Sentence examples for which may describe from inspiring English sources

And despite its cloying tone, that Oxford Dictionaries blog post from August does allude to the increasingly important distinction between "acronym" and "initialism" — either of which may describe the expression "LOL," depending if you pronounce it "lawl" or "ell-oh-ell".

Although the etymology is unclear, the name tenkara is thought to mean "from the sky" or "from heaven," which may describe the situation from a trout's point of view: a mayfly gently touches down on a coldwater stream, a free lunch from above.

The kettle is the "pour" part of "pour over," which these days is the accepted term for the technique, although Jaime van Schyndel, one of the owners of Barismo, prefers "hand pour," which may describe it better: coffee made by hand, usually one cup at a time.

A hypothesis represents a simple and interpretable unit of knowledge which may describe any relevant aspect of a chemical compound in the context of an endpoint.

We apply the notion of quantum predicate proposed by D'Hondt and Panangaden to analyze a simple language fragment which may describe the quantum part of a future quantum computer in Knill's architecture.

One possible derivation comes from skitis, an early Celtic word for winged, which may describe how the island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre.

A number of genetic defects have been described, which may account for around 10% of cases, with genetic lesions still to be identified in the remainder.

"Kidnapping hostages is an easy spoil, which I may describe as a profitable trade and a precious treasure," wrote Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula, to an associate two years ago.

This software provides a set of basic building blocks with defined behaviour from which users may describe and parameterize mass flow and transformation networks of arbitrary complexity.

Which may also describe the current state of mind of the Mets.

You feel as if you've wandered into the storage room of some eccentric collector, which may well describe Rick Gallagher, the owner.