What's the difference between semicircle and tomahawk?

Semicircle


Definition:

  • (n.) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.
  • (n.) A semicircumference.
  • (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
  • (n.) An instrument for measuring angles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The form of the hard palate is similar to a semicircle in the frontal cut.
  • (2) The loudspeakers, 15 deg apart, were arranged in a semicircle (0-270-180 deg, azimuth).
  • (3) In the other pattern, the inducing semicircles were shifted in phase along their diameter and their endpoints were aligned along the contour.
  • (4) Within the whole target volume yD remains nearly constant when irradiated with all 60 beams, whereas considerable changes were found for irradiations with 31 beams coming from a semicircle.
  • (5) In targeting Hindus, Sikhs, Jews and those of Tamil ethnicity, the Tories are once again courting a suburban semicircle of boroughs in north London that traditionally are more likely to vote Conservative.
  • (6) Reducing the salience of the illusory contour, whether by scrambling the contour, or by decreasing the number or the contrast of inducing semicircles, systematically increased discrimination thresholds.
  • (7) Osteoperiosteal corticocancellous grafts are harvested from the iliac wing, then bent into a semicircle with the periosteum on the inside and inserted between the resected vertebral pedicles where they act as a base for further grafting.
  • (8) A useful method of treatment in these cases is the marginal, lamellar keratoplasty, which, according to the type of involvement, can take the shape of a sector, ring, horseshoe, or semicircle.
  • (9) There was a characteristic pattern of activity consisting of small, medium-size, or large distinct granules often distributed in a semicircle in the cytoplasm, but sparing the nucleus of hairy cells.
  • (10) We report a case of relatively diffuse nontransmural infarction demonstrated by a semicircle of 99mTc-PYP activity which significantly overlapped 201Tl uptake on the SPECT study.
  • (11) The algorithm developed here is to reduce interactively a multidimensional symptom space to sectorial regions representing each disease in a semicircle using the modified constellation graph method.
  • (12) This method enables us to classify patients using the angle in the semicircle as a single classifying parameter with an accuracy of about 90%, that is, with little overlapping between disease sectors.
  • (13) Its transitional stage is a curved semicircle having a form of a distended spiral coil; that reflects an uneven growth of the organ in the human embryogenesis.
  • (14) The cupboard door came open, Martensen was dragged out and beaten by a dozen officers standing in a semicircle around him.
  • (15) They are situated in the subserous tela along the anterior and posterior semicircles of the organ.
  • (16) The CGL of the buffalo was convex, swung in a semicircle around the thalamus and was covered by the fibres of the optic tract.
  • (17) The hypothesis is presented that a sheet of internal scar is primarily responsible for raising the skin inside the semicircle.
  • (18) The tube-camera-unit rotates in a semicircle in 5 to 6 seconds around a skull placed in the isocentrum.
  • (19) The posterior semicircle of the sphincter is located higher than the anterior one.
  • (20) The anterior capsular tear has a smooth circular edge at the intersection of the two semicircles of the capsulorhexis, while a triangular flap directed towards the center of the pupil is often formed at 12 o'clock.

Tomahawk


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
  • (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Their manufacturer, Raytheon, describes the Tomahawk as a “modern, mature, powerful” weapon capable of “precise strikes on high-value targets with minimal collateral damage”.
  • (2) British Tomahawks, which are on submarines, are not yet within striking distance of targets in Iraq or Syria, official sources have suggested.
  • (3) Launched from ships or submarines and with a range of more than 1,000 miles, Tomahawk missiles have been at the heart of the US arsenal for more than two decades.
  • (4) They said America had "no real need to wait for Britain", and indicated the US would be able to undertake a limited campaign without the UK's proposed contribution – thought to consist of a small number of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from one of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar class submarines.
  • (5) As the Argentinian novelist César Aira wrote in 2001: “Any change is a change in the topic.” Trump has already proven head-spinningly adept at changing the subject, using everything from mad tweets to Tomahawk missiles.
  • (6) After indicating prior to that attack that Assad’s removal was no longer a priority, the US launched 59 Tomahawk missiles on the Syrian air base where the chemical attack was launched from.
  • (7) Modernising Tomahawk is quick and affordable way to provide warfighters with the capability they need to stay ahead of the threat.” 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Read more These sophisticated cruise missiles have been a critical part of US warfare since the Gulf war in 1991, when they were deployed in combat “with immense success”, according to the navy.
  • (8) Konashenkov claimed only 23 of the 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles reached the base, with the rest missing the target.
  • (9) The only European country that has Tomahawks is the UK — it’s paralyzed politically — so the next best thing is the French Scalp,” an airplane-fired cruise missile.
  • (10) Tomahawks were also instrumental in the Nato-led effort against the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and have gone on to be pivotal in the US fight against Islamic State in the Middle East.
  • (11) Because I was an only child these games were one-sided and usually involved either tomahawking the dog or trying to round him up with my string lasso.
  • (12) A British Trafalgar class submarine is also believed to be in the area, probably in the Gulf, equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles estimated to cost £500,000 each.
  • (13) Stanhope also admitted that the navy was having to buy more Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US to replace the ones it had already fired.
  • (14) Last week, Mr “America first” rained down Tomahawk missiles on a country whose relationship to the US’s vital interest is less than clear.
  • (15) Mayville said that the “preponderance” of strikes on Monday in Syria were conducted by American fighters, bombers, drones and Tomahawk missiles.
  • (16) Donald Trump launches 60 missiles in US strike after Syria chemical attack – live Read more More than 6.25 metres long (20ft) and weighing 1,590kg (3,500lb), the Tomahawk land-attack missile is billed by the US navy as “an all-weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile” able to be launched from either ships or submarines.
  • (17) Earlier that year the Obama administration had proposed halting Tomahawk production as part of cutting defence spending in 2014, when the navy had 4,000 missiles stockpiled.
  • (18) In reprisal for the Bashar al-Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons earlier this week, the US launched 59 long-range Tomahawk missiles on the airbase from which it believes the Syrian warplanes launched the chemical attack.
  • (19) We’re not saying that we’re the ones to effect that change.” The aim of the Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airbase on Thursday, McMaster said, was to deter another use of chemical weapons after Assad’s forces killed dozens of civilians , including children, with a sarin attack on Tuesday.
  • (20) US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said US Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles around 4am local time (0100 GMT).