(1) Many ceramists advocate polishing, rather than glazing, to control the surface luster of metal ceramic restorations.
(2) Tytin had the highest luster with Lojic and Futura having a generally dark surface after 3 years clinical service.
(3) The results showed that the high speed finishing technique by twelve and thirty fluted carbide burs and final polishing with Command Ultrafine Luster Paste produces the smoothest and flatest surface of HERCULITE XR.
(4) Their expulsions, upholding the actions of IOC leadership in late January, marked a watershed in the worst scandal in Olympic history and, officials hoped, the start of a reform process to regain the luster of the five rings.
(5) SS patients also complain of dryness of their hair and note a decrease in luster, and severe dryness of the skin is frequently accompanied by pruritus.
(6) All amalgam samples exhibit a gradual loss of the surface luster with blackish discoloration and pitting after a long exposure period to the medium.
(7) 61, 41-53] that 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) produces toxic responses through persistent occupancy of nuclear thyroxine (T4) receptors, and that maintenance of receptor occupancy by supraphysiologic concentrations of thyroid hormones mimics TCDD toxicity [L. H. Hong, J. D. McKinney, and M. I. Luster (1987).
(8) The endoscopic findings showed changes in the bronchial wall consisting of reddening, pallor, absence of mucosal luster, edema, engorgement of blood vessels, irregular mucosal surface, and elevated mucosa.
(9) After a year it was concluded that composites on which the resin coating is intact maintain their color match, luster, and smoothness significantly better than uncoated composite restorations.
(10) In the CNS of the giant barnacle (Balanus nubilus) a single pair of large neuronal somata (cross-commissural, or CC, cells), located near the entry of the median ocellar nerve, occasionally displays a prominent whitish luster.
(11) Lesions ranged from loss of surface luster to erosions and deep ulcers with eburnation of the subchondral bone and secondary proliferative synovitis.
(12) The corneas have remained clear and lusterous without tears in Descemet's membrane.
(13) The data suggest that limited mobility, changes in color, poor luster, and relative opacity of the tympanic membrane occur in healthy neonates and may reflect physiologic changes unique to the newborn period.
(14) However, the alloy with Pd showed a significant superiority in surface luster over this time period.
(15) Future research should be directed to developing solution cleansers which can maintain plaque-free dentures with a daily soaking period of 15 to 30 minutes and not affect the color and surface luster of the denture acrylic resin.
(16) The luster of the term has dimmed with overuse, but it is a much more accurate description of not just what ending poverty will give us, but how we might accomplish it.
(17) All 20 nails are uniformly affected with excessive longitudinal striations and loss of nail luster.
(18) Results showed that composites glazed with resin coating finishes at placement maintained their luster, color match, and surface smoothness significantly better after one year than composites that were not coated.
(19) The overspray aerosol from six paints consisted of organic paint binders with varying amounts of inorganic species as pigments or luster enhancers.
(20) Within a few minutes corneal changes occurred that were characterized by viscous mucus, loss of corneal luster and dryness.
Lustre
Definition:
(n.) Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
(n.) Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
(n.) A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
(n.) The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
(n.) A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
(n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
(v. t.) To make lustrous.
(n.) Same as Luster.
Example Sentences:
(1) Disney's new chief executive, Bob Iger, has wasted no time restoring some lustre to the Magic Kingdom.
(2) When that lustre goes, however, we're just left with a large, unpleasant shop.
(3) The once pristine Boulevard Mobutu has lost its lustre.
(4) The macular changes consisted of an orange-like ophthalmoscopic appearance and a decreased macular lustre.
(5) The prime minister's officials played down the significance of the decision, which has taken some of the lustre off his coup of becoming the first European leader invited to Washington for talks with Obama since his inauguration in January.
(6) But has Frances botched her chances with lack-lustre flavour?
(7) For Max Hastings, as for Gove, the looming threat of a German Europe justified Britain's cause in the first world war and gives undying lustre to our boys' sacrifice in the trenches.
(8) Natalie Maines and the sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have the lustre of women raised on healthy diets and quality grooming products.
(9) He may lack broadcasting experience, but his successful transformation of a much-loved British brand that had lost its lustre is seen by some as providing the perfect template for an ITV renaissance.
(10) During the long period when Caravaggio’s name had lost its lustre, many of his paintings found themselves reattributed to these Utrecht painters and vice versa: at some point 70% of the paintings in the National Gallery exhibition were said to be by Caravaggio.
(11) As a direct ingredient it would be easy to identify, but unfortunately mica remains as part of a complex mix of materials that are used to make colour pigments and lustres.” Boyd says the company has not knowingly purchased any materials containing natural mica since 2014.
(12) While the theory runs that the No 7's disquiet is due more to pay-rise jockeying than a love deficit of the Bernabéu, his performances have not lost lustre despite Madrid's poor start to La Liga.
(13) With 3D tickets costing on average 30% more at Odeon and Vue cinemas than other films, and with the added cost of glasses, which small children and those who wear contact lenses and spectacles often find uncomfortable, the format is losing its lustre.
(14) A method for tooth surface lustre measurements with a scanning reflectance sensor system is described.
(15) However, the Gujarat model begins to lose its lustre if you look at other development indicators.
(16) There are policies aplenty but the issue is how they hang together and whether Miliband possesses the strategic skills and has sufficient supporters, including among the Blairites and trade unions, as well as the personal lustre to deliver at a price the electorate is willing to pay.
(17) Pyne said on Wednesday the changes would add “lustre” to the parliament.
(18) Equally, his distinctive voice added lustre to the TV version of Animal Farm (1999), as Boxer.
(19) (5) Clinically the non-gamma2 amalgams are remarkable for superior marginal integrity and, seemingly, also for improved persistence of surface lustre.
(20) Erdoğan is regarded as having lost much of his international lustre.