What's the difference between finning and pinning?

Finning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fin

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.

Pinning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pin

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, while the precise nature of the city’s dietary problems is hard to pin down, the picture regarding physical activity is much clearer.
  • (2) In difficult fractures we feel that change from external to internal fixation should be performed earlier; it makes early removal of the fixator pins possible and prevents the problems associated with prolonged use of fixator frames.
  • (3) The changes in nuclear morphology (karyometry) and DNA content in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) were analyzed on tissue sections.
  • (4) They had been pinning their hopes on Alan Johnson who has, in their eyes, the natural authority and ease of manner which Miliband has struggled to develop.
  • (5) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
  • (6) In the absence of boxes or grooves, pins markedly enhanced both retention and resistance.
  • (7) Small threaded pins do not cause femoral head rotation.
  • (8) A Charnley apparatus or turnbuckles placed between the pins on each side of the fracture provided the mechanical advantage for repositioning the fracture fragments and achieving rigid fixation during healing.
  • (9) Ankle arthrodesis treated by external fixation frequently results in complications from pin tract infections, loss of position, nonunion, and malunion.
  • (10) There were no cases of pin-track osteomyelitis, fractures through pintracks, or neurovascular damage from pin insertion.
  • (11) We discuss the indications for operative treatment and the technique of internal fixation with 3 resorbable pins.
  • (12) Major pin-tract infections are a potentially dangerous complication associated with the use of skeletal transfixation pins.
  • (13) The OECD pinned the blame for the disadvantage for girls in maths and science on low expectations among parents and teachers, as well as lack of self-confidence and what it called the ability to “think like a scientist” in answering problems.
  • (14) Retrograde intramedullary pinning was accomplished in all calves, using 2 (n = 4 calves) or 3 (n = 8 calves) pins.
  • (15) The defective pinF gene is suggested to hae the same origin as P-pin on e14 by the restriction map of the fragment cloned from a Pin+ transductant that was obtained in transduction from S. flexneri to E. coli delta pin.
  • (16) The document says that Sienna Miller suspected her mobile phone was not secure and changed it twice, but Mulcaire's handwritten notes show that he succeeded in obtaining the new number, account number, pin code and password for all three phones.
  • (17) The probe tip was a gold-plated pin, insulated from the saliva by soft wax.
  • (18) One hundred patients were treated with the Rydell four-flanged nail and 100 with the Gouffon pins.
  • (19) In AP and lateral radiographs of the hip, measurements are made of the cervicofemoral angles, the diameter of the femoral head and neck, and the distances from the central femoral neck axis to each pin.
  • (20) Subjective pain ratings of mucosal pin-prick decreased a surprisingly small degree after application of both solutions.