(a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cutting the optic nerve blocks all structural changes, both endogenous and photomechanical.
(2) The photomechanical response of the vertebrate iris sphincter pupillae isolated from irises of many species of vertebrates contract when light is shined on them.
(3) Spontaneous activity was recorded in irides towards the end of the second postnatal week just prior to the time of normal eye opening, and may reflect the onset of photomechanical coupling.
(4) It is felt that cone photomechanical responses are minimal.
(5) Upon adaptation from light to dark, the most striking photomechanical response is a proximal broadening of the cone cells, which results in a 38-fold increase in cross-sectional area of the aperture.
(6) Several laboratories have suggested that melatonin may be involved in photoreceptor outer segment disc shedding, photomechanical movements, and neuromodulation, but the cellular location of the retinal synthesizing enzymes has not been determined yet.
(7) It appears that the cell membranes of the constituent smooth muscle cells contain rhodopsin which triggers the photomechanical response (PMR) when bleached.
(8) Laser dosimetry for photothermal and photomechanical interactions is outlined.
(9) Photomechanical changes with adaptive state could be identified.
(10) The retinae of lower vertebrates undergo a number of structural changes during light adaptation, including the photomechanical contraction of cone myoids and the dispersion of melanin granules within the epithelial pigment.
(11) Rods and perhaps also cones are capable of photomechanical movements.
(12) Daylight induces photomechanical movements, enhancing the endogenous daytime changes that decrease photon catch.
(13) Rod and cone contributions to the fast P III response were separated by taking advantage of photomechanical movements of the photoreceptors to produce "all-rod" and "all-cone" retinae.
(14) The time courses of isometrically recorded photomechanical responses of isolated sphincter pupillae of Rana pipiens can be accurately predicted by a set of differential equations derived from phosphorylation theory of smooth muscle contraction.
(15) Histophysiological responses such as photomechanical or retinomotor responses are influenced by temperature.
(16) This supports the hypothesis that melatonin plays an important role in the regulation of the photomechanical changes of eye pigmentation, an important element in the control of light sensitivity and acuity in the eyes of vertebrates.
(17) In a comparison of photomechanical responses of albino and normally pigmented axolotls, similar time courses and maxima of force development were found.
(18) In non-tapetal locations a few melanosomes are present that do not appear to undergo photomechanical movements.
(19) These observations would indicate that a number of morphological changes take place within the RPE cells of this species in addition to be obvious movement of melanosomes and that these changes should perhaps be included in descriptions of photomechanical or retinomotor movements.
(20) When the photoreceptors are differentiated and capable of photomechanical movement, the Müller cell in Poecilia bears a cilium situated vitreally to the external limiting membrane.
Printing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Print
(n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints.
Example Sentences:
(1) The small print revealed that Osborne claimed a fall in borrowing largely by factoring in the proceeds of a 4G telecomms auction that has not yet happened.
(2) When very large series of strains are considered, the coding can be completely done and printed out by any computer through a very simple program.
(3) A combined plot of all results from the four separate papers, which is ordered alphabetically by chemical, is available from L. S. Gold, in printed form or on computer tape or diskette.
(4) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
(5) How does it stack up against the competition – and are there any nasties in the small print?
(6) A wide range of development possibilities for the printed circuit microelectrode are discussed.
(7) Because while some of these alt-currencies show promise, many aren't worth the paper they're not printed on.
(8) This week they are wrestling with the difficult issue of how prisoners can order clothes for themselves now that clothing companies are discontinuing their printed catalogues and moving online.
(9) These letters are also written during a period when Joyce was still smarting from the publishing difficulties of his earlier works Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.” Gordon Bowker, Joyce’s biographer, agreed: “Joyce’s problem with the UK printers related to the fact that here in those days printers were as much at risk of prosecution on charges of publishing obscenities as were publishers, and would simply refuse to print them.
(10) In the 1980s when she began, no newspaper would even print the words 'breast cancer'.
(11) Information and titles for this bibliography were gleaned from printed indexes and university medical center libraries.
(12) Subscribers to the paper's print and digital editions also now contribute to half the volume of its total sales.
(13) A microcomputer system is described for the collection, analysis and printing of the physiological data gathered during a urodynamic investigation.
(14) Many other innovations are also being hailed as the future of food, from fake chicken to 3D printing and from algae to lab-grown meat.
(15) The four are the spoken language, the written language, the printing press and the electronic computer.
(16) Comparison of these tracks and the Hadar hominid foot fossils by Tuttle has led him to conclude that Australopithecus afarensis did not make the Tanzanian prints and that a more derived form of hominid is therefore indicated at Laetoli.
(17) The conversation between the two men, printed in Monday's edition of Wprost news magazine , reveals the extent of the fallout between Poland and the UK over Cameron's proposals to change EU migrants' access to benefits.
(18) Brand names would instead be printed in small type and feature large health warnings and gruesome, full-colour images of the consequences of smoking.
(19) An interactive image-processing workstation enables rapid image retrieval, reduces the examination repeat rate, provides for image enhancement, and rapidly sets the desired display parameters for laser-printed images.
(20) But printing money year after year to pay for things you can’t afford doesn’t work – and no good Keynesian would ever call for it.