Membranes

Word MEMBRANES
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Definitions and meanings of "Membranes"

What do we mean by membranes?

A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).

A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

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The word "membranes" in example sentences

For the information of the _unprofessional_ reader, I beg to observe, that the membranes of the brain are _serous membranes_. ❋ Edward Morton (N/A)

The growth of large multilamellar fatty acid vesicles fed with fatty acid micelles, in a solution where solute permeation across the membranes is slow, results in the transformation of initially spherical vesicles into long thread-like vesicles, a process driven by the transient imbalance between surface area and volume growth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The transfer of viruses from hands to mucus membranes is what causes colds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cell walls are known as membranes, and it's through the proteins found in them that cells communicate with each other, fending off diseases or succumbing to them. ❋ Emily Veach (2011)

The researchers say that forming the cement into thin membranes would make it nearly transparent, making it an ideal substitute material for rare metals such as indium, which is used in plasma and liquid-crystal displays. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some workers have done this: Charles-Dominique (1977) likened the skin membranes of galagos to incipient patagia, and Feduccia (1993) used the term patagium in connection with sifakas. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Bending membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even so, with their arboreal behaviour, skin membranes and specialized brachial integument, sifakas might still be informative. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

This requires more research, but I don't see a fundamental problem. hrun: Bending of membranes is only a precursor to forming a pore. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Well, Feduccia not only drew attention to the presence and role of the skin membranes in sifakas, he also discussed the presence of a thick, posteriorly projecting mat of hair on the sifaka forearm. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Other strepsirrhine primates also seem to slow their leaps by spreading their arms and using skin membranes, including galagos (Charles-Dominique 1977). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Bending of membranes is only a precursor to forming a pore. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In birds, bats and other volant tetrapods, the skin membranes that function in flight are termed patagia. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The 60 pound navigator raised his slender wings over his head and made the thin membranes quiver mockingly with feigned fear. “Oh my God, the mighty King Lizard is going to bite my head off. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Binding membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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