(n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
Example Sentences:
(1) We demonstrate in this paper that two viruses: iridescent (CIV) and herpetic (Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis) can enter by viropexis and be uncoated in several lines of mosquito cells.
(2) The iridescence from the cornea of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) occurs because of thin layer interference from the platelet-like cells in the stroma.
(3) The eye is well camouflaged by an iridescent cornea and a differentially coloured spectacle.
(4) One strain had mucoid colonies, fermented few carbohydrates and was serotype A:5, whereas, the other strain had smooth iridescent colonies, non-typeable capsular antigen, type 3 somatic antigen and fermented more than twice as many carbohydrates.
(5) Objective evidence of lens abnormality (opacities, vacuoles, or posterior subcapsular iridescence) was recorded and a comparison made between the two groups on the basis of that evidence.
(6) Salmon patches (6.4%), iridescent spots (10.3%), mottled brown areas (16.7%) and black sunbursts (7.7%) were seen as early as 10 years of age but showed an upward trend with age.
(7) The pathognomonic ocular manifestations of cystinosis are the presence of distinctive iridescent crystals within ocular tissue and a pigmentary retinopathy.
(8) Evidence of base-sequence homology between nucleic acids of different viruses was found within, but not between, the poxvirus and iridescent virus groups.
(9) The sensitivities of bilateral iridescent lens opacities, posterior cortical lens opacities, orbicularis oculi weakness, low intraocular pressure, ptosis, and ocular myotonia were 46.7, 50.0, 60.6, 59.3, 51.5, and 3.0%, while their specificities were 100.0, 100.0, 98.0, 94.1, 96.1, and 100.0%, respectively.
(10) Don't expect sandy beaches, do expect iridescent turquoise seas (especially in the Blue Grotto sea cave), fresh seafood, and a laid-back, unhurried lifestyle that would seduce even the nerviest banker into blissful lethargy.
(11) In addition to the widely recognized iridescent, blue, and watery mucoid (circular) colonies, punctiform colonies were observed.
(12) The origins of DNA replication of the genome (209 kbp) of Chilo iridescent virus (CIV), which is circularly permuted and terminally redundant, were identified.
(13) The genome was found to hybridize with the genome of another iridescent virus, type 9 (WIV), in DNA-DNA hybridization experiments.
(14) The iridescence was also found to be sensitive to pH, and the buffer HEPES was detrimental to the cornea compared to controls.
(15) Encapsulated strain forming iridescent colony type of both serotypes 1 and 2 had at least three antigens: heat-labile and trypsin-sensitive (L), heat-labile and trypsin-resistant (HL), and heat-stable and trypsin-resistant (HS).
(16) In vivo observations indicate the expression of iridescence to be linked to agonistic or reproductive behavior.
(17) Pili were found on the capsulated iridescent type, P-1059I, and on two non-capsulated variants, the blue, P-1059B, and the gray, P-1059G.
(18) In Gobius fluviatilis (Pallas), Gobius (Proterorhinus) marmoratus (Pallas), glossa Platichthys flesus (L) the cornea is double and there is an iridescent layer.
(19) An iridovirus, Apis iridescent virus (AIV), isolated from sick adult specimens of Apis cerana (Hymenoptera) from Kashmir, closely resembles iridescent viruses from Tipula and Sericesthis spp.
(20) The capsule was identified by precipitation against hexadecyl trimethylammonium bromide (Cetavlon), by demonstration of iridescence, and by means of a capsule-staining method.
Prismatic
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Prismatical
Example Sentences:
(1) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
(2) The dipole can be accurately localised in the prismatic container.
(3) Nevertheless, the prismatic effects of intraocular lenses could account for the difficulties met in examination of peripheral fundus.
(4) Their cells were cuboid at fry stages and prismatic in juveniles and adults.
(5) The channel spaces were lined with a successive arrangement of belt-like intercrestal surfaces of prismatic enterocytes and variously sized processes on the crests.
(6) The thick prismatic plate crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2 with unit cell dimensions of a = 177.42 A, b = 37.36 A and c = 73.30 A.
(7) In a previous study, it was found that oblique gaze and the prismatic effect inherent in dynamic aniseikonia combine to affect the ability to fixate centrally.
(8) Physico-chemical investigations of enamel from deciduous teeth of a small number of children with and without pre-natal fluoride supplementation (PNF) exhibited the following differences between the PNF and non-PNF enamel, with the former showing: (a) more homogeneous and less extensive patterns of acid-etching; (b) denser crystal populations in intra-prismatic regions; (c) larger prism dimensions; (d) greater total mineral density (wt%ash); (e) higher degree of crystallinity; (f) smaller a-axis dimensions; and (g) more fluoride and less carbonate contents.
(9) At later stages, the epithelium becomes highly prismatic and forms folds which are lined by a mesenchyme and blood vessels.
(10) Experimental determination of the strain distribution in prismatic, square cross-section bars of human compact bone in torsion disclosed nonclassical effects associated with the microstructure.
(11) It may be subdivided into a pair of copper atoms with histidine ligands whose ligating N-atoms (5 NE2 atoms and one ND1 atom) are arranged trigonal prismatic.
(12) The prismatic orientation, diameter, and density were found to be normal.
(13) Assuming the contact lens to remain stationary and the eye behind the lens to rotate, it is shown that the theoretical effect on ocular rotation of prismatic contact lenses is practically equal to their prismatic effect in air.
(14) All four patients completed therapy with almost total alleviation of symptoms and elimination of full-time prismatic correction.
(15) However, the larger apatite crystal size and loss of prismatic structure in crazed and cratered areas may partly explain previous observations of reduced rates of subsurface demineralization in lased enamel.
(16) Ultrastructurally, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is marked by characteristic features such as herringbone, prismatic and tufaceous patterns which are typically encountered within oligodendrocytes of the central nervous system (CNS) and in Schwann cells (PNS).
(17) Perceptual adaptation to a 30 or 45 degrees visual tilt was induced in human subjects by means of prismatic spectacles worn for 5-7 days.
(18) In most mitochondria the matrix contained a paracrystalline material which had a characteristic prismatic shape with a regular internal lattice structure.
(19) In 19 patients with normosensoric esotropia, the squint angles measured with the alternate cover test were compared with those after prolonged prismatic correction of the squint angle and with those after prolonged occlusion of one eye.
(20) The decline was a linear function of prismatic power.