We are now in a position to notice, without any danger of misconception, what is called the segmental theory of the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
When the arch is formed of a curve that is less than a semicircle (a segment of a circle), with its centre below the diameter, it is called a segmental arch. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
CNVs in humans and chimpanzees often occur in equivalent genomic locations: most lie in regions of the genomes, called segmental duplications, that are particularly 'fragile'. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
I'm using the term in the sense of "segmental" progerias, conditions in which an organism expresses some but not all component of accelerated aging. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Aging!] Reference
A global tribe waging segmental warfare « Isegoria. From Wordnik.com. [A global tribe waging segmental warfare « Isegoria] Reference
Look at it on the segmental basis, though, and things change. From Wordnik.com. [More on the Sharia Law Poll] Reference
The arch ribs then became segmental and rested upon the middle braces. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Complex, produces sexually dimorphic segmental transformation of Drosophila. From Wordnik.com. [Edward B. Lewis - Biography] Reference
Embryologically, insect limbs arise as repeated segmental bulges in the cuticle. From Wordnik.com. [PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution)] Reference
In this study 7% of the positive CTPAs involved the sub-segmental arteries alone. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
He doesn't have lengthy hair which can be studied through segmental hair analysis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009] Reference
David Ronfeldt sees Al Qaeda and its affiliates as a global tribe waging segmental warfare. From Wordnik.com. [A global tribe waging segmental warfare « Isegoria] Reference
At Fig. 171 is shown the method of jointing framing having semicircular or segmental heads. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
After the masonry had hardened, piers were built on the arches to support the segmental timbers. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158] Reference
"A" (Irregularly shaped abrasive grains will shave fine segmental chips from the workpiece.) 10. From Wordnik.com. [3. Recommendations for practical vocational training in the working technique of ''Grinding of Simple Tools''] Reference
A (Irregularly shaped abrasive grains will shave fine segmental chips from the workpiece.) 10. From Wordnik.com. [1. Objectives and contents of practical vocational training in the working technique of Grinding of Simple Tools] Reference
Station 324, to 34 in. at Station 323, where the regular segmental timbering at the tunnel commenced. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154] Reference
· The segmental element shown here was developed at the Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, India. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The three doorways have stilted segmental arches moulded with rounds, and their hood-moulds are continuous. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
I have also continued to be interested in segmentation genes, as well as genes affecting segmental identity. From Wordnik.com. [Eric F. Wieschaus - Autobiography] Reference
Successful heterotopic segmental liver transplantation from a live donor to a patient with Alagille syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [Alagille Syndrome Related Reading] Reference
Timbering, where required, was of the usual segmental form with outside lagging, as shown in several of the photographs. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154] Reference
Both studies suggested that segmental units might be established as three to four cell wide stripes at the blastoderm stage. From Wordnik.com. [Eric F. Wieschaus - Autobiography] Reference
The northern arch springs from a higher level, and is less richly decorated than the other, and its form is almost segmental. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
It is segmental, the radius being 169 ft., and the rise from springing to crown 24 ft., and the depth of the arch 5 ft. 3 in. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
It is probably the oldest segmental-arch (that is, the arches are not the full semicircles of Roman design) bridge in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Beauty of Bridges] Reference
The Mandarin segmental inventory provides more of a basis for acquiring the English r/l contrast than the Cantonese inventory. From Wordnik.com. [PodCastle » PC036: Ancestor Money] Reference
Simply the tests are to analyze, determine and create the mutant strains which render segmental populations resistant to vaccine. From Wordnik.com. [Swine Flu-- Normal or Malignant?] Reference
Also, we should be seeing somites, the segmental blocks from which muscle and connective tissue would ultimately form, but we do not. From Wordnik.com. [Alliance]
He's passionate about the job, moving his young family from job to job, building segmental bridges in Massachusetts, Maine and Tacoma, Wash. From Wordnik.com. [Dulles rail bridge project looms on horizon at Tysons Corner] Reference
They were almost certainly the longest such spans in Europe at the time and perhaps the first segmental arches on the continent since Roman times. From Wordnik.com. [Ponte Vecchio, a Bridge That Spans Centuries] Reference
The disc was developed with the premise that segmental mobility will improve outcomes, as has been the case for artificial hip and knee replacements. From Wordnik.com. [Johnson & Johnson Chirate Spinal Disc Under Fire] Reference
The triforium design consists of large segmental arches, the same width as the main arches, springing from short clustered piers introduced between them. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
At the north end of the cross-wall it will be observed that the blocked doorway noticed in the choir-aisle was not round-headed on this side, but segmental. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The rock near the shaft contained many wet rusty seams, and settlement was detected in the segmental tunnel timbering soon after the widening of the heading was completed. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158] Reference
The Art Moderne-style recreation center is designed in the shape of a long, low C and features horizontal bands of windows, long cast-stone sills and segmental arch openings. From Wordnik.com. [Pei-Designed Silver Towers Win Landmark Status] Reference
Corrigendum: Mutations in the formin gene INF2 cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Temperature - and pressure-sensor guidewires (TPSG) were placed in segmental pulmonary arteries. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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