(n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
(n.) Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
(a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.
(a.) That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
(a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.
(a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.
(a.) A drawing in linear perspective.
Example Sentences:
(1) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
(2) It’s great to observe the beach from that perspective.
(3) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(4) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(5) Don't we by chance come across this reciprocal spiral perspective when two people distrust one another without actually showing it?
(6) "From our perspective our success is mostly a London story.
(7) The whole film is primarily shown from the character's perspective, so 70% of the process involved working with the director of photography [Maxime Alexandre].
(8) The three-dimensional view obtained with scanning electron microscopy provides another perspective on the pathogenetic changes of the RCS retina.
(9) I see the question from a human rights perspective,” interjects Hasan.
(10) The present paper provides a cross-cultural perspective on these problems through description of anthropological and clinical data for a sample (N = 14) of subjects suffering from 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.
(11) The results were discussed from both behavioral and pharmacological perspectives.
(12) She attributes her interest in helping the continent to a "better perspective" on life derived from Kabbalah.
(13) This paper employs a cultural constructivist perspective to deconstruct these nosologies and the classificatory process itself.
(14) We consider this issue from a variety of perspectives.
(15) Two case studies will illustrate from a practical perspective how the change occurred.
(16) His stencils, skewed perspective and wit are recognizable enough to be mocked in the New Yorker .
(17) Analysis of the surgical morbidity, operations, organization of paediatric surgical service, further perspectives.
(18) Dealing with the experience of the Onchocerciasis control Programme in West Africa, we introduce in what perspective, it is possible to establish an environmental monitoring programme in order to minimize the impact of treatments.
(19) The development of the hydrogelic occlusive device called the P-block is described including developmental steps of the design of the device as well as the experience gained concerning the hydrogel of the device, shelf life, animal and human toxicology, insertion techniques, analgesia, check-up for retention in situ, actual efficacy of the method, mode of action of the device, complication rates, patient acceptance, continuation rates, possible reversibility and future perspectives of the method.
(20) The results of this study with regard to treatment times must be considered from the perspective of the quality of the care provided.
Potential
Definition:
(a.) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
(a.) Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
(n.) Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
(n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.
(n.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intrathecal injection of zopiclone potentiated morphine antinociception, while the intracerebroventricular injection of zopiclone failed to enhance morphine antinociception and the intracerebroventricular injection of flumazepil to antagonize the intraperitoneal-zopiclone-induced increase in morphine antinociception.
(2) Fibulin is a potential mediator of interactions between adhesion receptors and the cytoskeleton.
(3) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
(4) Assessment of the likelihood of replication in humans has included in vitro exposure of human cells to the potential pesticidal agent.
(5) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
(6) With NaCl as the major constituent of the bathing solution (potassium-free pipette and external solutions) the reversal potential (Er) of the noradrenaline-evoked current was about 0 mV.
(7) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
(8) Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a cytokine, with potential anti-neoplastic effects.
(9) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
(10) In the presence of insulin, a qualitatively similar pattern of increasing responses to albumin is observed; the enhancement of each response by insulin is, however, only slightly potentiated by higher albumin concentrations.
(11) The following is a brief review of the history, mechanism of action, and potential adverse effects of neuromuscular blockers.
(12) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
(13) This modulation results from repetitive, alternating bursts of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, which are caused at least in part by synaptic feedback to the command neurons from identified classes of neurons in the feeding network.
(14) The results show that endolymph is extremely inhomogenous with respect to calcium potentials.
(15) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(16) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
(17) This was unlike the action of the calcium channel blocker, cadmium, which reduced the calcium action potential and the a.h.p.
(18) An initial complex-soma inflection was observed on the rising phase of the action potential of some cells.
(19) The HTCA is promising as a potential tool for studying the biology of tumors.
(20) Moreover, in DCVC-treated cells the mitochondria could not be stained with rhodamine-123, indicating severe mitochondrial damage and loss of membrane potential.