(n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
(n.) Hence, outward or external appearance.
(n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
(n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
(v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
(v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
Example Sentences:
(1) The resulting dose distribution is displayed using traditional 2-dimensional displays or as an isodose surface composited with underlying anatomy and the target volume.
(2) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
(3) To quantify the size of the lesion in mice, the area of the infarct on the brain surface was assessed planimetrically 48 h after MCA occlusion by transcardial perfusion of carbon black.
(4) Using monoclonal antibodies directed against the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, we demonstrated previously that a glycoprotein with an Mr = 23,000 (gp23) had a non-polarized cell surface distribution and was observed on both the apical and basolateral membranes (Ojakian, G. K., Romain, R. E., and Herz, R. E. (1987) Am.
(5) In the surface epithelial cells, the basolateral cell surface showed moderate enzymatic activity.
(6) Such an increase in antibody binding occurred simultaneously with an increase in the fluidity of surface lipid regions, as monitored by fluorescence depolarization of 1-(trimethylammoniophenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
(7) The role of Ca2+ in cell agglutination may be either to activate the cell-surface dextran receptor or to form specific intercellular Ca2+ bridges.
(8) The subcellular distribution of sialyltransferase and its product of action, sialic acid, was investigated in the undifferentiated cells of the rat intestinal crypts and compared with the pattern observed in the differentiated cells present in the surface epithelium.
(9) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
(10) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
(11) Contact angles of Silafocon A and PMMA were relatively uninfluenced by front surface radii between 7.7 and 8.85 and 7.3 to 8.8 mm, respectively.
(12) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
(13) Together these observations suggest that cytotactin is an endogenous cell surface modulatory protein and provide a possible mechanism whereby cytotactin may contribute to pattern formation during development, regeneration, tumorigenesis, and wound healing.
(14) Our Ph1-positive ALL revealed B-cell lineage leukemia, since their surface phenotype were Ia+ and CD10+ and they have rearranged immunoglobulin JH genes.
(15) The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a cell surface protein antigen (SpaA) of Streptococcus sobrinus MT3791 (serotype g) was determined.
(16) To investigate the mechanism of enhanced responsiveness of cholesterol-enriched human platelets, we compared stimulation by surface-membrane-receptor (thrombin) and post-receptor (AlF4-) G-protein-directed pathways.
(17) Lysis of EAC4b,3b cellular intermediates formed to contain a low surface amount of C3b was more inhibited than was lysis of cells formed with a standard amount of C3b on the surface.
(18) After either 5 or 10 days of culture with both cytokines, intense immunofluorescent staining for Ia could be identified on the surface of greater than 80-90% of the viable islet cells.
(19) Within the capillary-perfused mucosa and muscularis (between 50 and 2000 microns from the urothelial surface), concentrations decreased by 50% for each 500-microns distance.
(20) Displacement of the surface of the cornea of bovine eyes after disruption of intact structures was investigated by means of holographic interferometry.
Watermark
Definition:
(n.) A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
(n.) A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
(n.) See Water line, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Shenhua Watermark Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Shenhua Group, is waiting for final approval from Hunt for a $1.2bn open-cut coalmine on the edge of the plains, a little more than three kilometres from Hamparsum’s property.
(2) The single-celled organism has four "watermarks" written into its DNA to identify it as synthetic and help trace its descendants back to their creator, should they go astray.
(3) Shenhua Watermark project manager Paul Jackson said he stood by the company’s environmental assessments and he would not speculate on the outcome.
(4) From then on, different features were added over the years, including more use of colour, watermark portraits of the queen, highly detailed machine engravings, reflective foil patches and holographic strips.
(5) The dating app has rolled out verified profiles, which means now you’ll know if “celebrity” profiles on the app are for real – instead of having to rely on whether or not the profile picture is a heavily pixellated crop from a website, complete with watermark still attached.
(6) Clinton made the comments in a question and answer session following a keynote address to technology executives at the “Lead On” conference in Santa Clara, organised by Watermark .
(7) Employment levels by nationality Jonathan Portes, an economist of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, said all three factors would lead to a sharp fall in numbers and meant recent figures represented a “high watermark”.
(8) Shenhua passes on mining licence application for $1.2bn Watermark mine Read more At the time, Barnaby Joyce said it was “payback” for Windsor’s support for the minority Labor government.
(9) Thirty subjects engaged in maintenance and repair of moulds used for producing watermarks on paper were studied, along with 27 control subjects from the same paper mill.
(10) Greg Hunt approves $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine on Liverpool Plains Read more Joyce posted the comment on his Facebook page after news broke that the Chinese company Shenhua had been granted approval for the $1bn Watermark mine near Gunnedah , under 18 conditions the government says are among the strictest in Australia’s history.
(11) Farmers, community groups and former independent MP Tony Windsor have warned there will be a significant electoral backlash against the National party if the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark mine project goes ahead on the so-called “food bowl” of the Liverpool Plains in northern New South Wales .
(12) Doubts over future of Shenhua's $1.2bn Watermark coalmine in NSW – reports Read more The NSW government still needs to approve the exploration licence extension for the project, which covers 35 square kilometres in rich farming land in the state’s north.
(13) They said his death was a watermark for post-revolutionary Tunisia , which lit the spark for the Arab spring when its popular uprising toppled the dictatorship in January 2011.
(14) The big difference is that the current watermark on notes, which features a faded-out image of the Queen, is likely to instead have a transparent image of Britannia.
(15) There are almost certainly more women on TV now than there were then, but in some ways the series still seems the high watermark of feminism on screen.
(16) The ghostly watermark preserves a tradition dating back to medieval Italy .
(17) In 1661, Stockholms Banco, the precursor to the Swedish central bank, issued Europe’s first banknotes, on thick watermarked paper bearing the bank’s seal and eight handwritten signatures.
(18) 2005 witnessed the high watermark of modern development communications.
(19) Tony Windsor, one of the independent MPs who held the balance of power during Labor’s last term in office, is considering a return to politics after the federal government approved the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark coalmine in country New South Wales.
(20) ","booleanRole":"certainty","animation":{"duration":500},"vAxis":{"format":""},"hAxis":{"format":""},"isStacked":false,"width":460,"height":276},"state":{},"chartType":"ColumnChart","chartName":"Chart 3"} British political support for a new push on GM is currently at a high watermark, with both agriculture minister Jim Paice telling farmers in January that GM crops could massively help food production, and Labour's shadow environment minister, Mary Creagh, calling for more money for GM research.