Sentence examples for grinding surface from inspiring English sources

Of greater importance, these teeth became hypsodont (high-crowned) and thus maintained a good grinding surface as grinding of the harsh, siliceous grass caused them to wear down.

In those species that consume all organic material and in those that consume only plants, the molar is usually strong, with an inner grinding surface.

It also is used for gold crowns in dentistry since over the long term, gold's malleability makes it less damaging than porcelain crowns to the grinding surface of molars.

At the peak of the ornithopod lineage, the hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous) featured large dental batteries in both the upper and lower jaws, which consisted of many tightly compressed teeth that formed a long crushing or grinding surface.

Most herbivores have incisors modified for nipping or gnawing, have lost teeth with the resultant development of a gap (diastema) in the tooth row, and exhibit some molarization (expansion and flattening) of premolars to expand the grinding surface of the cheek teeth.

Firstly, a mathematical model of the helicoid grinding surface is developed.

They can arise from burning fuels, smelting metals, grinding surfaces, and torching waste.

In this group the upper and lower batteries came together and acted as serrated shearing blades rather than crushing or grinding surfaces.

During the tour last week, workers with Scaled Composites, the company founded by Mr. Rutan that is building the plane, were positioning panels on the twin fuselages of the plane and grinding surfaces down to a smooth finish.

The form and number of teeth, presence of a diastema, number of molariform premolars, the height of the cheek teeth, their cusp structure and the presence or absence of cement on the grinding surfaces all are particularly valuable taxonomic features.

The battery in each jaw was composed of as many as 200 functional and replacement teeth with distinct, well-defined wear, or grinding, surfaces that resulted from very exact occlusion.