He described a refinement of this technique. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A man of intellectual refinement. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Is it true that cultivation, what we call refinement, kills individuality?. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
Much of what we call refinement is a cruel burden and entails a grievous waste of human energy and happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Nervous Housewife] Reference
They like to tell us that refinement is the bottleneck, not supply. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Contrary To Administration Predictions, Iraq War Contributing To High Oil Prices] Reference
Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore W. Richards - Nobel Lecture] Reference
It looks like you only get one page of results, so if the clip is buried deep inside YouTube, only search term refinement will dig it up here. From Wordnik.com. [Wibe7.tv Provides Thumbnail-Only YouTube Search Results | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Leaving apart the question of how to define these variables - at present we have three different definitions competing - in two ways refinement is needed. From Wordnik.com. [Jan Tinbergen - Prize Lecture] Reference
But although far superior to them in refinement and the various arts of civilization, they were no match in war for the bold mountaineers, the Swiss of Anahuac. From Wordnik.com. [Cholula: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico] Reference
The next refinement is to take into account that the luminous screen is typically round: any alpha particles striking outside the round area will not be visible. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfram Blog : A Thousand Points of Light] Reference
Still greater refinement is being sought by the use of closed-circuit TV, weather radar, intricate electronic devices for automatic measurement of cloud heights, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Future of the Air Industry in Canada] Reference
One way of encouraging this adult refinement, is to practice having a handful of quiet each day, or especially on the days when that particular child will be in the home. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
Another refinement was the introduction of kosher food. From Wordnik.com. [Articles] Reference
I guess you can say it’s a level up in refinement (and price). From Wordnik.com. [Flatiron Lunch: Forget the Pizza, Maffei’s Baked Stuffed Fish is Where It’s At | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
Perhaps today's feminism is part of what Neely Fuller Jr. calls a refinement of racism. From Wordnik.com. [henrymakow.com] Reference
This progress is called refinement, although this term is also used in relation to ethics. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
SEO determines how to run in the next contest (i.e. ongoing updates and keyword refinement). From Wordnik.com. [Third Batch of SEM Scholarship Entries Posted] Reference
A refinement is a cover such that for each β in B there is an α in A such that topological space X is. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
She recalled the refinement of the Cranford family, but to be so far behind the time in this day and generation. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's] Reference
This level of refinement, which is such a struggle to achieve in conventional cars, is a birthright of electric cars. From Wordnik.com. [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference
Along with that refinement is a much calmer atmosphere; because of the layout, it’s not nearly as crowded as Zaiya. From Wordnik.com. [Chiyoda Sushi (aka more Japanese fun!!!) | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
A need generally felt by model builders and their critics is the need for refinement, that is, for the introduction of many more variables. From Wordnik.com. [Jan Tinbergen - Prize Lecture] Reference
But if his "refinement" is real, it is an example of change we can believe in. From Wordnik.com. [Man of Refinement] Reference
I want to see 4 days of coverage on this issue or "refinement" of his position. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Will Balance Budget By End Of First Term. Or Was It Second?] Reference
It is that kind of refinement that we are looking for from these sorts of tests. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2007] Reference
That still leaves the question of whether the "refinement" was smart to begin with. From Wordnik.com. [News Orgs Already Getting It Wrong On Obama's Iraq Remarks] Reference
He preferred the word "refinement," and intrinsic to that refinement is what Hermès won't do. From Wordnik.com. [From Hermes to Eternity] Reference
In many cases this is a result of sensitive timidity, or it may be an affectation of refinement which is but veneered coarseness. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
There is in this home an air of peculiar refinement which is very charming. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing to the Front] Reference
There will be further "refinement" of technologies to meet 2010 emission standards, he added. From Wordnik.com. [Truck News : Headline News]
The great thing about the 'refinement' option is that it plays to the faculty's signature strength. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Higher Ed] Reference
England with a kind of refinement and pleasant piquancy that came from his Italian mixture of blood?. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance] Reference
It was a warm, luxurious air, perfumy, breathing of that refinement which is possible to mere wealth. From Wordnik.com. [Phoebe, Junior] Reference
And, in the next, I differ from you about the 'refinement' which has banished the comedies of Congreve. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
He did not say where any minimum price should be set, describing the U-turn as a "refinement" "not a big change". From Wordnik.com. [Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
French knickknacks, and a few prettily-bound books, give the little nest an air of refinement which is almost elegance. From Wordnik.com. [Not Pretty, but Precious] Reference
Fine Arts Club, in the spring of 1905, have discovered in it a surprising revelation of the "refinement" of the Middle Ages?. From Wordnik.com. [Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries] Reference
Now Edward Cossey was not lacking in that afterglow of refinement which is left by a course of public school and university education. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life] Reference
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