(a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Example Sentences:
(1) The astrocytes had generally two types of processes: (1) thread-like processes of relatively constant width with few ramifications and few lamellar appendages and (2) the sinuous processes with clusters of lamellar appendages.
(2) In the intercellular space long and smooth septa are clustered in sinuous strands and intramembrane particles appear on the PF.
(3) According to observations carried out in ovo and after fixation, morphological modifications are demonstrated in the developing vasculature of the heparin-treated CAMs which, compared with the control CAMs, show dilated and sinuous arterial and venous branches, denser and irregular capillary networks, and a high number of vascular primordia.
(4) This structure contains cells with single or double nuclei, round or oval in shape, surrounded by a light halo, with scattered chromatin and a well-defined nucleolus, acidophilic cytoplasm containing, in comparison with the common myocardium, few sinuous myofibrils with transverse striations and a larger amount of glycogen.
(5) The sinuous processes rich in lamellae were predominant in protoplasmic astrocytes, and clearly corresponded to the sheet- or veil-like processes of Golgi-impregnated astrocytes.
(6) In the heart of the dog five types of thebesian veins were served: arboriform, sinuous, brush-like, canaliculated and stellate.
(7) Using cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) in glutaraldehyde as fixative, we observed sinuous fiber-like structures 300-500 nm long and 7-14 nm thick in the spaces between the collagen fibers of rat incisor predentin.
(8) Some PtK-2 cells have straight stress fibers which stained with anti-actin, but in confluent cultures all PtK-2 cells have, instead, sinuous phase-dense fibers which stained with antibody.
(9) Finally, three XN-cells were intrageniculate interneurons, which possessed small somata (mean soma size = 174 micron2), fine sinuous dendrites covered with beadlike varicosities on stalked appendages, and no obvious axon.
(10) This layer is characterized by flattened cells with sinuous processes, extracellular spaces containing an amorphous material, and the presence of junctions between its cells.
(11) The Four,” as they came to be called, created in the mid-nineties their own highly individual interpretation of the new art, subsequently dubbed “the Glasgow Style.” They liked sinuous, elongated animal-vegetable forms with a strong vertical emphasis in their overall design; the human figure, too, was stylised almost beyond recognition.
(12) Its cell body is usually found in the inner half of the SG layer and its sinuous dendrites cross the SG layer and enter the marginal layer.
(13) Arterial angiography identifies polyaneurysmal dystrophy; in the context of a twisted and sinuous system of large arteries, multiple spindle-shaped aneurysms can be distinguished which are frequently bilateral and symmetrical.
(14) In the ALD intestinal epithelium, DAB+ material was also seen in long, sinuous, tubular or cisternal elements intermingled and occasionally in continuity with peroxisomes.
(15) The mantle dentin contains sinuous tubules with a type I arrangement of SIAR classification (1986).
(16) The cells of papillary thyroid carcinoma are shown to have the following characteristic morphological features: oval or oval to roundish shape of nuclei, uneven sinuous, folded border of the nuclear membrane, nuclear fissure, intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions, optically clean nuclei.
(17) In the cervical enlargement of the rat spinal cord, fluoride-resistant acid phosphatase (FRAP) occurs in most of the small dark sinuous primary afferent central terminals (CI-terminals) of type I-synaptic glomeruli of lamina II and is lacking in the large light roundish primary afferent CII-terminals of type II-glomeruli.
(18) Degeneration of the tactile cells in epithelium of the cat sinuous hairs after sectioning the infraorbital nerve manifests itself as cytoplasmic vacuolization and induration with electron opaque bodies in it, changes in nuclear configuration and in chromatin density.
(19) The cytoplasm of macrophages gives only short, somewhat sinuous processes.
(20) Selective arteriography of the coeliac trunk showed extremely sinuous intra-hepatic arteries in 3 of these cases, and obstruction of the portal vein, in one case.
Winding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
(a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
(n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
(n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
Example Sentences:
(1) The country has no offshore wind farms, though a number of projects are in the research phase to determine their profitability.
(2) One man has died in storms sweeping across the UK that have brought 100-mile-an-hour winds and led to more than 50 flood warnings being issued with widespread disruption on the road and rail networks in much of southern England and Scotland.
(3) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
(4) Because they generally have to be positioned on hills to get the maximum benefits of the wind, some complain that they ruin the landscape.
(5) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(6) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
(7) It is shown that the combined effects of altitude and wind assistance yielded an increment in the length of the jump of about 31 cm, compared to a corresponding jump at sea level under still air conditions.
(8) The supporters – many of them wearing Hamas green headbands and carrying Hamas flags – packed the open-air venue in rain and strong winds to celebrate the Islamist organisation's 25th anniversary and what it regards as a victory in last month's eight-day war with Israel.
(9) While winds gusting to 170mph caused significant damage, the devastation in areas such as Tacloban – where scenes are reminiscent of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami – was principally the work of the 6-metre-high storm surge, which carried away even the concrete buildings in which many people sought shelter.
(10) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
(11) At Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, for example, it’s used to determine when to hold playtime indoors (wind chill below -30C, since you asked).
(12) A rather pessimistic wind is blowing over cancer chemotherapy, while a not very objective enthusiasm for second generation immunotherapy is raising its head.
(13) The scheme is available to those who have one or more of the following technologies: solar PV panels (roof-mounted or stand alone), wind turbines (building mounted or free standing), hydroelectricity, anaerobic digestion (generating electricity from food waste), and micro combined heat and power (through the use of new types of boilers , for example).
(14) The railway between Norwich and Ely was blocked when strong winds caused power lines to fall across the tracks.
(15) Eager to show I was a good student, the next time we had sex, I noticed that one of my hands was, indeed, lying idle – and started to pat him on the back, absently, as if trying to wind a baby.
(16) One in four British homes could be fitted with solar heating equipment and 3,500 wind turbines could be erected across Britain within 12 years as part of a green energy revolution to be proposed by the government next week.
(17) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
(18) They’re from every other source in the environment – from the wind, from transport,” he said.
(19) Nineteen members of the West Midlands Police Force, who qualified as PTSD sufferers, were offered the 're-wind' technique.
(20) Laura Sandys, Conservative MP and part of the ministerial team at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), highlighted the problem of public opposition shale gas is likely to face: "Onshore wind is a walk in the park, by comparison."