(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.