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Crypsis and by
* Crypsis by behaviour
Crypsis is the ability of prey to evade detection by predators ( or vice versa ).

means and blending
The common method of blending nitrox by partial pressure requires that the cylinder is in " oxygen service ", which means that the cylinder and cylinder valve have had any non-oxygen-compatible components replaced and any contamination by combustible materials removed by cleaning.
In 2005, the blending co-workers in the Lord's Recovery issued a statement designating LSM as the one publisher for the local churches as a means of preserving the integrity of the New Testament ministry of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee, which is " crucial for the practical oneness among the local churches ".
As AEN in ancient Greek means forever it symbolizes the eternal rejuvenation and continual blending process in Cask No. 1.
As the final PAL DVD release shows, the film was shot 50i ( interlaced ), and only special effects shots were deinterlaced by means of smart field blending ( imitating a progressive-type amount of motion blur due to a different shutter speed of progressive modes ) during post-production, as the special effects crew obviously was in demand of progressive frames which are easier to process for special effects, before for the final release all normal shots were deinterlaced by means of simple line interpolation instead.
While this may sound intimidating, it simply means that the concept of crossed module is one version of the result of blending the concepts of " group " and " category ".

means and with
Most of these, with horrible exceptions, were conceived as is a ship, not as an attempt to quell the ocean of mankind, nor to deny its force, but as a means to survive and enjoy it.
By no means would we discourage the production of ideas: they provide raw materials with which to work ; ;
As a means of silencing a discussion which ought to have taken place, the statement is an effective one: we sympathize with the universal confusion which gives rise to such convictions.
Only by means of an intensive preoccupation with the detailed considerations following from any decision can he ensure attention to the practical details to be dealt with if the implications of immorality in the major decision are effectively to be checked.
The capacity for making the distinctions of which diplomacy is compact, and the facility with language which can render them into validity in the eyes of other men are the leader's means for transforming the moral intuition into moral leadership.
But because it is the function of the mind to turn the one into the other by means of the capacities with which words endow it, we do not unwisely examine the type of distinction, in the sphere of politics, on which decisions hang.
The ingredients of Faulkner's novels and stories are by no means new with him, and most of the problems he takes up have had the attention of authors before him.
Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.
With the knowledge that the kingdom comes by obedience to the moral law in our relations with all people, we have a firm intellectual grasp on both the means and the ends of our lives.
But that scarcely means that he was the aloof, forbidding type of student who shared few if any activities with his fellows, the banter of the surviving prolusions providing enough evidence to deny this.
And to do this requires first of all the kind of information about people which is provided by the scientists in industrial anthropology and consumer research, who, for example, tell Courtenay that three days is the `` optimum priming period for a closed social circuit to be triggered with a catalytic cue-phrase '' -- which means that an effective propaganda technique is to send an idea into circulation and then three days later reinforce or undermine it.
But a powerful sense of community, even with little or no machinery, means a great deal.
Does it employ crude pressure tactics with such means as anonymous telephone calls and letter writing campaigns??
The demand for teaching sets continues unabated since they provide the means for the military physicians to review the pathology of selected disease processes or organ systems for review of basic sciences and correlation of clinical physiological behavior with structural changes.
From its inception in 1920 with the passage of Public Law 236, 66th Congress, the purpose of the vocational rehabilitation program has been to assist the States, by means of grants-in-aid, to return disabled men and women to productive, gainful employment.
Continuing technical problems involved in the use of this fuel, coupled with significant improvements in aircraft range through other means, have now raised serious questions about the value of the high-energy fuel program.
If we fail to develop the means to hunt down and destroy the enemy's military force with extreme care and precision, and if war comes in spite of our most ardent desires for peace, our choice of alternatives will be truly frightening.
Any irregularity on the piston heads will make it impossible, with normal means, to determine the final combustion chamber volume because the volume displaced by the piston heads cannot be readily computed.
Contrary to popular opinion, `` a la mode '' doesn't mean `` with ice cream '' -- it just means, in the latest style.
Fortunately, it is the FHA which has arrived at this conclusion, for it means that cooling equipment of all kinds may now be included in a mortgage, and thus acquired with a minimum of financial stress.
Are you following competition willy-nilly -- trying to match dollar for dollar -- or are you experimenting with new means for reaching and influencing consumers??
With the source of light behind the copy, there is no loss of lumen output, as with conventional boards illuminated by means of reflected light.
The current was regulated by means of a variable resistor and measured with a 50 mV shunt and millivoltmeter.

means and background
For instance prior to 1914 most officers of British cavalry regiments came from a socially privileged background and the considerable expenses associated with their role generally required private means, even after it became possible for officers of the line infantry regiments to live on their pay.
This was the background to the concept of Messiahship in early Christianity, which interpreted the career of Jesus " by means of the titles and functions assigned to David in the mysticism of the Zion cult, in which he served as priest-king and in which he was the mediator between God and man.
Dark matter's existence is inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter and gravitational lensing of background radiation, and was originally hypothesized to account for discrepancies between calculations of the mass of galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the entire universe made through dynamical and general relativistic means, and calculations based on the mass of the visible " luminous " matter these objects contain: stars and the gas and dust of the interstellar and intergalactic medium.
Fluorescence in the life sciences is used generally as a non-destructive way of tracking or analysis of biological molecules by means of the fluorescent emission at a specific frequency where there is no background from the excitation light, as relatively few cellular components are naturally fluorescent ( called intrinsic or autofluorescence ).
Czech linguist Václav Machek proposes Slovak verb " vrepiť sa " ( stick to, thrust into ), or its hypothetical anagram " vperiť sa " ( in Czech, archaic verb " vpeřit " means " to thrust violently ") as an etymological background, and thus translates " upír " as " someone who thrusts, bites ".
Matheson had the advantage of coming from a family with social and economic means, while Jardine came from a much more humble background.
Because Whitefield came from a poor background, he did not have the means to pay for his tuition.
In this definition, " stable " means a nuclide that has either never been observed to decay against the natural background.
A rating of 0 means the hazard is as likely as the background hazard ( defined as the average risk posed by objects of the same size or larger over the years until the date of the potential impact ).
Given what is known of Cathróe's own background, this probably means that she was of British (" Cumbrian ") or Scottish descent.
It is an inclusive theatre compnany, and started the concept of " inclusive theatre ", which means anyone, regardless of background, race, gender, age or disability, is allowed to both watch and perform in theatre.
:: command means start command in the background and prompt immediately for a new command.
For religious purposes, the term Sephardim means all Jews who use a Sephardic style of liturgy, and therefore includes most Jews of Middle Eastern background, whether or not they have any historical connection to the Iberian Peninsula.
The arms are a canting of the name ( which means leaf ) since it shows three gold-colored birch leaves on a red background.
The arms show the black head of a cormorant on a silver background, partly canting since skarf means cormorant.
Sartre believes that it is often created as a means of making the unbearable anguish of a person's relationship to their " Facticity " ( all of the concrete details against the background of which human freedom exists and is limited, such as birthplace and time ) bearable.
Other requested information may include basic corporate information and history, financial information ( can the company deliver without risk of bankruptcy ), technical capability ( used on major procurements of services, where the item has not previously been made or where the requirement could be met by varying technical means ), product information such as stock availability and estimated completion period, and customer references that can be checked to determine a company's suitability ( including educational and military background of its employees on the project --- college graduates and those with advanced college degrees may add " value " from the bidder, as may an employee's military background in a similar area as the contract ).
But by the twentieth century it was no longer restricted in use even to the upper classes, since persons of means or education ( at least of a " bachiller " level-equivalent of a Bachelor -), regardless of background, came to be so addressed and, it is now often used as if it were a more formal version of Señor, a term which was also once used to address someone with the quality of nobility ( not necessarily holding a nobiliary title ).
Building on the ideas of the Russian Formalists, the Prague School developed the concept of foregrounding, whereby poetic language stands out from the background of non-literary language by means of deviation ( from the norms of everyday language ) or parallelism.
Queens College opened in 1937 with the goal of offering a first-rate education to all people regardless of background or financial means.
Despite coming from a technically purely human background, Susan has inherited abilities from her adoptive Grandfather through a way that is more than conventional means: Into Death's family, her mother, Ysabell was merely adopted, into Death's family, her father, Mort merely married, but, into Death's family, Susan was conceived and born ; " some things were inherited through more than genetics ... some things were inherited through the soul ... some things were in the bones.
For Brooks and Warren, paraphrase and biographical and historical background information is useful as a means of clarifying interpretation, but it should be used as means to an end ( Singh 1991 ).

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