Sentence examples for patterns of wear from inspiring English sources

Examination of the teeth of Diplodocus and Camarasaurus reveals two basic patterns of wear: a coarsely scratched and pitted surface, and a finely scratched surface.

In addition, patterns of wear in retrieved tibial polyethylene inserts of similar design have been found to vary substantially.

Experts determined that the patterns of wear seem to indicate that some of these shells were suspended, some were engraved, and examples from both sites were covered with red ochre.

Patterns of wear varied greatly among individual knees; a majority showed very similar extents of wear on the medial and lateral sides, however there were cases with significantly more wear on one condylar articulation than the other.

Poincaré maps and statistical profiles of the impact locations and severity are used to characterize the motion and to obtain information regarding possible patterns of wear due to repeated impacts.

Picky eaters, in a parable worthy of Aesop, died out whereas the less fussy cougar lived on.Mr Haupt and Dr DeSantis came to this conclusion by studying the microscopic patterns of wear on the teeth of fossil cougars, American lions and sabre-tooths (the last two being among the species that did not survive humanity's arrival).

The teeth and the pattern of wear in their enamel are unlike that observed in any modern mammal, and so no one is yet certain just what these short-tusked, shovel-jawed animals ate.

The rate and pattern of wear is influenced by many factors, including component geometry and individual loading conditions, which determine the contact surface area and kinematics of the reconstructed knee.

The state archaeologist, Kevin Jones, said he thought the remains were more likely those of an American Indian because of the distinctive shape of the teeth and their pattern of wear, and because Mr. Ruess's dental records from the 1930s did not appear to match.

The clues were found on the manicured lawns of Centre Court, where by the end of each tournament, scorching rallies had browned the grass at the baselines, a far cry from the hourglass pattern of wear and tear seen during the serve-and-volley heyday.

They then used fingerprinting imaging techniques to scan the pattern of wear.