Sentence examples for patchy features from inspiring English sources

These rare day-time F region radar echoes, scattered from short wavelength plasma irregularities, have quasi patchy features.

On the other hand NSIP histopathological diagnosis was defined as the presence of marked interstitial chronic inflammation, and/or interstitial fibrosis lacking the temporal heterogeneity pattern and the patchy features of UIP and the absence of fibroblastic foci [ 29].

For instance, patchy habitat features may make one prey more visible than another, or alternatively interactions between prey may decrease individual vigilance or place certain individuals in closer proximity to a foraging predator.

Plot-to-plot β-diversity from within small localities to across regions should also be higher in the Alps than in the Scandes because of a geologically and geographically more heterogeneous set of refugial re-colonisation sources as well as a greater habitat fragmentation resulting from patchy geologic features and Holocene land-use histories in the Alps.

The band's first two records (for their imprint Brassland) featured patchy production, with their third album Alligator the first to be produced in collaboration with Katis, and the first to settle on a complete sound – a warm, garage-inflected tone.

Next, like a child's patchy drawing, Hisham lists features – the outsize nose, the exceptionally beautiful hands, the short stature.

Images 13a, b, c show a myriad of wavy, linear, patchy and chevron-shaped features.

Endoscopic biopsy diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) is problematic due to lack of specific microscopic features and patchy involvement.

Criminal gangs are making about 1.5bn euros (£1.2bn; $2bn) annually from such fraud, the EU police agency Europol says, regretting that compliance with new security features remains patchy.

Such a patchy distribution is a feature of lateral gene transfer [ 18].

As a result, he says, the IUCN Red List's assessments are missing subtle geographic features such as patchy deforestation and variations in elevation that can limit where species can live within a given range.