(n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
(n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
(n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
(n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
(v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
(v. t.) To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
(v. t.) To wrinkle.
Example Sentences:
(1) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
(2) On the tangential views the inclinations of the future implants were estimated and the part of the alveolar ridge having a width less than 5 mm, which is the minimum width for housing an implant, was compiled.
(3) After 1 day in vitro the explants were partly encircled by epithelium which had proliferated from the cut edges of the explant and from rete ridges near the cut edge (epiboly).
(4) We have now found that these cells, cultured as a monolayer, are able to undergo rapid morphogenesis forming ridges and balls around collagen fibres, when soluble collagen type I is added to the medium.
(5) Besides the rough, wrinkled, and brown or black surface of the fingertips, microwrinkles of the epidermis occur on the skin ridges, which have so far not been described.
(6) The results of the rapid-freeze and deep-etch procedure showed that the ridges observed by the surface replica method consisted of linear arrangements of elliptical particles on the ES face of the plasma membrane.
(7) The narrow intercellular ridge is smooth, whereas the epithelial cells have small cytoplasmic knobs between the cilia.
(8) The calculations revealed that local hypoxia and lipoprotein accumulation may occur at the ridges, leading to subsequent intimal thickening and ridge growth.
(9) The quality of the alveolar ridge and the denture as well as the functional status of the craniomandibular system were evaluated in detail.
(10) The use of an intraoral alveolar ridge soft tissue expander to aid in reconstruction of the alveolar ridge is described, and the results in five cases are reported.
(11) Sixty-three per cent of the implants were operated in immediately after tooth extraction, whereas the rest were installed in a healed bony alveolar ridge.
(12) After the treatment in toto of the embryos from various species of Anura by cAMP, the number of primordial germ cells (PGC) in genital ridges is strongly reduced; the most part of the PGC are found in the endoderm.
(13) The innervation to the rete ridge is uniquely absent in the rabbit.
(14) The atrial complex was a common chamber with an attempt at division into two parts by a circular ridge of tissue; the ventricular complex was formed by three chambers which were all communicating between each other in the superior margin of their muscular interventricular septum.
(15) The other main sites of expression are the genital ridge, fetal gonad and mesothelium.
(16) Cells with demarcated borders showed rearrangement of microvilli into globular chains or ridges which lined up with the branching membrane.
(17) With the mobilization of the two halves of the face it is possible to approximate the orbits, simultaneously elongating the center of the face and normalizing the maxillary alveolar ridge.
(18) The air pressure in the skin cup was continually adjusted (using an electromechanical servo-control system) to pull the skin upward and to hold it perfectly flat across the upper ridge of the Teflon cylinder.
(19) Clinical findings as well as fingerprint ridge counts were typical of the syndrome.
(20) By design these plants are adjacent to the AEC's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and such a location would seem ideal for an experiment on the wedding of nuclear and fossil sources of energy.
Thorough
Definition:
(prep.) Through.
(a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
(a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
(adv.) Thoroughly.
(adv.) Through.
(n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Example Sentences:
(1) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
(2) Before carrier vaccines are applied, these risks must be thoroughly evaluated case-by-case.
(3) To study these changes more thoroughly, specific monoclonal antibodies of the A and B subunits of calcineurin (protein phosphatase 2B) were raised, and regional alterations in the immunoreactivity of calcineurin in the rat hippocampus were investigated after a transient forebrain ischemic insult causing selective and delayed hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell damage.
(4) A careful history, a thorough physical examination, and an appropriate selection of tests will identify these patients.
(5) Thorough clinical investigation of the patient revealed sarcoid involvement of the skin, lungs, liver and lymph nodes and an extensive retroperitoneal surgically-verified lymph tumour.
(6) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
(7) A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and correct drug misuse and to diagnose drug abuse.
(8) Fetal activity throughout pregnancy has been thoroughly studied.
(9) A high index of suspicion of bilateral tumors and a thorough work-up resulted in the early diagnosis of small tumors.
(10) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
(11) A thorough dental prophylaxis before acid-etching of enamel is often recommended.
(12) A thorough family history and an extensive investigation of bleedings in the neonatal period should make early diagnosis possible.
(13) The diagnosis in all patients was made on the base of a thorough clinical examination, the results from the electrocardiography and the selective coronarography.
(14) Xu, the ABP chairman, disputed any claims of impropriety, and said his company went through a “robust and thorough” tender process.
(15) Thorough knowledge of the modes of ventilatory support and criteria for weaning are essential for the critical care nurse to anticipate patient needs.
(16) Similarities and differences in the sensitization induced by cocaine and amphetamine (which are though to have different mechanisms of actions although common behavioral outcomes) have not been thoroughly studied.
(17) It is advisable to examine horses thoroughly during training and to use the results of training for the evaluation of their condition before difficult races.
(18) The requirement for technical reliability of the implantable device for patient safety requires a thorough understanding of all technical and medical details of the therapeutic device.
(19) If LTP is to be effective, thorough coagulation with tender blanching effects is mandatory.
(20) A thorough review of the literature concerning the Frey syndrome is reported.