Sentence examples for patterns of scale from inspiring English sources
Although the various different patterns of scale size and distribution of the normal unfeathered podotheca have been used by some taxonomists to differentiate families or groups of families, study has revealed so much variability in the tarsal patterns of certain families that it is no longer considered a reliable family character; it may still be useful as a generic or specific character.
The attachment styles are operationalized as configuration patterns of scale scores.
*Cramer's V. **Pearson's R. Table 5 examines patterns of scale reliability over time as, measured using Cronbach's alpha statistic for internal consistency.
Pieces of skin and feathers, patterns of scales, beaks and claws, whole display crests and even arm and leg muscles have been found through UV work.
From the world of myth comes the exquisite carved ivory figure of a baku, an elephant-like beast said to devour nightmares, and an astonishing human-faced dragon, rearing up and covered with subtly painted patterns of scales.
"I was really surprised by these chaotic patterns of scales when I looked closely at the crocodile's head," Milinkovitch says.
The vivid patterns of snake scales, such as the Gaboon Viper, both repel and fascinate the human mind.
Thus, the pattern of scale factor invariance was identical to the pattern of scalar invariance discussed above and the final measurement model was the model of maximal partial invariance of the scale factor (L6).
Interestingly, the pattern of scale inefficiency indicates that about 43% of hospitals were operating on increasing to scale while another 43% were operating in a range of decreasing returns to scale.
The entire underside of the crocodile has a regular pattern of scales, which are smaller than those on the upper surface.
The razors looked oddly like the modern images of small dinosaurs seen in children's books, the newer, smarter kind of dinosaur — sleek Brancusi-like bodies, and a tightly wound pattern of scales and colors, streamlined trunks and strange hammer-headed faces.
