Sentences with phrase «function over form as»

With eBooks it is often function over form as certain design and layout desires take a back seat to the benefits of using eBooks.

«It was all about function over form as we had the farmer and the agricultural community in mind but it very quickly exceeded those expectations.

Not exact matches

This function has the same form over a long range as the fractional extension versus force applied at the ends of a worm - like chain.

So over time, changes in the cytoskeleton form the shape and behavior of cells and, ultimately, the structure and function of the organism as a whole.

But the term may be applied more casually to point to things (such as an individual's brain development) that change in form or function, over time, in response to cues (such as developmental hormones).

Most martial artists and non-heavy weight lifters will choose myofibrillar hypertrophy, since their goal is having strong muscles but keeping their weight down, while bodybuilders favor sarcoplasmic hypertrophy which increases muscle size but it's generally viewed as form over function.

Using the mismatch of traditional and modern as the basis of all attempts at hilarity (spanning parenting styles, technology, behaviour and anything else that has evolved in form and function over the last half - century), the feature dares not depart from the standard, as apparent hijinks ensue.

The whole game comes off as more of an instructional video that covets function over form.

Similar to the recently revealed Mercedes - AMG Project One, and the Aston Martin Valkyrie, McLaren's Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo car follows function over form, as every line, crease, canard, wing, and inlet have been designed to produce speed, downforce, and giving players the ultimate track car of their dreams.

Soichiro Honda may have believed in the power of dreams, as Honda's ad campaign touts, but he was also a pragmatist, and one of his many legacies is that the best Honda products emphasize function over form.

As with most trucks there's a function over form approach to the cabin space, but that doesn't mean it's not a nice place to be.

The general shape shows function over form, but Audi manages a few design touches, such as the low side trim pieces that designer Edwin Ollifers called «blades» during a press briefing.

Unfortunately, the function didn't go over as well as the form.

Some will prefer a more subtle and stealthy fast hatchback, something like the Volkswagen Golf R, but I reckon that there will be as many who will salivate over the Civic Type R's trimmings — form following function it may be, but this Honda's aesthetics is a boyracer's dream come true.

The shape is predominantly function over form, with Hyundai working hard to make the aerodynamics as good as possible.

While that's a win for form over function, you can still split-fold the rear seat to eke out as much as 1761 litres of luggage space, accessible via a powered tailgate with gesture functionality.

For those who are hardcore about the feeds they follow, Flipboard is really more form over function — lacking the ability to mark stories as already read or syncing across devices.

Certain other segments such as people who love Amazon for some reason or who disdain form over function or who find Apple Device flashing people annoying.

But not all assets can function as collateral, and some forms of collateral are favored over others.

Due to their history as a working dog (i.e. being bred for function over form) the Malinois can vary greatly in appearance.

In conditions that are known as degenerative disorders there are either toxins, injuries, infections, genetic conditions or other forms of diseases that cause the natural functioning of the skeleton or nervous systems to degenerate or break down over time.

After 20 years of lengthy debates over the best solution, the residents of the city of Nashville and Davidson County voted to consolidate their governmental functions into a completely new form of government now known as the Metropolitan Government of Nashville - Davidson County.

Title: Metrico Version Tested: PlayStation 4 Available On: PlayStation 4, PC Developer: Digital Dreams Publisher: Digital Dreams Genre: Puzzle, Platformer Official Site: http://metrico-game.com/ Release Date: August 23, 2016 Where to Buy: Steam, PlayStation Marketplace Metrico could be described as the epitome of «form over function.»

As notions of what constitutes «Art» have changed over the centuries, so too, has the late twentieth - century view of «Design», with the advent of critical design; celebrated designers from Ron Arad and Daniel Weil to partnership Dunne & Raby, and Konstantin Grcic challenge the concept of function, use, form, and value.

His sculptures evoke the idea of reuse, form over function, and serve as the 3 - D component of his narrative style.

For the artist, reexamining and reworking prints functioned as a form of internal dialogue over a several year period.

In the absence of that ion supply, abiotic CO2 uptake in the ocean as a function of CO2 in air is at least somewhat limited by ions already present; acification can (over time) dissolve carbonate minerals that supply cations and carbonate ions, buffering pH and reacting with CO2 to form bicarbonate ions; new cations from chemical weathering have to be supplied to actually remove C from the oceans while keeping pH from dropping and without releasing as much CO2 from bicarbonate ions).

As Secretary - General, she functions as the chief executive of the HKIAC and oversees the administration of over 600 arbitrations, mediations, adjudications and other forms of dispute resolution proceedings at the HKIAAs Secretary - General, she functions as the chief executive of the HKIAC and oversees the administration of over 600 arbitrations, mediations, adjudications and other forms of dispute resolution proceedings at the HKIAas the chief executive of the HKIAC and oversees the administration of over 600 arbitrations, mediations, adjudications and other forms of dispute resolution proceedings at the HKIAC.

Odegaard's most impressive achievement at the helm of the legal function at Suncor Energy has been forming a clear direction and vision of the department over the years, as well as gaining recognition from her «front office» colleagues.

As term life insurance solely offers a death benefit over a certain term, it does not suit estate planning and often functions as a form of income replacemenAs term life insurance solely offers a death benefit over a certain term, it does not suit estate planning and often functions as a form of income replacemenas a form of income replacement.

This is all about form over function, as long as it fits your wrist.

As I noted in my Nexus 9 review, Google opted for form over function in Lollipop's new app switcher, and I don't like it at all.

Over the past 30 years, increasing numbers of physical therapists have employed conventional grayscale brightness mode (B - mode) ultrasound imaging (USI) to assess components of muscle morphology (the form and structure of muscle) and morphometry (measurements of muscle form or size) as a means to speculate on muscle function in both research and clinical settings [7][8][9].

Layla, I struggle with the form over function as well and I'm in my fourth decade;) I appreciate your thought process; believe it or not it truly helps hearing you walk through it in your mind.

As a result, the furniture made during that time tends to follow function over form.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.