Sentences with phrase «composed of smaller units»

Not exact matches

The apparent gap between nonliving and living has now been bridged by nucleic acids, a class of polymeric organic molecules composed of a succession of small units (nucleotides) of four sorts, the order of which determines an indefinitely large number of different specificities.

Lisse suggests that, upon closer inspection, the dinosaur eggs could actually be composed of smaller marblelike units.

Astronomers classify all of this stuff as baryonic matter, and they (and we) know its most fundamental unit as the atom, which itself is composed of even smaller subatomic particles, such as protons, neutrons and electrons.

Thus, no one ever receives any natural practice understanding that words are composed of smaller, abstract sound units.

Accelerated rates of bone growth and bone remodeling act in concert to produce a pattern of epiphyseal spongiosa that is composed of fine trabecular systems that are spaced relatively far apart and that are ultimately less strong per unit area than in small breeds of dogs.

Small, personal home / hotel composed of five beach front units.

This logic of accumulation would lead to the development of Bayrle's «super-forms,» densely composed images in which smaller units are used to build larger figurative forms.

Smaller ones are composed of groups and units... For The Brant Foundation Art Study Center to undertake this exhibition demonstrates its serious commitment to scholarship.»