What's the difference between lune and lute?

Lune


Definition:

  • (n.) Anything in the shape of a half moon.
  • (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
  • (n.) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Is Lune herself dead, and investigating the case as a memory, or a ghost?
  • (2) Sin embargo, la primera sección abre únicamente de 5am a 8pm y cierra los lunes por mantenimiento.
  • (3) The centriole adjunt differentiates into dense bodies as a "demi-lune" shape in the mature sperm.
  • (4) Nuestra semana inicia el lunes con un blog especial en vivo durante todo el día (de 6am a 6pm tiempo local).
  • (5) As Lune Carstensensen would say as she takes a slurp from her trademark golden goblet: "Unexpect the unexpected."
  • (6) In the absence of a viable culprit, Lune herself becomes the chief suspect, due to her hobby of restoring digital watches.
  • (7) Así que, si vives en el DF o a las afueras, queremos que te involucres y compartas tus puntos de vista con nosotros – hay muchas maneras de hacerlo ... • Para estar al tanto con nuestros videos, artículos, galerías y eventos en vivo, mantén un ojo atento a la página Guadrian Cities todos los días del Lunes 9 al Viernes 13 de Noviembre.
  • (8) After a little Lycossing, I learned the word "chalice" translates as a "jewelled drinking vessel" or "ornate cup"… come to think of it, Lune often "cups" her ears during conversation – could she herself be the Chalice?
  • (9) Environmental monitoring of surface waters around Lancaster showed that thermophilic campylobacters were absent from drinking water from the fells and from the clean upper reaches of the River Conder but were present in the main rivers entering Morecambe Bay, the lower reaches of the River Conder, the Lancaster canal, and seawater from the Lune estuary and Morecambe Bay.
  • (10) The surface was defined from histological sections and flattened by tiling it with small triangular tiles which were then laid in a single plane to form several flat strips or lunes.
  • (11) Ninni warns Lune that someone in the force wants her dead, but before she learns who it is, the ink on her portable fax machine runs out.
  • (12) If we have the surge in demand now we can only assume it will quieten down in April, or there will be strong negotiation by buyers.” Tony Lune, who runs Click Lettings & Sales in Birmingham, said all of his calls are from investors looking to increase their portfolios, including some buyers from London looking for lower prices.
  • (13) Del lunes 9 al viernes 13 de Noviembre, estaremos discutiendo aspectos de la vida en ésta fascinante ciudad – desde la cultura al ciclismo, los medios a la planificación urbana, entre muchas cosas más.

Lute


Definition:

  • (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.
  • (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  • (n.) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
  • (v. t.) To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
  • (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
  • (v. i.) To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
  • (v. t.) To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This could impede the flow of the luting agent at the time of cementation.
  • (2) Porcelain veneer restorations including preparations, impression materials, cast materials, refractory casts, handling of porcelain, the try-in, and the final luting are discussed.
  • (3) This in vitro study compared different methods of finishing luting composite resin spaces after insertion of composite resin inlays.
  • (4) These findings suggest that factors other than pulpal inflammation are contributing to the reported hypersensitivity after cementation associated with glass ionomer luting agents.
  • (5) The lute thickness varied between 10 microns and 90 microns, and was found to be thinnest and most uniform in the region of occlusal cavosurface margins.
  • (6) The standard consistency of luting cement is determined in Japanese industrial standard and American dental association's specifications.
  • (7) An interesting case of post-insertion sensitivity in a patient who had an etched cast metal prosthesis (Maryland Bridge) cemented with a recently marketed resin luting agent is discussed.
  • (8) The glass ionomer luting cement showed significantly less material loss than the zinc polycarboxylate and zinc phosphate luting cements.
  • (9) We also examined the effect of three adherent surface treatments--50 microns Almina blasting, hydrofluoride etching, and sodium hydroxide etching--on the adhesive strength of the two adhesive resin, Panavia EX and the tentative luting resin, to CMP.
  • (10) Tensile bond strength of four different luting cements to smooth dentin surfaces was measured.
  • (11) Luting a bone plate with PMMA decreased vascularity to the outer one third of the cortex beneath the plate at week 5, and resulted in accelerated resorption of bone.
  • (12) With the addition of many more acids to enhance certain characteristics and reduce the setting time, GICs have become more irritating, especially when used as luting agents in areas where the remaining dentin thickness is 0.5 mm or less.
  • (13) The present study used the finite element method to model the stresses generated by a composite luting cement around a class I composite restoration and a ceramic inlay.
  • (14) Significant prognostic factors were: preparation of abutments, surface treatment (net retention, silicoating), type of luting agent (Bis GMA) and mobility of the abutments.
  • (15) UDA with fluoride appears to be a significantly stronger luting agent for abutment cementation than is either UDA or DenMat (P less than .05).
  • (16) Increased cortical porosity and a decreased percentage of osteocyte-filled lacunae were found in the cortex beneath luted plates at week 5.
  • (17) Metal ceramic crowns were fabricated, luted to a master die, and loaded to failure on a mechanical testing machine.
  • (18) The use of CaOH, as an interim luting agent for acrylic crowns over hybrid cores compared to ZOE or NOG, should afford significantly greater retention with no adverse effect on the retention of the final casting.
  • (19) The inlays were made and luted with the same two composites.
  • (20) For a proper radiographic diagnosis of secondary caries and interproximal overhangs or undercuts, tooth colored inlays and their appropriate luting agents have to be radiopaque.