(n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
(v. t.) To shade as with a parasol.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dendritic-field diameters of parasol cells within the nasal quadrant of the retina are not fully brought into line with those of cells lying elsewhere in the retina.
(2) Huang Ren Zhong's striped parasol stands out against the muddy cliff of excavated earth.
(3) This is one of the strands of Revival of the Snake, a 10-screen video installation by Yang Fudong, at the Parasol Unit in London.
(4) · No Snow on the Broken Bridge: film and video installations by Yang Fudong is at the Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London N1, until June 9.
(5) According to their depth of stratification, there are two types of parasol cells (termed a-parasol and b-parasol), and two types of midget ganglion cells (a-midget and b-midget).
(6) Video footage was shown of the gunman being dropped off in a street near the hotel by a white Peugeot van before he sets off on foot clutching a parasol under his arm.
(7) Fomichev sold him a half share in an offshore Cyprus company, Parasol Participations Ltd, which controlled the planned property speculation.
(8) The border between the a- and b-sublaminae of the IPL, defined in terms of this narrow gap between the stratification of the two parasol cell types, lies approximately at the center of the IPL.
(9) GABA+ amacrines must play significant but different roles in ON and OFF midget and parasol pathways as well as the rod pathway.
(10) There's a dead ringer for Iggy Pop's cross-dressing frontierswoman from Dead Man, there's some Silver-centric horse comedy that's half Mr Ed and half "My horse, Fritz" from Django Unchained; even the little pink parasol from Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo gets a look-in.
(11) An unusual rock formation girdles the sandy beach and the cafe with its tables and parasols.
(12) Forests of thatched parasols dotted near-deserted beaches, loungers remained stacked in orderly ranks.
(13) Analysis of the nearest-neighbor distances for the parasol cell clusters showed that dendritic-field overlap remained constant as dendritic-field size increased from 100-400 microns in diameter.
(14) The cot bumper has been great, the parasol will probably go to the charity shop.
(15) Thus, we get the basic Blade Runner cityscape: monsoonal rain and humidity, perma-dusk and millions of Asian people with parasols.
(16) The large garden has outdoor seating shaded by parasols, and climbing plants adorn the side facade of the building.
(17) In instances of homotypic coupling, the injected parasol cell was surrounded by a regular array of 3-6 neighboring parasol cells.
(18) Using intracellular staining in an in vitro preparation of the isolated and intact human retina, we have characterized the relationship of dendritic field size to retinal eccentricity for the two major ganglion cell classes, the midget and the parasol cells.
(19) (ii) The dendritic fields of human ON-center parasol and midget cells are 30-50% larger in diameter than their OFF-center counterparts, suggesting a distinct asymmetry in the human ON-OFF visual pathways.
(20) At least two amacrine cell types showed tracer coupling to parasol cells.
Sunshade
Definition:
(n.) A small parasol.
(n.) An awning.
(n.) Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
Example Sentences:
(1) Most controversial of all is an idea to fire trillions of tiny mirrors into space to form a 100,000-mile "sunshade" for Earth.
(2) Experiments on giant sunshades for the Earth and vast forests of artificial trees must begin immediately, according to the Royal Society, to ensure such mega-engineering plans are available as a safety net in case global talks to combat climate change fail.
(3) Having stayed in the Copan myself, I can testify that its brise-soleil – the screen of horizontal concrete sunshades that adds greatly to its external dynamism – comes at some cost to the flats inside.
(4) And while you're basking on the beach or in the garden, remember that the last time the weather forecasters predicted a "barbecue summer" – in 2009 – we all ended up cowering under umbrellas rather than lounging beneath sunshades.
(5) A thin sheet of polished steel held 6m aloft on slender columns, Foster's sunshade (or rain shelter) turns port life upside down – from buskers to passing pedestrians, from living statues to gnarled fishermen selling their latest catch.
(6) • Entrance €1.50, with similar fees for sunloungers and sunshades, visitmadeira.pt Giola Lagoon, Thassos, Greece Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy Nature has done all the work in creating this sea lagoon, which must be in the running for the most beautiful natural swimming pool in the world.