What's the difference between lath and path?

Lath


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
  • (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One had been attached to the first cutting lathe that Optimal had acquired.
  • (2) Through combination with a spherical disc face perpendicular to the axis of rotation, which protrudes only slightly from the hemispherical catheter tip, with a maximum at the center and minimum at the lateral borders, the lathing head has only a slight risk of perforation and no undesired sheering forces (Figures 2a to 2d).
  • (3) Machinable ceramics that can be cut and even lathed have recently been developed in industry.
  • (4) We studied the anterior surfaces of 30 soft contact lenses (10 lathe cut [polished]; 10 spin cast [unpolished], and 10 cast molded [unpolished]) of the same polymer and water content.
  • (5) The results indicate that when dental amalgam alloy is added to the glass ionomer, lathe-cut particles are to be preferred but only in an amount up to 20% by weight.
  • (6) Changes in corneal curvature and subjective refraction were found to occur in some wearers of N & N lathe-cut soft contact lenses.
  • (7) Peripheral swelling was less than central for both lathe cut- and spun cast-type lenses.
  • (8) For clinical application the initial intumescence should be taken into consideration, as well as the donor tissue thickening during its freezing for working on a lathe.
  • (9) Data is presented in respect of 256 restorations of Occlusin and 69 restorations of a conventional lathe cut amalgam.
  • (10) The lenses studied were lathe-cut polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), injection-molded non-UV PMMA, injection-molded UV PMMA, and cast-molded UV PMMA.
  • (11) Measurement of the corrosion rates of three distinctive amalgam alloys (lathe-cut, spherical and dispersed-phase) when immersed in three different electrolytes, including saliva, is reported.
  • (12) The results indicated that early microleakage from alloys of lathe-cut particles was lower than that from alloys of spherical particles in both low-copper and high-copper amalgam restorations.
  • (13) Precise lathing of epikeratoplasty lenticules is difficult to achieve with the cryolathe due to unpredictable expansion of the lathing tools and the corneal tissue during the freezing process.
  • (14) Like, ‘Don’t send us a CD master of the loudest techno music and expect that to be cuttable on a lacquer.’ (The high and low frequencies associated with this type of music can overheat the cutting lathe and cause the mastering machinery to shut down; pushing the process to its limits is the origin of some records being called “hot cuts”.)
  • (15) Often overlooked is the dental laboratory of which particular interest focuses on the lathes used in preparing prosthetic appliances, castings, orthodontic appliances, and surgical stents.
  • (16) A method was developed for lathing corneal tissue without freezing.
  • (17) This paper describes in detail the geometry of the first lathe-cut hydrophilic lens approved by the Federal Drug Administration, the fitting methods utilizing trial lenses, and the results of 100 patients successfully fitted.
  • (18) We adapted a lathe to the production of keratolenses.
  • (19) USA 69, 3643-3647) and the HLP-1 protein (Lathe, R. et al.
  • (20) Three out of 10 eyes (30%) in which injection molded anterior chamber lenses from McGhan were used developed cystoid macular edema, compared to a much lower incidence with the use of lathe-cut anterior chamber lenses from Rayner.

Path


Definition:

  • (n.) A trodden way; a footway.
  • (n.) A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.
  • (v. t.) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).
  • (v. i.) To walk or go.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Roadford Lake with over 730 acres for watersports, fishing and birdwatching plus paths and bridleways.
  • (2) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (3) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
  • (4) Cholecystokinin (CCK) as the sulfated (CCK-8S) and unsulfated (CCK-8U) octapeptide sequences, and CR 1409 were administered intraventricularly while the action potential (EAP) in the granular cell layer of the hippocampal dentate gyrus evoked by perforant path stimulation was recorded.
  • (5) "Today a federal district court put up a roadblock on a path constructed by 21 federal court rulings over the last year – a path that inevitably leads to nationwide marriage equality," said Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign.
  • (6) In sum, these studies demonstrate the novel phospholipid ceramide 1-phosphate in HL-60 cells and suggest the possibility that a path exists from sphingomyelin to ceramide 1-phosphate via the phosphorylation of ceramide.
  • (7) The independent Low Pay Commission will advise on the path future increases should take, taking into account the state of the economy.
  • (8) The bright lines in the difference image represent the paths along which the filaments have moved and are measured using a crosshair cursor controlled by the mouse.
  • (9) The effect of the perforant path stimulation on the CA1 and CA3 neurons was investigated in incubated slices of the guinea pig hippocampus.
  • (10) And those who hope to lead Labour now seem to be agreed on one thing: that the path back to power will be paved with talk about aspiration .
  • (11) We can inhabit only one version of being human – the only version that survives today – but what is fascinating is that palaeoanthropology shows us those other paths to becoming human, their successes and their eventual demise, whether through failure or just sheer bad luck.
  • (12) The diagnosis was made during the surgical operation which revealed a neurinoma of nerve XI (spinal) in its intracranial path.
  • (13) The previous Ba’athist and Shia governments tried to deviate the Muslim generation from their path through their educational programmes that concord with their governments and political whims.
  • (14) An example of a most useful and predictive measure of hypoxic stress is optical spectrophotometry which uses time resolved ranging methods to measure optical path lengths to quantitate hemoglobin deoxygenation in tissues.
  • (15) "We believe that such a path would be catastrophic for the UK, for Europe and for the protection of human rights around the world."
  • (16) "GNH is an aspiration, a set of guiding principles through which we are navigating our path towards a sustainable and equitable society.
  • (17) Kisker that appeared in the 'sixties of the present century are milestones along an important path of panoramic changes in the recent history of psychiatry.
  • (18) Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 molecules that were either transmembrane- (H-2Db) or glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored (Qa2) were labeled with antibody-coated gold particles and moved across the cell surface with a laser optical tweezers until they encountered a barrier, the barrier-free path length (BFP).
  • (19) In 2010, Path licensed the Silcs design to Kessel Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH (Kessel) of Frankfurt, Germany.
  • (20) The diffusion paths are calculated by a variant of the time-dependent Hartree approximation which we call LES (locally enhanced sampling).

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