What's the difference between recross and witness?

Recross


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cross a second time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Negligible numbers of aberrant optic fibers recrossed the midline elsewhere.
  • (2) The autoradiographs indicated that optic fibres whose tectal target was destroyed recrossed to the ipsilateral tectum and basal optic nucleus via the posterior and pretectal commissures.
  • (3) The ipsilateral PrV-SC projection appeared to arise mainly from axons that recrossed the midline at the level of the SC commissure.
  • (4) Axons from the remaining olive recross the cerebellar midline and partially innervate the deprived hemicortex.
  • (5) The excitatory projection probably leads from the eye to the contralateral tectum opticum, then recrosses back to the nucleus rotundus of the ipsilateral side where it reaches the ectostriatum.
  • (6) The trajectory, developmental time course, and origin of callosal fibres that recross through the anterior commissure were studied in developing hamsters, using carbocyanines in fixed brains on different ages.
  • (7) Retinotectal topography observed in this recrossing projection was predominantly mirror-symmetric to the normal contralateral projection; however, some distortions in retinotopic order were observed, including misplaced fields and local inversions of the mirror-symmetric topography, and distortions of local magnification factor.
  • (8) Additional experiments in which one optic tract was sectioned a week prior to the eye injection showed that the reorganization was primarily due to axons which recrossed the midline at the level of the midbrain.
  • (9) Substantial numbers of fibers left this neuroma to enter two or more of five commissures, through which they recrossed the midline.
  • (10) However, more labelled cells were observed in the nasal than in the temporal half of the retina, and very few cells contributing to the recrossed projection were located in the lower temporal retinal crescent where cells of the uncrossed retinotectal fibers were heavily concentrated.
  • (11) The terminal fields at sacral and coccygeal levels were radically different in that large numbers of fibers recrossed to the ipsilateral side and ended in laminae V through IX; the functional significance of this strong bilateral termination was discussed.
  • (12) Ipsilateral fibers follow unusual pathways by recrossing at the rostral diencephalon.
  • (13) As in the first case, axonal branches also recrossed the midline and terminated in identical motoneuron pools on the ipsilateral side.
  • (14) In neurons which terminated bilaterally, major collaterals recrossed the midline within the oculomotor nucleus to reach the ipsilateral superior rectus motoneuron pool.
  • (15) Such recrossing axons thus represent one new possible mechanism, among other previously reported ones, contributing to the increase of ipsilateral corticospinal projections in rats subjected to neonatal cortical lesion.
  • (16) The monorail technique allows monitoring of all steps of the coronary angioplasty procedure by high quality coronary angiography; easy, rapid, and safe recrossing and redilatation of the lesion if necessary; and stepwise dilatation of a stenosis with sequential increase of size of balloons.
  • (17) In addition, the functional competence of the abnormal recrossing retinotectal projection has been demonstrated by both electrophysiological and behavioral methods.
  • (18) In addition, sparse numbers of labeled cerebellar fibers recross in the hypothalamus to distribute to homologous areas ipsilateral to the injection site.
  • (19) This paper draws on empirical and theoretical studies to argue that popular and professional conceptions of mental illness share specific traits with ethnic stereotypes: (1) they are exaggerated and serve to erect a qualitative boundary where none objectively exists: (2) they are maintained through selective perception, rationalization, and sanctions; (3) they help to erect the "thresholds,' i.e., the criteria, for crossing or recrossing the boundary; (4) they serve to define relations, including those of power, between groups; (5) because they perform these important cognitive and conative functions, they persist despite a flow of personnel across them and despite repeated demonstrations of their inaccuracy.
  • (20) However, it appears that as the density of the recrossing axons increases they displace the axons originating in the other eye from the medial wall of the left SC.

Witness


Definition:

  • (v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
  • (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
  • (v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.
  • (v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
  • (v. i.) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
  • (v. t.) To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
  • (v. t.) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
  • (v. i.) To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (2) We are already witnessing a wholly understandable uprising of protest.
  • (3) Among the guests invited to witness the flypast were six second world war RAF pilots, dubbed the “few” by the wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill.
  • (4) Maguire's colleagues rushed to her side, some administering first aid while others held her attacker, witnesses said.
  • (5) That’s when you heard the ‘boom’.” Teto Wilson also claimed to have witnessed the shooting, posting on Facebook on Sunday morning that he and some friends had been at the Elk lodge, outside which the shooting took place.
  • (6) Any party or witness is entitled to use Welsh in any magistrates court in Wales without prior notice.
  • (7) Solzhenitsyn was acknowledged as a "truth-teller" and a witness to the cruelties of Stalinism of unusual power and eloquence.
  • (8) Unfortunately, under the Faustian pact we have witnessed a double whammy: fiscal policy being used to reduce government spending when the economy is already depressed.
  • (9) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
  • (10) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
  • (11) He could be the target of more punishing wit, as when Michael Foot, noting a tendency to be tougher abroad than at home, called him "a belligerent Bertie Wooster without even a Jeeves to restrain him."
  • (12) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
  • (13) The observed complications were post-labor hemorrhage (3.1%), polysystolia (4.1%) and vomiting (5.2%), without significant difference with the witness group.
  • (14) At one, in the Gun and Dog pub in Leeds on Tuesday, a witness described how the meeting descended into chaos when one of the rebels smashed a glass and threatened to attack Griffin supporter Mark Collett.
  • (15) My mother told me not to cry.” He has since witnessed the transformation of Hagere Selam.
  • (16) Imagine witnessing a game of bridge being played in the Cabinet War Rooms in the year 2072 AD.
  • (17) The contrast between the two plans is best witnessed from the small park between the Trade Centre and the 1930s National Assembly, one of the few survivors of the earthquake.
  • (18) Results indicate that 75% of the participating boys and 10% of participating girls had witnessed the shooting, stabbing, robbing, or killing of another person in their own lives.
  • (19) FWA chairman Andy Dunn said: "Those members who have been fortunate enough to be working at a match involving Luis Suárez have witnessed an astonishing talent first-hand.
  • (20) The main pregnancy resolution was vaginal via; only 6.3% of the study group subjected cesarean section against 10.3% of the witness group and the most frecuent indication was stationary dilation (1 and 8 cases respectively).

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