Sentence examples for long scales from inspiring English sources

Similarly, Longisquama had long scales that could have been employed as primitive wings, while the Late Triassic Sharovipteryx was an active flyer and may have been the first true pterosaur (flying reptile).

The large (and long) scales associated with rangeland systems resonated throughout 'Wild rangelands'.

Some researchers have proposed that these feathers evolved from long scales, such as those found on gliding reptiles (ScienceNOW, 22 June 2000).

The following countries use naming systems for large numbers that are not etymologically related to the short and long scales: Unambiguous ways of identifying large numbers include: In written communications, the simplest solution for moderately large numbers is to write the full amount, for example 1,000,000,000,000 rather than, say, 1 trillion (short scale) or 1 billion (long scale).

None of these relatively long scales were developed as disease-specific scales except for the MCFS.

The aim of our systematic review was to examine the accuracy of depression screening instruments which have been validated in LMIC, comparing brief and long scales.

Trout led all year long, scaling walls with his glove and bat, and now he gets a crack at playing some very high-stakes baseball.

He picked out a large pair of breasts to wear, for reasons of his own, and a long, scaled tail, for purposes of strangulation.

Generally, thrushes are slender-billed songbirds with the tarsus (lower leg) "booted"—i.e., covered in front with a single long scale instead of many short ones.

Long scale nourishments also exhibit a shoreward movement during their decay.

Analysis of the bridge is presented along with experimental results from a three-meter long scale physical model.