface from a spacecraft hovering overhead on rocket thrusters.
(3) NASA corrected the Gemini thruster problem by changing the ignition system wiring.
(4) SpaceX cancels Falcon rocket launch seconds before liftoff Read more After twin sonic booms of re-entry through skies mottled with clouds, the rocket booster’s landing legs deployed, its thruster engines fired and it landed, almost delicately, at a landing pad at Cape Canaveral.
(5) If all goes to plan, the Dragon will fire its thrusters and begin a half hour plunge that ends in splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, about 450km off the west coast of the US.
(6) We avoid other objects with help from NORAD - they track space junk, and tell us when we have to fire thrusters to avoid it.
(7) A malfunctioning orbital flight attitude thruster during the flight of Gemini VIII led to acceleration forces on astronauts Neil Armstrong (commander) and David Scott (pilot) that created the potential for derogation of oculo-vestibular and eye-hand coordination effects.
(8) The tongue-thrusting children exhibited weaker lips initially than did the non-tongue-thrusters.
(9) As the rocket descends, SpaceX will relight the engines three times for a propulsive landing with thrusters: once to adjust the point of impact, again to slow the rocket to 250 meters per second, and finally for the landing burn, during which the rocket’s legs will deploy and the rocket will slow to about two meters per second.
(10) The headlong miniaturisation of microelectronics means that it might be possible to pack the entire control system, the sensors, camera, navigation equipment, photon thrusters, transmitter and power supply onto a tiny silicon wafer, and mount it on an ultra-thin sail weighing only grams, that would respond to the pressure of light.
(11) For example, additional thrusters can be strapped on to the rocket to launch heavy payloads of around 7.5 tonnes into orbit.
(12) There were no significant differences, however, between tongue thrusters with and without interdental lisp (t = .33, P greater than .05).
(13) These findings may help explain the classical malocclusions seen in tongue-thrusters and thumb-suckers.
(14) Because a large number of tongue thrusters are only adapting to malocclusions, we do not become concerned until the tongue is interfering with mechanics.
(15) Reusable rocket engines of the sort SpaceX hopes will land safely on Tuesday could play an important part in any round-trip to Mars, and since the planet has only a very thin atmosphere – and no runways or oceans to speak of – a large spacecraft would require thrusters simply to land safely in the first place.
(16) Lifting such a heavy satellite into orbit cost the Falcon 9’s lighter flights, meaning it had less fuel for its thrusters , which slowed its descent back to Earth and reoriented it for landing.
(17) Tongue thrusters in the mixed dentition stage are not proper candidates for myofunctional therapy.
(18) But instead of using the main engine this time, they would employ the smaller thrusters used for keeping the spacecraft upright.
(19) We conclude that increasing the lip muscle strength in tongue-thrusters may have little effect on the dentition of children exhibiting tongue-thrusting.
(20) These data compared favorably with data obtained for other retarded persons not judged to be tongue thrusters; in addition, the objective results of the treatment program were substantiated via pre-post evaluations done by occupational and physical therapists.