(a.) Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Example Sentences:
(1) That cameo seemed horribly emblematic of a thoroughly underwhelming opening half which ended unadorned by a single shot on target, but almost imperceptibly something was shifting, and Klopp’s demeanour slowly shifted from jovially laid-back to scratchy and irritable.
(2) That shift might be imperceptible on paper, but where Araki's earlier work affected a certain nihilistic cool, Kaboom is warm and sympathetic towards its characters.
(3) In addition, cocaine's effects on food and water consumption and urine and fecal excretion, which were maximal by day 2, were imperceptible by day 5.
(4) The significance of two handwritten numbers scribbled almost imperceptibly on the back had been overlooked until now.
(5) The chronic persistent hepatitis, however, may develop through clinically imperceptible changes into a chronic aggressive hepatitis, and the inapparent acute hepatitis can even pass over directly into cirrhosis.
(6) The cancerolytic effect of active systemic immunotherapy, which has been shown experimentally able to eradicate a complete population of tumour cells provided they are not very numerous, has been confirmed in various forms of human leukemia and in a few solid tumours against which it was applied as treatment of the imperceptible residual disease which remains after chemotherapy or surgery.
(7) After a visit to the camp in 1966, Joan Didion described Sandperl as a man who looked as if he had, "all his life, followed some imperceptibly but fatally askew rainbow" and the institute as naive.
(8) Disadvantages of this technique are the external incision across the columella, which leaves an imperceptible scar of no clinical significance, and postoperative nasal tip edema, which resolves with time.
(9) Timing measures were obtained from subjects instructed to tap a Morse key in synchrony with a metronome which marked a timing pattern consisting of alternating blocks of intervals of imperceptibly different duration.
(10) He was 36 yards out but his hard, flat shot fizzed past a poorly positioned wall, seeming to swish slightly, almost imperceptibly right then left then right again, like the tailfin of a dolphin.
(11) Early radiologic signs of the hematoma consisted of obliteration of the aortic silhouette on the anteroposterior view and the left primary sulcus on the lateral film by a convex expanding homogenous density whose medial border blended imperceptibly with the mediastinal shadow.
(12) With little hope, he pressed on with his appeals and, almost imperceptibly at first, fortune's wheel began to turn.
(13) The remarkable sensitivity of the liver to small changes in glycemia implies that the normal coupling of the exercise-induced increase in Ra to glucose utilization may be signaled by small, nearly imperceptible changes in glucose.
(14) Berry mustered only five more points; and almost imperceptibly, Villanova seized control, soaring to a 10 point lead inside the last five minutes.
(15) It was established that all forms of ischaemic heart disease are accompanied by a significant potassium deficit imperceptible for blood and urine examinations of their electrolyte composition.
(16) Additionally, scattered cells showing a signet ring configuration were present, and in two cases, focal areas displaying chondromyxoid elements were also seen that appeared to merge imperceptibly with the surrounding spindle cell population.
(17) Pregnancy rates (highest among younger age and low parity groups) were influenced significantly and almost equally by age and parity but imperceptibly by ethnic origin.
(18) However, after incubation with hyaluronidase followed by staining with Lycramine brilliant blue JL, staining of megakaryocyte cytoplasm was either imperceptible or very pale blue.
(19) Another alternative way consists in the reinforcement of conditioning aiming both at the elimination of residual immunocompetent cells and at a more efficient action upon the imperceptible tumoral mass.
(20) An initially slow start vindicated their decision but, almost imperceptibly, the entertainment value rose.
Obvious
Definition:
(a.) Opposing; fronting.
(a.) Exposed; subject; open; liable.
(a.) Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Example Sentences:
(1) The obvious need for highly effective contraception in women with existing disorders of glucose metabolism has led to a search for oral contraceptive (OC) regimens for such women that are efficient but without unacceptable metabolic side effects.
(2) The usefulness of the proposed method is obvious in cases where the composition of a precipitate on LM scale is to be compared with the LM appearance of the surrounding tissue.
(3) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(4) This difference becomes more obvious in women on HRT with less than three children compared to a similar group not taking HRT.
(5) Thus, it is obvious that new measures will have to be taken if lives are to be saved in future events of this nature.
(6) Some women have clinically obvious cervical incompetence and may benefit from a cerclage operation, but criteria for early diagnosis are not universally agreed upon.
(7) Much less obvious – except in the fictional domain of the C Thomas Howell film Soul Man – is why someone would want to “pass” in the other direction and voluntarily take on the weight of racial oppression.
(8) Obviously it’s good to have all voices on the field.
(9) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
(10) Obvious restitution of the thymic medulla was evident about 14 days after withdrawal of FK506.
(11) The content and design of the treatment obviously had a positive influence on patient satisfaction.
(12) Symmetrical cases (the so-called siamese twins) have an obvious predominance (92.3%).
(13) He said: "While the strike on 30 November will obviously cause disruption, the figures suggested by ministers are fantasy economics.
(14) Uterine lavage affords the potential for non-invasive human blastocyst recovery, with obvious potential for preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
(15) Gallium-67 imaging is useful in the management of patients with malignant lymphoma, despite its obvious limitations.
(16) Future increasing segments of females addicted to tobacco smoking will obviously markedly influence sex difference in morbidity.
(17) Successful treatment of hypertriglyceridemic states obviously normalizes the changed composition of the lipoprotein fractions and in consequence effects also the atherogenicity.
(18) The thigh and hip manifestations can obscure the primary intra-abdominal process either due to the obvious emphysema or to the obtunded abdominal signs secondary to associated neuropathy.
(19) He praised the obvious disgust of local people in parts of south and west Manchester, where gang problems have been concentrated.
(20) The most obvious observation was a higher early mortality.