(n.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.
Example Sentences:
(1) The best results were obtained from Hamelia patens.
(2) The enzymes were extracted from the moss Physcomitrella patens and were purified to homogeneity.
(3) In root hairs of higher plants and in apical cells of the filamentous stage of moss Physcomitrella patens, microtubules (MT) are detected at the apices and it is suggested from this that fragmentation of microtubules and absence of MTs from the tip are preparation artefacts.
(4) We report the stable transformation of Physcomitrella patens to either G418 or hygromycin B resistance following polyethylene glycol-mediated direct DNA uptake by protoplasts.
(5) Heterologous genes involved in the control of transcription and of the cell cycle are being used to probe the P. patens genome to identify possible homologues involved in developmental regulation.
(6) The chronic myeloid leukaemia responded dramatically to myeleran therapy, whilst the Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease was treated by bed rest in hospital followed by weight-relieving paten-ended calliper.
(7) Monoclonal antibodies to yeast tubulin have been used to visualize the distribution of microtubules in the intact filamentous protonemata of the moss Physcomitrella patens.
(8) Similar results were obtained for P. patens, N. tabacum, and C. reinhardi extracts, except that dehydroshikimate reductase and dehydroquinase were not separable by this method.
(9) Plastid DNA of the moss Physcomitrella patens has been sequenced.
(10) Aqueous, alcoholic and ketonic extracts were prepared from five species, and it was found that the best inhibitions corresponded to the species Hamelia patens, Nephrolepis acuminata, Calocarpum sapota and Colocasia antiquorum.
(11) The development of the haploid gametophyte stage of Physcomitrella patens presents excellent opportunities for the detailed study of plant morphogenesis at the cellular level.
(12) The cox3 gene of P. patens contains no introns and reveals a G + C-content of 41.3%.
(13) Among 22 adult ermines, 41% were infected by one or more of five species (Taenia mustelae, Alaria mustelae, Molineus patens, M. mustelae and Trichinella spiralis).
(14) Phaeanthine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid which occurs naturally in Triclisia species, was extracted from Triclisia patens (Menispermaceae) obtained from Sierra Leone (West Africa).
(15) Genetic analysis by means of somatic hybridization, achieved through protoplast fusion, revealed that, of 15 independently isolated gametophore and cytokinin over-producing (OVE) mutants in the model system, Physcomitrella patens, 14 carry recessive mutations responsible for this abnormal phenotype.
(16) Sucrose density gradient centrifugation was used to estimate the molecular weights and determine possible physical aggregation of the enzymes catalyzing steps 2 to 6 in pre-chorismic acid polyaromatic biosynthesis in Anabaena variabilis, Chlamydomonas reinhardi, Euglena gracilis, Nicotiana tabacum, and Physcomitrella patens.
(17) In the moss Physcomitrella patens, single-cell protonemata and multicellular gametophores respond to reorientation relative to the gravity vector by growing negatively gravitropically.
(18) The cytochrome oxidase III gene (cox3) of the moss Physcomitrella patens consists of a 618 bp open reading frame with high homology (around 72%) to known cox3 sequences of higher plants.
(19) Two clones have been isolated from a genomic library of the moss Physcomitrella patens and a cDNA library of the halotolerant green alga Dunaliella salina.
(20) This is the first report of the isolation of liriodenine (compound III) from the root bark of C. patens.
Patina
Definition:
(n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
(n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Frequent antisemitic raids undermined Vishneva’s patina of autonomy.
(2) It’s all, says the chancellor, George Osborne, “part of our long-term plan to secure Britain’s future.” To an idiot such as myself, it looks like part of a long-term plan to secure the future of Patina Rail LLP.
(3) That may indeed exist below the democratic patina of these declarations.
(4) But a patina of menace soon becomes apparent as you read the details and digest the implications.
(5) But it also brought together a fractured nation, promoted Mr Hoff – with his illuminated leather jacket and walnut patina – to a symbol of all the west had to offer and now, 25 years later, provides the mercilessly frequent music accompaniment to this one-(H)off documentary commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
(6) The Knights Templar group, which evolved out of a split from another drug gang, La Familia , has grown into the state's most powerful mafia, draped in a patina of religiosity and insurgent rebellion.
(7) What it may do, should a consensus be reached, is give momentum and a patina of success to an otherwise lustreless conference.
(8) He acknowledged Cameron's prime ministerial patina, his perceived "strength", but sought to turn it against him: "He may be strong at standing up to the weak, but he's always weak when it comes to standing up to the strong."
(9) "All those patinas fit better on a person like me."
(10) Scraping away at the green patina on the new-look, Zac Goldsmith-inspired Conservative environmental policies, puncturing Brown's grumpy greenery and unpicking the carbon contortions of the coal-loving Celts.
(11) The education provided by industry, coated in a patina of self-regulation, has been shown to be biased.
(12) The speech announcing his decision gave it a philosophical patina, as Trump returned to the “America first” theme of his inaugural address, describing the world as a site of Hobbesian, dog-eat-dog competition in which global cooperation is for wimps and suckers.
(13) The only way to completely remove a scratch in a piece of furniture is to sand the surrounding timber down to the same level as the scratch, but this can destroy the finish, patina and character of a piece of furniture and is hard, time-consuming work.
(14) David Bandurski, of Hong Kong University's China media project, said the new commentaries, with their "patina of moral decadence", were "helping to whip up an atmosphere where it's easier to tackle social media … It's part of a general campaign to put more pressure on microblogs".
(15) It is, however, now clear that David Cameron’s one-time “ vote blue, go green ” pitch in opposition was no more than verdigris, a patina rapidly scratched off by the grind of being in government.
(16) If Patina Rail LLP makes a mess of running the service, it’s not hard to see who’ll be expected to pick up the pieces.