(n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
(n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
(v. t.) To draw the outline of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
Example Sentences:
(1) That means deciding what job they’d like to have and outlining the steps they’ll need to take to achieve it.
(2) The present status of percutaneous coronary angioplasty is presented, with a brief outline of current technique, the technical and clinical indications for the method, and the results being obtained.
(3) In this article it is outlined the medical biopsychosocial approach with particular emphasis on the family viewed as the primary health care agency.
(4) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(5) Factors which have influenced the number of samples received are outlined.
(6) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(7) Besides, it showed a high number of plasma cells secreting IgA in the stroma of the 2 tumours, the ultrastructural study performed on the epithelioma also demonstrated some similarities between epitheliomatous cells and epithelial cells of cystadenolymphomas (outlined epidermoid or glandular differentiation, numerous mitochondria).
(8) Impediments to the necessary growth of this subspecialty for the needs of clinical practice and research are outlined and criteria for certification are reviewed.
(9) This technique is compared with calculated outline and ring source attenuation correction techniques in a pie phantom.
(10) Clearly, it is impossible to combine the diverse information briefly outlined in this review to provide a coherent model of the regulation of globin gene expression during development.
(11) A theory which includes the individual's activity as an essential mediator between the individual and the context is outlined.
(12) The purpose of this paper is to outline procedures that will facilitate the integration of microcomputers into the clinical milieu by (a) identifying the reasons why and how these devices are used improperly; (b) proposing ways to correct these problems; (c) providing recommendations concerning the acquisition of major microcomputer hardware, software, and adaptations; and (d) providing an annotated list of resources for further information.
(13) It led to general outline of the structural organisation of the alpha-subunit hydrophilic regions exposed from membrane.
(14) The procedure for using the batch stainer with Wright's stain is outlined.
(15) Its association with other systemic abnormalities is reviewed; the distinctions among distichiasis, trichiasis, entropion, and epiblepharon are outlined; and methods of treatment for distichiasis are described.
(16) In conclusion, a zipper technique has been outlined that allows effective continuing drainage of the septic abdomen, permits early diagnosis of organ damage, is rapid and cost effective, minimizes ventilator dependency and gastrointestinal complications, is well tolerated by the patients, and has produced a modest 65 per cent survival rate in the first 34 critically ill patients in whom it was used.
(17) Emphasizing this trend, we present our current approaches to managing retinoblastoma based on our experience with 324 patients, outlining our indications and pointing out a number of misconceptions about the role of enucleation, photocoagulation, cryotherapy, and radiotherapy in treating this condition.
(18) Hypertrophy of the satellite cells with increase in the perineuronal intercellular spaces, often associated with irregular, scalloped nuclear and cell outlines, suggested that neuron shrinkage had occurred.
(19) Complex Physical Therapy (CPT) is discussed and its principles outlined.
(20) The protocol for a radioimmunoassay is outlined which permits the measurement of AFP in several fetal-maternal physiological compartments throughout gestation.
Sketch
Definition:
(n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
(n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
(n.) To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
(v. i.) To make sketches, as of landscapes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The history of tobacco production and marketing is sketched, and the literature on chronic diseases related to smoking is summarized for the Pacific region.
(2) The record includes postoperative drawings of the intraoperative field by Dr. Cushing, a sketch by Dr. McKenzie illustrating the postoperative sensory examination, and pre- and postoperative photographs of the patient.
(3) A philosophy student at Sussex University, he was part of an improvised comedy sketch group and one skit required him to beatbox (making complex drum noises with your mouth).
(4) All the summer deals in graphical, Etch-a-sketch form .
(5) Destiny is an experience we’ve wanted to explore for many years, but maybe didn’t have the bandwidth, the technology, the expertise, the critical mass to get it done.” Art and inspiration While engineers were working on the logistics of constructing one seamless online galaxy for players to explore and meet in, the 14-person concept art team was beginning to sketch out the look of the world.
(6) Saturday Night Live is very much about sketches and impressions – I could do that OK, but I can’t do it as well as they do it.
(7) After spending a good five minutes sketching out the vast scale of the economic and social challenge facing the town, Wright is careful to stress that Hartlepool still has plenty to fuel its inherent optimism.
(8) The series is widely regarded as the first British sitcom, focusing on characters and situations over a single half-hour sketch, rather than stand-up comedy or variety which was then dominant in British radio.
(9) Al Murray In 1988, I was performing in a kids' show and a sketch show with more performers than audience members.
(10) Designs for measuring the short-term and long-term effects are sketched, and suggestions are given for distinguishing between these effects in six representative cases.
(11) A brief historical sketch, tracing the development of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and its library from the Royal charter date of 1754, is presented.
(12) As an accomplished artist and prolific writer his original operative sketches and detailed notes at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (1912-1932) are now being explored as early documentation of this pioneering surgeon's development of a field.
(13) Illustration: Virtual Design Agency As the original sketches were made from sticky tape, the corners of the letters in the final design are missing.
(14) A patient management questionnaire sent to staff physicians and nurses in 183 Oregon nursing homes consisted of eight patient sketches which varied age, mental status, and enjoyment of life.
(15) Each week, Frost's script, the sketches and topical songs would riff on a single theme - for example class, when John Cleese, Corbett and Barker appeared in one of the most famous sketches in the annals of British comedy.
(16) In an ideal typical way the cohorts 1920 and 1930 are sketched.
(17) The introduction sketches the results of earlier studies with local drug injections and selective neurotoxins which provided pharmacological evidence that monoamines can influence food intake and body weight.
(18) Nothing in the process of picture-making can be certain, but it would be reasonable to assume that she sees a young man aged 23 or 24 standing a few feet away with a brush in his hand (such a delicate implement compared with a knife fit for cabbage stalks) and dabbing at a piece of canvas or board which is the picture's preparatory sketch.
(19) Consider their peerless dead parrot sketch which, in many people's memories, ends when Cleese does his huge rant, and Palin grudgingly offers to replace the bird.
(20) "Then I invited Arthur over because we'd written some sketches in Ireland, and we had that 'if one man can do it, why can't another?'