If a robot sees something round and platelike, it scans the object.    From Wordnik.com.  [05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004] Reference

Disconcertingly, these could retract completely into their platelike central bodies and reemerge elsewhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost And Found]

Mature females have large, inwardly directed, platelike oostegites at the inner base of their anterior legs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

In addition to the corpuscles, there were smaller objects; flattened platelike affairs were rather common, for instance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fantastic Voyage]

If the local environment changes just slightly to prefer platelike growth over columnar growth, then the instability kicks in to immediately produce thin plates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystery in The Air - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

But for now, the explanation above of capped columns, for instance, includes these words: If the local environment changes just slightly to prefer platelike growth over columnar growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystery in The Air - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The trunk of the hickory is unique in appearance as the bark separates from the tree in long platelike strips which hang on at one end and give the scraggly appearance from which the tree derives its name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference

They are large and platelike, and form the marsupium, in which the eggs and developing young are protected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Iron oxide appears in faceted grains roughly 100 nm across whereas the aluminum appears in thin platelike structures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dandelion Salad] Reference

Primarily, this means that the flat, platelike cells in the interior covering of your mouth were altered in size, shape and organization.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

When I was living in Morocco, I first encountered the ubiquitous two-part cooking vessel called a tagine, with a low-rimmed concave platelike bottom and high cone-shaped top.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

In the teeth of the true elephants the crown has become deep, and the ridges of enamel have changed to numerous upright, platelike folds, their interspaces filled with cement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Geology] Reference

She got back to golfing as quickly as she could after her surgery, but post-surgery golf carried a different set of physical demands: After the double mastectomy, she had "spacers" - platelike devices that leave room for eventual implants-and worried about possible injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference