The first " true alphabet " in this sense is believed to be the Greek alphabet, which is a modified form of the Phoenician alphabet.

Instead of having a pulp cavity, each tooth has a cluster of thin, upright, parallel tubes of vasodentin ( a modified form of dentine ), with individual pulp canals, held together by cementum.

The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained-not a male religious-and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.

During their time on the council, HRP representatives fought for measures including pioneering antidiscrimination ordinances, measures decriminalizing marijuana possession, and a rent-control ordinance ; many of these remain in effect in modified form.

Version 4. 1, in a slightly modified form, was also the standard operating system for the Apple Network Server systems sold by Apple Computer to complement the Macintosh line.

* Some types of hedge funds make use of a modified form of arbitrage to profit.

This prevents opening of the chain to the aldehyde or keto form and renders the modified residue non-reducing.

Some of these have functions by themselves or in a modified form ; for instance, glutamate functions as an important neurotransmitter.

Jardine called this modified form of the tactic fast leg theory.

For example, deoxyribose, a component of DNA, is a modified version of ribose ; chitin is composed of repeating units of N-acetyl glucosamine, a nitrogen-containing form of glucose.

This view is also held in a modified form by groups such as the Latter Day Saints, Christadelphians and Adventist splinter groups such as the Branch Davidians.

In that group, the peptidoglycan is a modified form very different from the kind found in bacteria.

Church subsequently modified his methods to include use of Herbrand – Gödel recursion and then proved ( 1936 ) that the Entscheidungsproblem is unsolvable: There is no generalized " effective calculation " ( method, algorithm ) that can determine whether or not a formula in either the recursive-or λ-calculus is " valid " ( more precisely: no method to show that a well formed formula has a " normal form ").

* the Underpeople, animals modified into human form and intelligence to fulfill servile roles, and treated as property.

* Operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning, a form of learning in which behavior is modified by its consequences

He, however, attributed it to either absorption of light within the galaxy or modified dynamics in the outer portions of the spiral and not to any form of missing matter.

Bosch's machine used a modified 1 " Type B transport, and recorded an early form of CCIR 601 digital video.

The alphabet went on in modified form after the language disappeared.

Many Methodist churches ( see The United Methodist Church, among others ) retain the form and function of episcopal polity, although in a modified form, called connexionalism.

Some basic emotions can be modified to form complex emotions.

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients have the same rights under which it was obtained and that manufacturers of consumer products incorporating free software provide the software as source code.

Aristotle previously explained it in terms of vaporous exhalations, which Avicenna modified into the theory of petrifying fluids ( succus lapidificatus ), which was elaborated on by Albert of Saxony in the 14th century and accepted in some form by most naturalists by the 16th century.

Maurras ' integral nationalism was idealized by fascists, but modified into a modernized revolutionary form that was devoid of Maurras ' monarchism.

* was a modified Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1891 and sunk as a blockship in 1914.

A cheaper redesign, Interim HOTOL or HOTOL 2, to be launched from the back of a modified Antonov An-225 transport aircraft, was offered by BAe in 1991 but that too was rejected.

Because of the great width of the pontoons, Schwimmpanzer IIs were to be deployed from specially modified Type C landing barges, from which they could be launched directly into open water from a large hatch cut into the stern.

The first images of Earth taken from space followed the same year while the first animal experiment saw fruit flies lifted into space in 1947, both also on modified V-2s launched by Americans.

It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a mass of.

The station was the same diameter as a Titan II upper stage, and would be launched with the crew riding atop in a modified Gemini capsule with a hatch cut into the heat shield on the bottom of the capsule.

This drone was launched from the back of a specially modified A-12, known as M-21, of which there were two built.

The Soviet VVS used a modified MiG-19 fighter, designated SM-30, launched from a special launcher, and using a nearly identical solid fueled rocket booster design to that of the EF-84G.

The original plans called for constructing the space laboratory using a spent Saturn S-IVB rocket stage ( used to launch the Apollo craft into earth orbit ), however the space laboratory was ultimately pre-fabricated on Earth and launched by the modified first two stages of the Saturn V lunar launch vehicle, known as the Saturn INT-21.

About 1800 km southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, USS Norton Sound launched three modified X-17A missiles armed with 1. 7 kt W-25 nuclear warheads into the upper atmosphere, where high altitude nuclear explosions took place.

The result, even with this heavy warhead, was that a much smaller airframe was needed to carry the required fuel-so small that the design could be portable and launched from a modified 88 mm gun mounting.

The rocket-powered aircraft was launched from the bomb bay of a specially modified B-29 and glided to a landing on a runway.

* was a modified Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1942, on loan to the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1948 to 1956, and broken up in 1959.

They hunt and immobilize prey using a modified radular tooth along with a venom gland containing neurotoxins ; the tooth is launched out of the snail's mouth in a harpoon-like action.

From 1966 – 67, a series of surplus modified Redstones called Spartas were launched from Woomera, South Australia as part of a joint U. S .– United Kingdom – Australian research program aimed at understanding re-entry phenomena.

The Gemini spacecraft itself was launched into a 160 by 272 kilometer orbit by a modified Titan II at 10: 41: 02 a. m. EST. The Agena target vehicle is launched into space on an Atlas rocket in preparation for Gemini 8

As " man-rating " the VA spacecraft and the Proton rocket took longer, the first phase called for the launch of three Almaz stations without the VA spacecraft, with the crew instead launched separately with a Soyuz rocket and a modified Soyuz spacecraft.

Other changes to the 2009 model year car now being launched include: three new types of alloy wheels ( 17, 18 and 19 inch ), a slightly modified radiator grille, three new exterior colours, the new leather colour, the new wood trims, white switch illumination instead of red, accent and switch trim in the new " Warm gray " colour, an upgraded car key, makeup mirror in the rear on the LWB version, dampers optimised for low-friction, Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide ( C / SiC ) ceramic composite brakes ( front ) on the Phaeton W12, as well as a rearview camera ( Rear Assist ) and blind spot warning system Side Assist.

*, a modified Round Table class Landing Ship Heavy launched in 1980 and operational as of 2012

The Queen was a modified Fairey IIIF floatplane, ( a catapult launched aircraft which was used for reconnaissance by the Royal Navy ).

There were delays in unloading the tanks, which also had to be modified for desert warfare and given necessary overhauls, which meant that the earliest day for Battleaxe to be launched was pushed back to 10 June.

* was a modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1943.

It was boosted by a modified Pegasus rocket which was launched from a B-52 at an altitude of 13, 157 meters ( 43, 166 ft ).