(n.) One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.
(n.) That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.
(n.) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.
(n.) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whatever your view of her she was a shaper of history.” Mantel said her story was an examination of why Thatcher “aroused such visceral passion in so many people”.
(2) So to what extent are we prepared to give up being a rule shaper in a space that we’ve dominated historically as a country?...
(3) However, she is the most astute image-shaper in sport bar none, seducing swathes of tame tennis writers to plug her sweets, charming hosts with just a hint of a smile, disarming critics with a pursed-lip frostiness of which Madonna would be proud.
(4) These are just two of the hugely important future issues which these seven intelligent men and women might have discussed – if the shapers of the programme were not so banal in their thought and execution.
(5) Overall, canal shaping with the Rispisonic and Shaper files was rapid and efficient whilst that with the Heliosonic files was slower and ineffective.
(6) Either the molecular weight of galactosyltransferase, has been overestimated, or a discrepancy exists between the actual molecular weight of galactosyltransferase and that predicted by the bovine cDNA clone isolated by Shaper et al.
(7) Gamete recognition in the mouse is mediated by galactosyltransferase (GalTase) on the sperm surface, which binds to its appropriate glycoside substrate in the egg zona pellucida (Lopez, L. C., E. M. Bayna, D. Litoff, N. L. Shaper, J. H. Shaper, and B. D. Shur, 1985, J.
(8) Studies of these peptides in conjunction with the data on the eight cyanogen bromide peptides described earlier (Chang, J. Y., DeLange, R. J., Shaper, J. H., and Glazer, A. N. (1976) J. Biol.
(9) Among many other specifications, the police's preferred surveillance system would harbour the capacity to view allegedly problematic messages within 30 seconds of their publication; to recognise influential opinion-shapers within a certain geographic area; and to track how an individual's opinions changed over time.
(10) David Cameron’s referendum furnished him with a platform for spending £7.5m promoting Farage’s anti-immigrant leave campaign, and elevated him to a shaper of national consciousness.
(11) Concerning the files used in ultrasonics, the Shaper seems to be more efficient than the K file.
(12) Under the conditions of this study the use of Rispisonic and Shaper files activated by a sonic handpiece proved a satisfactory method of shaping simulated root canals in resin blocks.
(13) The strikingly higher frequency of rheumatic heart disease discussed in this review is at variance with the findings of SHAPER et al.
(14) Three microkeratome systems (Automatic Corneal Shaper (Steinway Instrument Company, Inc, San Diego, Calif), Draeger Lamellar Keratome (Storz Instrument GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany), and Microprecision test model (Microprecision Instrument Company, Inc, Phoenix, Ariz) were subjected to a concurrent and independent evaluation.
(15) The selector is fitted out with a band-pass filter, automatic gain control, and a shaper for standard impulse formation.
(16) For 2 min of instrumentation, the original adaptation of the Shaper on the Cavi-Med gave the highest activity.
(17) The tape-recorded stimuli were filtered through a calibrated audiometer and spectrum shaper to simulate two high-frequency losses.
(18) A total of 180 simulated root canals in clear resin blocks with various lengths and degree of curvature were prepared by either Heliosonic, Rispisonic or Shaper files activated by a sonic handpiece.
(19) Previously we have shown that the gene for bovine and murine beta 1,4-GT is unusual in that it specifies a short (SGT) and long (LGT) form of the enzyme (Russo, R. N., Shaper, N. L., and Shaper, J. H. (1990) J. Biol.
(20) We have reported the isolation and characterization of a bovine cDNA clone containing the complete coding sequence for UDP-Gal:Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc alpha 1----3-galactosyltransferase [Joziasse, D. H., Shaper, J. H., Van den Eijnden, D. H., Van Tunen, A. J.
Sharper
Definition:
(n.) A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
Example Sentences:
(1) Kim Kardashian: Hollywood could benefit from a sharper script and more willingness – or freedom, which may be the issue given the game’s official status – to poke at the culture it’s representing.
(2) It seems to have brought his own beliefs into sharper focus: "Watching the film, and I've seen many cuts, I'm a guy who fights the idea of heaven but what I do respect is that there is a greater power than anything we understand, and for me the film is about that.
(3) Parties seek a sharper definition and a clearer purpose: voters rightly demand a reason to rule beyond Cameron’s laconic “because I thought I’d be good at it”.
(4) Text is said to appear sharper, while a "control centre" on the phone allows users to adjust settings with just one swipe from the bottom of the screen.
(5) It's no coincidence that both novels are about how easily children can be warped or damaged, but of the two it is the shorter, sharper Great Expectations that has aged better.
(6) In 6-d and older myotubes, A bands became increasingly more aligned, their edges sharper, and the separation between them (I bands) wider.
(7) (iii) Shrunken gels give sharper photographic images and provide better interlane protein band comparisons.
(8) At low percentages of Hb-F, the sharper zone of the Tris method is more easily visible than that of the Bis-tris method, but the latter is a somewhat more rapid procedure.
(9) During the hyperglycemic clamp pubertal children showed enhanced insulin responses and in turn a sharper fall in amino acids (P less than 0.05 vs. prepubertals).
(10) The positivity may be related to the effort needed to inhibit associated movements in order to perform a sharper and more discrete response.
(11) Although the female preponderance of human thyroid cancer was not seen in dogs, females showed a much sharper increase in risk with advancing age than did males.
(12) SC and EGB subfractions showed a considerable decrease in the enzyme activity of dogs aged 3 months; this peculiarity persisted up to the 6-month age in the above formations, especially in the subfractions B, C, D and E. Dogs aged 1 year exhibited a sharper decrease in the general activity of the enzyme of formations C, D, E in EGB and SC.
(13) Six months after treatment the sample as a whole showed good maintenance of treatment effects, but the differences between groups had become somewhat sharper, with the special behavior therapy group faring best, the regular behavior therapy group intermediate, and the psychotherapy group worst.
(14) The clinical correlate is "sharper bronchoalveolar respiration".
(15) The visitors had started looking significantly sharper and took a surprise lead after 91 seconds through Tomas Malec, although Ahmed Elmohamady equalised with a header to send the teams in level at half-time.
(16) The potential role of nonlinearities in the magnetic field gradient in magnetic resonance imaging for producing sharper boundaries for the excited spin slice region is investigated.
(17) "The review of public procurement is examining whether the UK is making best use of the application of EU procurement rules, as well as the degree to which the government can set out requirements and evaluation criteria with a sharper focus on the UK's strategic interest and how the government can support businesses and ensure that when they compete for work they are doing it on an equal footing with their competitors."
(18) The contrast with the treatment of the 2014 crash of Malaysian airlines MH17 in eastern Ukraine could hardly be sharper.
(19) In the mouse PBL system, after administration by gavage, B[l]A was more cytotoxic and produced a sharper elevation in SCE frequency than B[a]P.
(20) Lippi's spectre came into sharper focus after the Fiorentina defeat, with whispers across the pages of the football press and furious blogging to and fro on Juve's website - echoing Ranieri's Chelsea days, actually, with most fans urging support for Il Mister and concentration on the matter in hand, whatever the long term.