(n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
(n.) That which resembles a rib in form or use.
(n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
(n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
(n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
(n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
(n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
(n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
(n.) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
(n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
(n.) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
(n.) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
(n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
(n.) A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
(v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
(v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
Example Sentences:
(1) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(2) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
(3) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(4) Microsurgical anastomoses were performed for revascularizing the rib graft.
(5) The resections included an average of three ribs (range, two to five) and, in seven cases, part or all of the sternum.
(6) Arterial complications are usually associated with cervical ribs or rudimentary first ribs, but 12 per cent have occurred in patients with no osseous abnormality.
(7) The three different layers of this tissue are: the outer fibrous layer, the central part called proliferation zone and the inner part towards the underlying rib called transition zone.
(8) Statistical analysis of the findings indicates that there is no significant difference in bone-remodeling activity between similar sites on alternate ribs.
(9) The rib was the most frequent site of the former; the distal femur, of the latter.
(10) Radiologically, the clavicles, the sternum and the first ribs are grossly enlarged with complete fusion between them.
(11) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
(12) Upper thoracic fractures that involved the clavicles, scapula, sternum, and ribs were present in four patients.
(13) The left subclavian artery was prominent in 33 cases, signs indicating a collateral circulation (rib notching, internal mammary artery) were present in 26 cases.
(14) Definitive evidence for poly(ADP-Rib) polymerase activity is localized within internucleosomal "linker" regions of HeLa cell chromatin is presented.
(15) 1) Rates of purine synthesis de novo are regulated at both the PP-Rib-P synthetase and amido PRT reactions by end products, with the latter reaction more sensitive to small changes in purine nucleotide inhibitor concentrations.
(16) Five of 20 ambulatory patients and 8 of 10 patients in acute respiratory failure showed inward abdominal motion coincident with outward rib cage motion during inspiration, suggesting ineffective diaphragmatic function.
(17) Abnormal radionuclide concentrations were observed in the sternoclavicular, sternocostal, and manubriosternal joints, in the ribs, and in the sternum.
(18) This is the first report of detection of tenascine in rib cartilage matrix of human embryos.
(19) This pattern of EMG activity was associated with profound deformations of the rib cage.
(20) Constant ribbing about his private life was compromising Deayton's position as the show's "holier-than-thou" host, who showed no mercy towards politicians or celebrities caught in a similar position, the corporation added.
Web
Definition:
(n.) A weaver.
(n.) That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
(n.) A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
(n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
(n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
(n.) A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
(n.) The blade of a sword.
(n.) The blade of a saw.
(n.) The thin, sharp part of a colter.
(n.) The bit of a key.
(n.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.
(n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
(n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
(n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
(n.) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.
(n.) Pterygium; -- called also webeye.
(n.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.
(n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather.
(v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Experts on the red web share their views Read more Earlier this year student Ruslan Starostin posted an image poking fun at Putin on VKontakte.
(2) The latest annual report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has revealed that there was 582,727 requests for phone, web browsing and location data – commonly known as “metadata” – that can reveal detailed information about a person’s personal lives and associations.
(3) One of the reasons for doing this study is to give a voice to women trapped in this epidemic,” said Dr Catherine Aiken, academic clinical lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the University of Cambridge, “and to bring to light that with all the virology, the vaccination and containment strategy and all the great things that people are doing, there is no voice for those women on the ground.” In a supplement to the study, the researchers have published some of the emails to Women on Web which reveal their fears.
(4) Effects of 4-aminomethyl-1-benzylpyrrolidin-2-one-hemifumarate (WEB 1881 FU), a novel pyrrolidinone nootropic, on acetylcholine (ACh) receptors and adrenoceptors were investigated using crude membranes of the rat brain.
(5) And of course, as the articles are shared far and wide across the apparently much-hated web, they become gospel to those who read them and unfortunately become quasi-religious texts to musicians of all stripes who blame the internet for everything that is wrong with their careers.
(6) The terminal web was prominent and the lateral plasma membranes were highly interdigitated.
(7) The rank order of potency was WEB 2086 congruent to L-652,731 greater than BN 52021 and was the same for the two cell types.
(8) Both responses were blocked by the PAF receptor antagonist WEB 2086.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Taylor Swift: Shake It Off Taylor Swift – 1989 Live web streams!
(10) One of my favorites, on the mission's "Participate" web page , is the "Be a Martian" virtual reality apps (web and mobile).
(11) The new development, which the Californian technology giant dubs "real-time search", aims to bring users more up-to-date information as they scour the web for information.
(12) The iPad is a 9.7in tablet computer with a virtual keyboard which can surf the web, do email, display ebooks and play video.
(13) The forms of lutein in the toe web were diester (66%0, free alcohol (26%), and monoester (8%) and their sensitivity to aflatoxin followed the same order.
(14) Cooper said the Guardian had led the field with the Web We Want series, but said it wasn’t just journalists who were targeted.
(15) The former Friends star Lisa Kudrow won the Webby for outstanding comedic performance as the star, co-writer and co-producer of online show Web Therapy.
(16) Turkey arrests 1,000 and suspends 9,100 police in new crackdown Read more It cited a law that allows it to block access to individual web pages or entire sites for the protection of public order, national security or the wellbeing of the public.
(17) There is a tangled web between Salazar, Nike, Farah and the Nike Oregon Project on one hand, and the British Athletics performance director, Neil Black, and head of endurance, Barry Fudge, on the other.
(18) The lung eosinophilia was not prevented by the cyclooxygenase inhibitors, indomethacin or PAF antagonists (WEB-2086 and L-652731) but was inhibited by methylprednisolone, the 5-LO inhibitor, U-66858 and a series of structural analogs of LTB4, U-75302, U-77692, U-75485 and U-78489.
(19) If a web has a low apex angle and the skin is elastic, the length-width ratio may be as great as 1.5:1.
(20) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.