(n.) One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Spinal Pedicle Finder (S.P.F) has been designed for transpedicular screws and a prototype has been completed.
(2) The Cytoscan 110 metaphase finder has been tested with cultures of human peripheral blood lymphocytes prior to its introduction into routine use for the analysis of radiation-induced chromosomal damage.
(3) The technique uses a finder needle and a saline-filled syringe to locate the small and poorly defined trachea.
(4) Now some agents are taking the process a step further with "sale by informal tender" contracts for buyers who make sealed bids – the contracts commit the successful buyer to paying an introductory or finder's fee to the agent, usually around 2-2.5% of the cost of the property.
(5) Their antennae, which purported to detect explosives, and in other cases narcotics, were not connected to anything, they had no power source and one of the devices was simply the golf ball finder with a different sticker on it.
(6) • S Finder is the phone's search engine, to find chat messages, documents or other content on the phone.
(7) Subjectivity in selecting random grid squares for routine quantitative analysis can be circumvented through a combination of finder grids and a computer program.
(8) However, it is also possible that flock formation is neutral or even beneficial to the individual members, including the bird that found the fish (the 'first finder').
(9) Jonathan Hopper, the managing director of buying agents Garrington Property Finders, said the brisk pace in June was likely to be the high water mark for the property market for some time.
(10) This has information on different sources of funding and a "Finance Finder" tool to see which schemes you might qualify for.
(11) Two cones could only be bypassed by the Canal-Finder-System but were not removed with any of the techniques investigated in this study.
(12) Ralph: Well, I've been working on my profile on Adult Friend Finder.
(13) The need for radiologic control during surgery is emphasized although, as demonstrated in the present review, the technique of localization by a cath-finder (external detector) permits greater speed with the same security.
(14) The magazine's editorial director, Henry Finder, says drily that Remnick 'has something very scarce in this city: an aura of sanity.
(15) "This decision makes it clear that the rule of finders keepers is not the law in New York."
(16) Faulks, who is married to former Conservative justice minister Edward Faulks, claimed the protesters were not people affected by the disaster, adding: “The people that stormed the council weren’t the local community, they’re people who like doing that sort of thing and I think they did a disservice to the local community.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Grenfell Tower protesters storm Kensington town hall – video report Faulks also works as a “property finder” for Vivien Thompson Property Search, which looks for properties to buy for customers who do not have time to search.
(17) Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired a 50% stake in Globrix , the property finder search engine, months after News International sold its half share in the operation back to the founders .
(18) Future space telescopes, such as Nasa's proposed Terrestrial Planet Finder , have been designed to confirm whether alien worlds are suitable for life.
(19) The 60-year-old married father of two from Langport, Somerset, is serving 10 years in jail following a scam that included the sale of £55m-worth of devices based on a novelty golf ball finder to Iraq, Niger, Syria, Mexico and other countries including Lebanon where a United Nations agency was a client.
(20) Of the remaining 39 cones, 19 were removed after using the Canal-Finder-System.
Pinder
Definition:
(n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Example Sentences:
(1) Photograph: Mark Pinder Livingstone then told ITV: “If Jeremy wants me to apologise, I will.” Pressed on whether that was a “sorry”, he said: “Well, it’s the best you’re going to get.” He also said Jones should not “pick a fight with people and then start wimping around”.
(2) In the search for a specific test, a method described by Pinder et al.
(3) As a result of the management vacuum it is expected that Richard Pinder, the chief operating officer for Publicis network, will have to spend a large part of his time in the coming months dealing with the company's London office.
(4) Photograph: Mark Pinder I was eager to become a champion for local residents, ensuring that police deliver for our communities.
(5) This practice has led to field resistance to many drugs used in the past (reviewed in Holmes & Scott 1982) and the appearance of resistance to the last available prophylactic drug, isometamidium, is being reported (Bourn & Scott 1978, Küpper & Wolters 1983, Pinder & Authié 1984), (c) the hope for a vaccine has been largely abandoned, in the present state of knowledge, due to the considerable extent of antigenic diversity in trypanosomes (reviewed in Doyle 1977, Turner 1982, Roelants & Pinder 1984), (d) consequently, the possible use of certain West African breeds of cattle, which appear resistant to trypanosomiasis, has been emphasized as a solution to this problem in domestic animals.
(6) Due to the demand for quality rehabilitation services in the region, we founded our rehabilitation service, Chase Park Neuro Centre , and a health club in 2007, winning the prestigious Pinders award for best new care development.
(7) Photograph: Mark Pinder The letter, signed by 96 people, including the broadcasters Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Chris Packham, says the government has a commitment "to nurturing our children's love and respect for nature" under two binding international agreements – the UN convention on the rights of the child and the convention on biological diversity's Aichi targets .
(8) Photograph: Mark Pinder Jones, who has spoken of his experience of depression in parliament , said he found Livingstone’s initial comments gravely offensive “not just personally but also to the many thousands who suffer from mental illness”.