Sentence examples for is rather diffuse from inspiring English sources

Because of Earth's atmosphere, the edge of the umbra is rather diffuse, and the times of contact between the Moon and the umbra cannot be observed accurately.

A key aspect will be the possibility to distinguish relevant contacts: for control of sexually transmitted diseases relevant contacts are easily identified (that is, if people are willing to co-operate), but in case of respiratory pathogens like SARS or influenza the notion of relevant contacts is rather diffuse.

Expression in the hatchling is rather diffuse.

Both imaging and clinical studies suggest that the neurodegenerative process associated with the C9ORF72 expansion is rather diffuse [ 10].

The correlation structure between the domains is rather diffuse: there are no strong correlations (>0.5), and only a few moderate correlations (Table 3).

This can be compared to the original OCT image (Figs. 6a, b) and the CCD image in Fig. 6d, although the milk solution-mixture edge is rather diffuse under CCD.

A brief survey of the piece, and its position in the field leads to a first conclusion that Simmel's impact was rather diffuse at best.

Bravura trailers aside, the publicity was rather diffuse, with Charlize Theron's shaven-headed Furiosa mystifyingly prominent on posters at the expense of Tom Hardy, the ostensible star of the show.

The droplets appearing after DMSO, methanol, or water injection were rather diffuse.

With antibody blotting, the monoglycosylated PrPSc band was rather diffuse and displayed the same apparent molecular mass in both ovine scrapie and bovine BSE samples.

The study aim was rather diffuse and general in two reviews [14], [22], and again reviews with more precise aims obtained a higher quality score.