The other branch became the anthracotheres, a large family of four-legged beasts, the earliest of whom in the late Eocene would have resembled skinny hippopotamuses with comparatively small and narrow heads.

He lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, and is almost always seen in his trademark tweed jacket and a skinny red tie.

Because other stars are far away, the angle for measurement is small and the skinny triangle approximation can be applied, the distance to an object ( measured in parsecs ) is the reciprocal of the parallax ( measured in arcseconds ): For example, the distance to Proxima Centauri is 1 / 0. 7687 =.

Examples are: leather handbags from the 50s, " bell-bottom jeans ", big sunglasses, fedoras, funky jackets ( commonly Adidas Classics ) and shoes, small neckties, chiffon scarves, sport equipment, skinny jeans etc.

* Kenny Fowler is a small skinny kid with nerdy glasses, who is often pushed around by other kids, and often asks the dogs for help, in a certain episode where he tries to talk to Buffy and gets nervous.

As a kid I was very small and thin, almost skinny ( Hebrew: דק, dak ; daq ).

Those who suffer from muscle dysmorphia tend to hold delusions that they are " skinny " or " too small " but are often above average in musculature.

At the time of Small Gods ( the role of which in the Discworld chronology is somewhat obscure ), Ephebe was ruled by a small, fat man with skinny legs, who resembled an egg hatching upside-down.

Some people have been led to assume that small, skinny tornadoes are always weaker than large, wedge-shaped tornadoes.

More formally the small angle approximation for skinny triangles shows that the angle in radians approximates to the sine of the angle.

* Scary Godmother-A tall, skinny and pretty-looking fairy-witch with long curly squirrel hair, pale green skin, small bat wings on her back, purple and green leggings.

Also, an oversight in the small saucer's programming gave rise to a popular strategy known as " lurking " — because the saucer could only shoot directly at the player's position on the screen, the player could " hide " at the opposite end of the screen and shoot across the screen boundary, while remaining relatively safe.

It wasn't until 1977 that the directors of the group decided to establish a laboratory with the mission of creating a small optical digital audio disc and a small player.

Students in jazz diploma or Bachelor of Music programs take individual bass lessons, get experience in small jazz combos with coaching from an experienced player, and play in jazz big bands.

Performance jobs include playing as a freelancer in small groups, large ensembles, or performing solo music, either live onstage or as a session player for radio or TV broadcasts or for recordings ; and working as the employee of an orchestra, big band, or recording studio ( as the studio's house bassist ).

Dots are usually inlaid into the upper edge of the fretboard in the same positions, small enough to be visible only to the player.

The playing positions of concert kantele and small kantele are reversed: to the player of a small kantele the widest low pitched strings are farthest away from his body, whilst to a concert kantele this side of the instrument is nearest, and the short high pitched strings farthest away.

" In global terms Africa, and Southern Africa in particular, is a small player in travel and tourism.

MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player RPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world ( usually hosted by the game's publisher ), which continues to exist and evolve while the player is offline and away from the game.

The small blind is placed by the player to the left of the dealer button and the big blind is then posted by the next player to the left.

The one exception is when there are only two players ( a " heads-up " game ), when the player on the button is the small blind, and the other player is the big blind.

( Both the player and the bet may be referred to as big or small blind.

If each player in a tournament starts with 5, 000 in chips and after 4 hours, the big blind is 10, 000 ( with a small blind of 5, 000 ), it will be very difficult for a player with only 15, 000 in chips to stay in the game.

If a player has two small pairs, and he believes that it will be necessary for him to make a full house to win, then he has four outs: the two remaining cards of each rank that he holds.

For instance, when a player has a small pocket pair he may raise a large amount simply to knock out other players because typically a small pocket pair is about 50 – 60 % likely to win an all-in pot in a heads up situation, but less likely when facing multiple opponents.

Some video games only have one player character, others, especially two player games have two, or another small number of player characters to choose from, one for each player.

On each hand, ties go to the banker ( for example, if a player's five-card hand loses to the banker and his two-card hand ties the banker then the player loses ); this gives the banker a small advantage.

A small Indian dived at Montero, who caught him with a swift upward stroke of his rifle butt.

In the small gallery used as the guests' dining room, Meredith sat down at his place and, as always, began teasing the young waitress.

Actually, two flags were used at the mansion -- a small one on rainy days, and a big one on bright days.

The small shaft of blue had drifted down and come to rest at his feet.

at will, the voice of the auctioneer, the voices of the bidders, and finally the small boy who had been so interested in Mr. Podger's hammock purchase.

For ten years a small group of European and U.S. critics has been calling attention to the half-forgotten Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, who died 42 years ago at the age of 28.

Undismayed by this contretemps, a small band of the faithful gathered at Lauchli's home at 6:30 A.M. the next day, put on their uniforms, and headed for a farm several miles away.

After a tortuous drive in an open truck and a World War 2, army jeep down soggy trails, the band arrived at a small clearing squeezed between a long, low ridge and a creek-filled gully.

Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.

Smiling at Warren's protestations, the old monk took his grip from him and led him down a corridor to a small parlor.

Jefferson Lawrence was alone at the small, perfectly appointed table by the window looking out over the river.

If he had any worries, it was only the small ones, about Mother in New York, and his daughter Edwina and what she might be doing at this hour, with her Aunt Asia, in Philadelphia.

Then the audience saw a small, dim figure appear at the edge of the Presidential box.

She took a good look at herself in the mirror before she turned and, walking with very small steps, started toward the door.

The brothers drove down together in Mark's small red sports car, Mark at the wheel.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of lead as long as the market price for common lead at New York, New York, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 75 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of zinc as long as the market price for prime western zinc at East Saint Louis, Illinois, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 55 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Besides the well-known hydrogen line at 21 cm wavelength, the spectra of extraterrestrial radio sources may contain sharp lines characteristic of other atoms, ions, and small molecules.

On the remainder of the clear channels, the dominant ( class 1 ) -- B stations are protected as described above, and the relatively small number of secondary ( class 2 ) ) stations permitted to operate on these channels at night are required to operate directionally and/or with reduced power so as to protect the class 1, stations.

At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

Beyond it I noted a small green column, about twelve feet below the present ground level -- the Serpentine Column, three entwined serpents, which once stood at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.

Taking the path behind the Throne Room to the building directly beyond it, the Portrait Gallery, I went right at the end of it, through a garden to a small building at the back -- a sitting room furnished with low blue divans, its floor covered with carpets, its ceiling painted with gold squares and floral designs.