(a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
Example Sentences:
(1) The shape of the nucleus changes from ovoid to a distinctive, radially splayed lobulated structure.
(2) Both the absence of exaggerated splay in patients with reduction of glomerular filtration rate by as much as 85%, and the emergence of exaggerated splay in patients with more marked reduction of GFR, require explanation.
(3) The lipomas in this study demonstrated this tendency to splay apart and infiltrate the cranial nerves, with the fatty tissue adjacent to the nerves invariably containing portions of the cranial nerves.
(4) In vitro tests demonstrated approximately sevenfold greater filter length shortening (a measure of filter splaying) for the titanium GF in response to a given applied load.
(5) This rudimentary accessory ray caused a splay foot deformity that made it difficult for the patient to walk comfortably in shoes.
(6) At three to four days there was splaying and tortuosity of the loops of Henle.
(7) In his final fight, against the journeyman boxer Kevin McBride, he was a pitiful figure - slumped in a corner, legs splayed, unable or unwilling to stand himself up.
(8) Such loosening, when it occurs at microtubule ends, results in protofilament-like splaying and end-wise depolymerization.
(9) Hindlimb splaying was apparent in the 200-ppm males by wk 4; less severe splaying appeared in the 100-ppm group at wk 8.
(10) The behavior of the animals appeared splaying of the contralateral extremities, circling around counterclockwise and in a comatose motionless state.
(11) First, this idea that these men have "no choice" but to sit with their legs splayed, dominating-alpha-style.
(12) Time of use, the individual user, and bristle composition were found to have the strongest influences on splaying, and brush design was found to have the least influence.
(13) A novel feature is accurate compensation for 'smile' or 'frown' profiles as well as for the possible splay or curvature of lanes.
(14) It depicted the bird's splayed legs and, the critic went on to say, its "cunt".
(15) One of the most consistent features found was splaying of the roots of teeth adjacent to the lesion.
(16) After watched the video through splayed fingers, I can report that it's grim – kind of "Confessions of a supermodel and a New York indie band, both equally desperate for attention".
(17) The main differences compared with adult measurements were in the following dimensions: temple width, head width, bridge height, projection, splay angle and front to bend.
(18) In patients with GFR values below 15 ml per minute, increased splay was observed, and below a GFR of 10 ml per minute, the splay was very marked.
(19) The battery consisted of measures of grip strength, locomotor gait and landing splay, sensory sensitivities during conditioned avoidance performance, the action potential of the ventral caudal nerve, and the brainstem auditory evoked response.
(20) The 26 boys sharing the rite of passage sat naked on their blankets, legs splayed in front of them.
Spray
Definition:
(n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
(n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
(n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
(n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
(v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
(v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
(v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
(v. t.) To let fall in the form of spray.
(v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(2) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
(3) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
(4) Thus, enhancers are required to obtain significant nasal absorption of glucagon and calcitonin and powders and spray solutions did not differ in terms of systemic availability.
(5) True Love Impulse Body Spray, Simple Kind to Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser and VO5 Styling Mousse Extra Body marked double-digit price rises on average across the four chains.
(6) BP sprayed almost 2m gallons of Corexit on the slick and at the leak site on the seabed.
(7) An infection rate of 0.46% was comparable to the incidence previously observed for conventional methods using an iodine spray as a skin preparation.
(8) The effect of spraying plants with rain-water was to enhance slightly the total content of all trace metals analysed.
(9) In pest control operations, organophosphorus compounds (OP) have been sprayed as insecticides, blood cholinesterase (ChE) activities and urinary alkylphosphate levels were measured for both OP-sprayers (n = 102) and non-sprayers (n = 35) in pest control companies, and the relationship between the analytical results and spraying conditions was investigated.
(10) Liquid nitrogen spray followed by light electrodesiccation treatment is helpful in the management of flat warts, small skin tags, seborrheic keratoses, and cherry angiomas.
(11) In global evaluations some 60% of patients had good to excellent results with the nasal spray and some 75% with the eye drops.
(12) Enrichment cultures were established with the aromatic fraction of a crude oil and screened for aromatic-degrading pseudomonads, using a sprayed plate technique.
(13) Heart rate increased significantly by 2.0 min in the tablet group but did not change in the spray group.
(14) Water from the reactors that were the source of Sonoda's drink is being used to spray trees to limit the buildup of dust and prevent fires.
(15) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An activist sprays T-shirts during a training protest organised by NoG20 Rhein-Main.
(17) We may be able to control as die back with fungicides but we would need to spray every few weeks over the whole country.
(18) The hydrolysate obtained was then subjected to two different dehydration techniques: drum drying at 121 degrees C and 18 seconds retention, and spray drying at 101 degrees C and 40 psi pressure.
(19) Large-scale residual spraying was not totally effective and was very costly, and mass chemoprophylaxis was not feasible.
(20) 46 boys were sent for operation and have been treated primary with LH-RH nasal spray.