What's the difference between jaeger and skua?

Jaeger


Definition:

  • (n.) See Jager.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Even if high voltage cables between North Africa and Italy would be built or the existing cable between Morocco and Spain would be used, the infrastructure of the transfer countries such as Italy and Spain or Greece or Turkey also needs a major re-structuring, according to Jaeger-Waldau.
  • (2) "When Jaeger lost its way, it lost sight of the customer big-time," Earl says.
  • (3) Harold Tillman, owner of retailers Jaeger and Aquascutum (the name means "water shield") had ambitions to follow in the footsteps of Burberry, another classic but antiquated British label which had reinvented itself as a worldwide luxury brand.
  • (4) In 24 children with bronchial asthma and 16 children of a control group provocation by three-minute inhalation of cold air was applied under eucapnic condition on a RHES apparatus (E. Jaeger, GFR).
  • (5) In a group of 50 children with a negative case- history as regards airways and lacking acute respiratory disease, the authors assessed the resistance of the airways on a whole-body plethysmograph and by using the interruptor method on a Bronchoscreen (Jaeger) apparatus.
  • (6) Her time among the Jaeger rails showed her that while customers (like those at M&S) tended to be well into middle age, that didn't mean they wanted elasticated waists and sensible woollies.
  • (7) "The board is pleased that Jaeger has a new owner in Better Capital, thereby securing the future of the business," the retailer said in a statement.
  • (8) This constant stream of sales and offers has discouraged shoppers from paying full price and has lessened their trust in the quality of the Jaeger product – one of its fundamental selling points,” he said.
  • (9) It is clearly hoped that Earl can knock out a retail hit, as she did with her Designers at Debenhams scheme or the recent revamp of Jaeger.
  • (10) It is thought that her biggest challenge will be helping M&S clothes, which have been criticised as fusty, appeal to a younger audience, something she had experience of while working at Jaeger.
  • (11) Ten minutes after each dose a spirometric function with pneumoscreen Jaeger was performed.
  • (12) Eventually she capitulated and joined Tillman, who described her as the "queen of retail", taking over as chief executive of Jaeger with a 20% stake in the business.
  • (13) It's what happened at Jaeger and Aquascutum, which ran into trouble last year.
  • (14) A supraorbital "cool" area, as seen in patients with carotid stenosis or occlusion, is observed when surgery with the Jaeger-Hamby technique has been successful.
  • (15) Our teenage selves who shopped, if we could, at Young Jaeger 40 years ago were telling us something.
  • (16) "In the big companies, no one wants to renegotiate the 35 hours and reopen Pandora's Box," said Philippe Jaeger of the CFE-CGC union.
  • (17) Intra- and extracranial trapping of the internal carotid artery associated with muscle embolization (Jaeger's operation) was performed (Fig.
  • (18) Jaeger was founded in 1884 by Lewis Tomalin, an accountant who was inspired by a health craze promulgated by Gustav Jaeger , a professor of zoology from Stuttgart.
  • (19) Shoppers can find a range of products from £30 T-shirts to silk crepe gowns worth thousands and will continue to be run as an independent entity alongside Richemont's other luxury goods businesses, which also include Chloe handbags as well as top-end watch brands such as Vacheron Constantin and Jaeger-LeCoultre.
  • (20) The results are all expressed in the M notation (1 mm of letter height equals 0.7 M) and are tabled according to the acuity specification system used by the manufacturers--such as, the point-type system, Jaeger notation, equivalent 20-ft Snellen notation, and so on.

Skua


Definition:

  • (n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An investigation was carried out of the aerobic gram-negative intestinal flora of 158 penguins, 30 skuas, and 66 seals from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic zones and Phillip Island.
  • (2) The data were obtained by exhaustive surveys of the Arctic Skua populations on the islands of Fair Isle and Foula.
  • (3) Trichophyton terrestre was isolated from a site in which people worked and through which penguins and skuas passed.
  • (4) From previously published demographic data of the age distributions and reproductive rates of the pale, intermediate and dark phenotypes of the Arctic Skua, revised estimates are obtained of the intrinsic rates of increase and selective coefficients of the phenotypes in each sex.
  • (5) Several migratory birds, including the Arctic tern and skua are thought to be the most likely culprits for delivering the viruses to Antarctica.
  • (6) Of particular interest was the isolation of a pathogenic fungus, Microsporum gypseum, from two sites in the base camp occupied by men and by skuas.
  • (7) These methods are applied to data of matings of the three phenotypes, pale, intermediated and dark of the Arctic Skua.

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