What's the difference between prismatic and rainbow?

Prismatic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Prismatical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
  • (2) The dipole can be accurately localised in the prismatic container.
  • (3) Nevertheless, the prismatic effects of intraocular lenses could account for the difficulties met in examination of peripheral fundus.
  • (4) Their cells were cuboid at fry stages and prismatic in juveniles and adults.
  • (5) The channel spaces were lined with a successive arrangement of belt-like intercrestal surfaces of prismatic enterocytes and variously sized processes on the crests.
  • (6) The thick prismatic plate crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2 with unit cell dimensions of a = 177.42 A, b = 37.36 A and c = 73.30 A.
  • (7) In a previous study, it was found that oblique gaze and the prismatic effect inherent in dynamic aniseikonia combine to affect the ability to fixate centrally.
  • (8) Physico-chemical investigations of enamel from deciduous teeth of a small number of children with and without pre-natal fluoride supplementation (PNF) exhibited the following differences between the PNF and non-PNF enamel, with the former showing: (a) more homogeneous and less extensive patterns of acid-etching; (b) denser crystal populations in intra-prismatic regions; (c) larger prism dimensions; (d) greater total mineral density (wt%ash); (e) higher degree of crystallinity; (f) smaller a-axis dimensions; and (g) more fluoride and less carbonate contents.
  • (9) At later stages, the epithelium becomes highly prismatic and forms folds which are lined by a mesenchyme and blood vessels.
  • (10) Experimental determination of the strain distribution in prismatic, square cross-section bars of human compact bone in torsion disclosed nonclassical effects associated with the microstructure.
  • (11) It may be subdivided into a pair of copper atoms with histidine ligands whose ligating N-atoms (5 NE2 atoms and one ND1 atom) are arranged trigonal prismatic.
  • (12) The prismatic orientation, diameter, and density were found to be normal.
  • (13) Assuming the contact lens to remain stationary and the eye behind the lens to rotate, it is shown that the theoretical effect on ocular rotation of prismatic contact lenses is practically equal to their prismatic effect in air.
  • (14) All four patients completed therapy with almost total alleviation of symptoms and elimination of full-time prismatic correction.
  • (15) However, the larger apatite crystal size and loss of prismatic structure in crazed and cratered areas may partly explain previous observations of reduced rates of subsurface demineralization in lased enamel.
  • (16) Ultrastructurally, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is marked by characteristic features such as herringbone, prismatic and tufaceous patterns which are typically encountered within oligodendrocytes of the central nervous system (CNS) and in Schwann cells (PNS).
  • (17) Perceptual adaptation to a 30 or 45 degrees visual tilt was induced in human subjects by means of prismatic spectacles worn for 5-7 days.
  • (18) In most mitochondria the matrix contained a paracrystalline material which had a characteristic prismatic shape with a regular internal lattice structure.
  • (19) In 19 patients with normosensoric esotropia, the squint angles measured with the alternate cover test were compared with those after prolonged prismatic correction of the squint angle and with those after prolonged occlusion of one eye.
  • (20) The decline was a linear function of prismatic power.

Rainbow


Definition:

  • (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
  • (2) In the saccus dorsalis of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, the activity of various enzymes (transferase, lyases, oxidoreductases, hydrolases) have been studied in detail.
  • (3) In fish tests, rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were caged at the discharge site and simultaneously at a reference area.
  • (4) In the retina of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri, Richardson) two types of microtubular structures are demonstrated.
  • (5) Was he being put forward as the foremost literary novelist of his generation, one whose best-known work stands comparison with The Naked and the Dead , Gravity's Rainbow , American Pastoral , Beloved and Underworld ?
  • (6) As the Democrats have often found in the US, when they have tried to construct rainbow coalitions out of class- and colour-defined blocs of the population, groups that can be counted on wholesale in theory often splinter into individuals that it may not be possible to count on at all.
  • (7) The excretion routes and tissue distribution of [3H]pristane were measured in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, after a single intragastric dose (0.1 mg).
  • (8) After 36% of hepatic mass removal , rainbow trout recovered its initial liver weight in 20-30 days, i.e., with a regeneration rate clearly lower than in mammals.
  • (9) Rainbow trout were infused continuously for 24 h with epinephrine in order to elevate circulating levels to those measured during periods of acute extracellular acidosis (about 5 X 10(-8) mol l-1).
  • (10) Various compounds, with known clinical efficacy against human viruses, were evaluated for their ability to inhibit the growth of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV, a rhabdovirus), and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV, a birnavirus), in rainbow trout cell cultures.
  • (11) In the rainbow trout hepatoma cell line, ZnCl2 was a better inducer of the MT-B gene, as compared to CdCl2 and CuCl2.
  • (12) Two distinct coding sequences (A and B) were elucidated for rainbow trout metallothioneins but single isoforms were encoded by genes isolated from the stone loach and pike.
  • (13) Rainbow trout brain extracts contained CCK-li that co-eluted with CCK-8 in gel permeation chromatography whereas CCK-li extracted from the various gut regions exhibited marked molecular heterogeneity.
  • (14) Another free school, Rainbow Primary in Bradford, opened despite the local authority telling the government that "these additional primary places are not required, especially in light of … plans to expand a number of existing primary schools and the expansion of some existing academies to all-through schools".
  • (15) Transgenic rainbow trout (RT) were generated in earlier experiments by an in vivo modification of the chromosome-mediated gene transfer technique.
  • (16) However, reproducing populations of the most sensitive species, rainbow trout, have been observed in surface waters in these regions, indicating no cause for concern.
  • (17) The fact is, you can’t quite see the tartan rainbow when you’re living right under it.
  • (18) In the rainbow trout intestine, where SP-like material may be released from both nerve fibres and endocrine cells, it is indicated that the contractile effect is in part direct upon the smooth muscle and in part via stimulation of cholinergic and serotonergic neurons.
  • (19) Rainbow trout are known to be more susceptible to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) hepatocarcinogenesis than coho salmon, or trout pre-fed the carcinogenesis inhibitors beta-naphthoflavone (beta NF), Aroclor 1254 or indole-3-carbinol.
  • (20) By employing rainbow trout growth hormone cDNA as a probe, the coho salmon cDNA was isolated and the complete nucleotide (nt) sequence determined.