What's the difference between luster and pearl?

Luster


Definition:

  • (n.) One who lusts.
  • (n.) Alt. of Lustre
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Lustre

Example Sentences:

  • (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.

Pearl


Definition:

  • (n.) A fringe or border.
  • (v. t. ) To fringe; to border.
  • (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
  • (n.) Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
  • (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
  • (n.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
  • (n.) A light-colored tern.
  • (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
  • (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
  • (n.) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
  • (n.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
  • (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
  • (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
  • (v. i.) To resemble pearl or pearls.
  • (v. i.) To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Based on their localisation and histology these are classified into three types (Epstein's pearls, Bohn's nodules, Dental lamina cysts).
  • (2) Pregnancy occurred in 14 women corresponding to a Pearl-index of 55.6.
  • (3) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
  • (4) Further south is Ghadames, one of the most ancient settlements in north Africa , which Unesco calls “the pearl of the desert”.
  • (5) Whereas a simple tympanoplasty could cure a localized pearl, typically anterosuperior in the mesotympanum, the stapes is fast eroded (7 cases) if progression goes on.
  • (6) The pregnancy rate after 5 years was 3.2 or a Pearl index of 1.21 which is very good compared to other methods of contraception now available.
  • (7) Our plan is to have 200 Pearl accredited homes by the end of 2016 to help meet the UK's growing need for specialist dementia care centres with specially trained staff.
  • (8) We now have 67 Pearl accredited homes with a further 70 working through the pathway to achieve accreditation.
  • (9) It was established that density of one-generation concrements resembling pearl granules was far greater as compared to that of the other varieties of cholesterol concrements.
  • (10) use efficacy may be calculated in 2 ways: the Pearl Index (the failure rate expressed as the number of pregnancies divided by the number of months of exposure and multiplied by 1200) and the cumulative life table method.
  • (11) Brush the buns with the egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
  • (12) It has a Pearl index of 2.9 and must be replaced yearly.
  • (13) PEARL can also serve as a tool in basic research on human psychophysiology.
  • (14) The packing of crystals seemed to be less tight in pearl enamel.
  • (15) Confectionery levels ranged between 0.26 and 7.9 mg g-1, whilst contents in health products were 0.30-47.1 mg g-1, the highest values being measured for throat pearls.
  • (16) Twenty-four wethers had ad libitum access to a total forage diet (pearl millet forage), water and trace mineralized salt.
  • (17) Compared with Progestasert, LNG Nova-T showed lower pregnancy rates (Pearl Index 0.30), less risk for ectopic pregnancy, and a longer effective lifetime (7 years).
  • (18) The physical parameters tested were: test weight (TW), endosperm texture (TE), pearling index (IP), 1000 kernel wt (W 1000), infrared reflectance (NIR) and color (Ref).
  • (19) Shenzhen , the country’s first SEZ, which opened in 1980, currently harbours 300,000 migrant workers, while Pearl River Delta Economic Zone is home to 42 million people.
  • (20) In the mid-1990s, when the movement's influence on HTB was at its height, I visited a Chelsea church run by Nicky Lee, one of the men who converted Welby at Cambridge, and when the Holy Spirit started knocking people down, I'd hear the distinct rattle of pearls when the young women fainted to the floor.