Sentences with phrase «example of a gesture»

FIG. 20 is an example non-limiting diagram showing an example of a gesture for displaying a menu screen in another embodiment;
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a gesture for displaying the menu screen in another embodiment.
Thus, the action of touching a surface with the finger can be an example of a gesture.

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«Gesturing may allow us to explore the properties of the items — for example, how the item could be held, its size, its shape, etc. — and doing so can trigger ideas for creative uses,» York University psychologist and study co-author Elizabeth Kirk explained
But in present American society, etiquette rites are much more elaborate among the young and the poor (for example, in the dress codes, precedence systems, gestures of greeting, and modes of address in urban street gangs) than among the rich, who have increasingly abandoned the very aspects of etiquette that are of vital concern on the streets.
There are, for example, signals used in animal communication, nonconventional signals which include some gestures, and single - word sentences such as the word «Tree» used by children in the early stages of language acquisition.
The fact is that the religious life involves far more than killing time, far more, for example, than sticking out one's hand in a gesture of otherworldly defiance and running down the clock, though heaven knows we need gestures of religious defiance in today's world.
Pope Benedict's visit with the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury yesterday, a warm and positive gesture, was an example of how much the two communions they lead have in common — and yet how far they remain apart.
The religious «charities», for example, solicit funds from the public, keep 85 % of the «take» for themselves and, as a public relation gesture, «gives» the remainder to the poor.
With full acceptance, for example, all of those gestures and behaviors appropriate to heterosexuals in church gatherings must be affirmed for homosexuals as well.
If waving the American flag becomes a gesture only of those happy with the current situation, for example, then burning the flag remains a countergesture by those unhappy with the situation.
It prompts him to repeat the example of his dead master in an iconic gesture of prostration:
Any gesture that obviously mimics the meaning of the word works well, for example:
Point or gesture to communicate his thoughts and feelings; for example, when given a choice between two boxes of cereal, he may point or reach toward the one he wants.
The accusations of bias against the fight against corruption are increasing by the day and critics easily find ready examples to argue that the fight is only cosmetic and showy and government is only making do with a few symbolic gestures as proof that it is serious.
«If for example we follow a new term with a gesture, we create additional input that facilitates the brain's learning,» says Katharina von Kriegstein, head of the study at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
They can understand both the meaning and the order of words conveyed through human hand gestures — correctly putting an item on the right side of their tank into a basket on the left, for example.
Most of the research has focused on studying how dogs are capable to understand different forms of human communication, for example by displaying gestures and human voice recognition.
For example, the boy mentioned earlier who got cheese instead of a hamburger might have better understood an accompanying gesture for hamburger — such as pretending to hold and bite the burger — which could have prevented the misunderstanding.
Already a success in the home — Microsoft says it has sold eight million Kinect sensors so far — controllerless computer interfaces could soon move beyond play to help out in the work place, for example, enabling manipulation of digital files using only gestures à la the film Minority Report.
As an example of good use of gestures, watch this video produced during a AAAS Communicating Science workshop at the University of Maryland, College Park.
For example, drivers in the Northeast were nearly 30 percent more likely to have made an angry gesture than drivers in other parts of the country.
Thanks to the functional segregation, Zhang says, learning a new hand gesture only affects the hand and would not produce spurious movements of the shoulder, for example.
An example of a physical gesture or posturism would be to clench your fist or draw your shoulders back as you experience the emotional charge.
With movement, for example, the figure flattering happens when leg muscle is subtly discernible, glutes as well; — RRB --- and that tool - belt effect will probably disappear in the animation of a gesture.
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He's one of the most underappreciated actors (rewatch Spotlight for an example of how damn great he can be with the tiniest gestures) playing a guy who never got enough respect.
While Im appreciative of that gesture, that is the only example I can think of a strength - based discussion from kindergarten through twelfth - grade.
For example, her study linking the frequency of parental gestures in communication to the size of a child's vocabulary helps explain socioeconomic disparities...
There are, for example, no statistics on the percentage of ELL students in the schools, no numbers on the privately raised funds the schools put to use, and only cursory gestures, in Kenny's book, to the controversy over students counseled out of or removed from these charter - school classrooms and to their teacher turnover rate.
The various new features that are unprecedented in the luxury sedan segment include, for example, the extension of the iDrive system to include a touch display and BMW gesture control, Touch Command for controlling comfort and infotainment functions in the rear compartment, as well as a Remote Control Parking system.
For example there is a great looking task manager which blends both the icon - grid view of Android with moveable thumbnails like on WebOS, switched between by using a pinch - zoom gesture.
The lack of hardware buttons on the display bezel required Acer to create gestures from the bezel; sliding a finger from the right edge towards the screen brings up software buttons to go back or home, for example.
Threatening behavior — some examples: • Bending over a dog, or rousing him from his sleep • Reaching to touch a dog's head (when he doesn't want to be touched) • Staring into a dog's eyes (worse, at eye level, like toddlers do) • Trying to touch or remove a bone, a toy, a bowl of food or anything the dog wants • Screaming near the dog's face or producing other startling noises in his proximity • Running toward, past, or away from a dog • Walking too close to a dog on leash • Entering a protective dog's territory • Being afraid in the presence of a dog • Sticking a hand or finger (especially children) inside a dog's enclosure • Making threatening gestures, like raising a fist or wielding a stick • Causing pain, injury, or subjugation to a dog • Overexcitement during play can cause a friendly dog to nip or bite as he would a playmate.
Diana's selfless gesture is just one example of children steadily becoming a force in fulfilling the altruistic goals of FOTAS and the County Shelter.
For example, as shown in FIG. 20, when the user makes a gesture as if grasping an object in the right side surface direction of the portable electronic apparatus 1, the application being presently executed is temporarily stopped.
It wasn't a perfect game, but it was a perfect example of how gesture controls could make a game a far more immersive experience.
On the design side, we were able to take away a lot of invaluable information around gestures; for example, what worked well, what didn t work so well, things they tried that weren t feasible, etc..
Jesús «Bubu» Negrón creates sculptures and performances by inserting small gestures into the everyday landscape: for example, creating a carpet out of cigarette butts collected by street sweepers, or mending a cracking bronze public sculpture with a plaster cast.
But by 1950 the palette is not only lifting, but her sitters lounge and pose and gesture more freely, an example being the elastically contorted frame of the young black man in Ballet Dancer.
Maybe the exhibition title suggests that the works are only just at the point of gesture, like the Andrea Madjesi - Jones painting, where gesture seems to be included in a wider pictorial strategy, or perhaps that they have arrived at the point of gesture having set out from some other place, Clem Crosby's work, for example, coming out of the monochrome tradition to a reconsideration of the role of drawing.
With Shingles (2011), for example, Carl Andre's floor - based metal works meet their working - class counterpart, as copper plates are exchanged for patterns of overlapping asphalt roofing tiles; Siding (2011), meanwhile, replaces Donald Judd's shiny metal cubes with the work's namesake — and very plebeian — exterior vinyl wallcovering found on many a tract house; and by simply lifting a marble countertop off the bathroom sink and onto the wall, Counter (2012) proves that even the slightest of gestures, such as a change of orientation and context, can render foreign something familiar — the everyday as convincing art object.
Works from the early eighties, nineties and noughties such as Formica Red (1983); Timex (1987); Charles Eames Chair (2002) e SMEG (2002) are iconic examples of Bertrand Lavier's ability to morph object - hood through the painterly gesture, challenging and experimenting the Duchampian concept of Ready Made.
Selections from the Lyric Suite series of ink drawings on rice paper are examples of Robert Motherwell's use of automatic drawing — one of the defining techniques in Surrealism, and spontaneous gesture in his work.
The Zwirner show is a bit of a fizzle, an example of huge expensive gestures producing paltry effects.
Works by Patricia Treib and Melissa Meyer have a calligraphic quality, reminiscent of the writerly gestures of Louise Fishman or the pictograms of Jane Irish, though these comparative examples bear the marks of having been worked over many times.
Mangelos» Negation de la Peinture series, 1951 - 1956, are striking examples of early conceptualism wherein an image, perhaps from an art magazine, is almost completely occluded by black tempera as a gesture against direct representation.
«Blue Thicket,» for example, starts from the top of the canvas with a splendid array of wild untamed gestures followed by a mass of colors huddled together in active conference coming to a serene close as blue streaks seep down drawing one's eyes to rest in just the manner Carol is so proud of.
Joining the big Lichtenstein in the opening space, for instance, are other modernists such as Robert Rauschenberg, sculptors Donald Judd (a sleek and lovely minimalist gesture) and Duane Hanson (the slumped and stolid «Dishwasher,» a fine example of his psychologically disorienting hyperrealistic human figures), but also some splendid Danish silver pieces from the Georg Jensen firm.
While she linked some examples to the era's chaotic break from antique notions of unification and permanence, Nochlin argued that others gestured to literal experiences of violence by communities under assault.
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