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Meanings of whisker in inglês
Long, whisker-like projection that form from metal objects over time.
Related terms
português
bigode A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
espanhol
poner pelos Sinônimos
Examples for "vibrissa"
Examples for "vibrissa"
1
HNG significantly increased hair shaft elongation in vibrissa hair follicle organ culture.
2
In developing somatosensory cortex, domains were smaller than, and distinct from, the barrels, which represent sensory input from a single vibrissa.
3
A finite element method was used to model the motion of a single vibrissa fixed at its base, using the aforementioned fluid force.
4
The force of the vibrating air on a vibrissa was modeled using the exact solution for a vibrating infinite cylinder in linear fluid.
5
Our findings identify Trps1 as a novel regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway and of early hair follicle progenitors in the developing vibrissa follicle.
1
The Sheffield team has yet to transplant the sensory hair cells into animals.
2
These data suggest that FGF2 plays a role during differentiation of sensory hair cells in avians.
3
Damage to the sensory hair cells and the spiral ganglion neurons of the cochlea leads to deafness.
4
The peripheral auditory nerve (AN) carries sound information from sensory hair cells to the brain.
5
Cisplatin ototoxicity results from damage to and death of cells in the inner ear, including sensory hair cells.
Usage of whisker in inglês
1
Jeff went upstairs, brushed his teeth, and rubbed on the whisker-removing cream.
2
A second referendum a decade later did pass, but only by a whisker.
3
In a moment not a tail or a whisker was to be seen.
4
It stopped a whisker away from its lowest in four years.
5
He appears destined to fall a whisker short of his goal.
6
I think I saw a white whisker as he turned under the lamp-post.
7
He had a red, flabby face, framed in a thick whisker turning grey.
8
A scanty growth of whisker did not conceal the contour of his jaw.
9
The Coalition, favourites to win, came within a whisker of losing.
10
He cared not a whisker whether that was anger or embarrassment.
11
Cannabis is a whisker away from being officially legal in Canada.
12
Each whisker is worth from six bits to a dollar and a quarter.
13
He wore his mustache with a short beard and closely-cut whisker.
14
He wore his moustache with a short beard and closely-cut whisker.
15
We're receiving an encrypted whisker laser from one of Charon's comsats.
16
After another few seconds of sniffing, touching, and whisker twitching, curiosity overcame wariness.
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Whisker through the time
Whisker across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common