You had grown up at a time when the most distinguishing mark of a lady was the noli me tangere writ plain across her face.

Even the most advanced structural characterization techniques, such as x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, have difficulty in distinguishing between amorphous and crystalline structures on these length scales.

The most immediately distinguishing is that of the second person singular familiar form of address: pané.

A distinguishing feature of most Compactrons is the placement of the evacuation tip on the bottom end, rather than the top end as was customary with " miniature " tubes, and a characteristic 3 / 4 " diameter circle pin pattern.

This genre soon also became an important political tool, although in most cases directors were able to keep a distinguishing barrier between art and politics.

The most common distinguishing feature of citizenship is that citizens have the right to participate in the political life of the state, such as by voting or standing for election.

Another distinguishing feature is the centuries-long language contact with German, which is most noticeable in the vocabulary and to a lesser extent the syntax of Romansh.

Joining the army was both a duty and a distinguishing mark of Roman citizenship ; during the entire pre-Marian period the wealthiest land owners performed the most years of military service.

Mercati was interested in Ceraunia cuneata, " wedge-shaped thunderstones ," which seemed to him to be most like axes and arrowheads, which he now called ceraunia vulgaris, " folk thunderstones ," distinguishing his view from the popular one.

The wok's most distinguishing feature is its shape.

The most frequent method of distinguishing between X-and gamma radiation is the basis of wavelength, with radiation shorter than some arbitrary wavelength, such as 10 < sup >− 11 </ sup > m, defined as gamma rays.

As chirality and rigidity are the two most important features distinguishing approved drugs and natural products from compounds in combinatorial chemistry libraries, these are the two issues emphasized in so-called diversity oriented libraries, i. e. compound collections that aim at coverage of the chemical space, instead of just huge numbers of compounds.

One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Yankee Stadium was the " facade ", a white frieze that ran along the bleacher billboards and scoreboard.

If human beings growing up under normal conditions ( not conditions of extreme deprivation ) always develop a language with property X ( for example, distinguishing nouns from verbs, or distinguishing function words from lexical words ) then property X is a property of universal grammar in this most general sense ( here not capitalized ).

One of his most important contributions was clearly distinguishing one from the other, stating that gases are composed of molecules, and these molecules are composed of atoms.

English is typical of most world languages, in distinguishing only between singular and plural number.

They are known as " mail-cheeked " fishes due to their distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone ( part of the lateral head / cheek skeleton, below the eye socket ) across the cheek to the preoperculum, to which it is connected in most species.

The most distinguishing feature of Let It Ride is that the player is given two opportunities to withdraw exactly one-third of their initial wager.

This distinction is found in almost all consonant phonemes and is one of the most distinguishing features of the language.

The most significant distinguishing factor of this auction type is that the current highest bid is always available to potential bidders.

The most operational definition is a process for identification of an object by distinguishing it from its background of empirical experience.

One method of distinguishing between a slangism and a colloquialism is to ask whether most native speakers know the word ( and use it ); if they do, it is a colloquialism.

The mitre cap, whether in stiffened cloth or metal, had became the distinguishing feature of the grenadier in the armies of Britain, Russia, Prussia and most German states during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

One of the most distinguishing aspects of Uzbek from other Turkic languages is its rounding of the vowel to or, a feature influenced by Persian.

In any inquiry into the way in which great literature affects the emotions, particularly with respect to the sense of harmony, or relief of tension, or sense of `` a transformed inner nature '' which may occur, a most careful exploration of the particular feature of the experience which produces the effect would be required.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

The primary reason for the abandonment of the `` shore occupied by '' thesis has been the assimilation and accumulation of archaeological evidence, the most striking feature of early English studies in this century.

The most unusual feature of Boris, however, is the use of the greatest character of all, the chorus.

A most attractive feature is that detection and attack are combined in a single package.

Moreover, the most artistically successful of the nonfiction films have invariably borrowed the narrative form from the fiction feature.

The main feature of the family is the composite flower type in the form of capitula surrounded by involucral bracts. The name " Asteraceae " comes from Aster, the most prominent generum in the family, that derives from the Greek ἀστήρ meaning star, and is connected with its inflorescence star form.

Ataxia may depend on hereditary disorders consisting of degeneration of the cerebellum and / or of the spine ; most cases feature both to some extent, and therefore present with overlapping cerebellar and sensory ataxia, even though one is often more evident than the other.

While casuistry makes use of ethical theory, it does not view ethical theory as the most important feature of moral reasoning.

The most prominent feature of emission and absorption spectra ( known experimentally since the middle of the 19 < sup > th </ sup > century ), was that these atomic spectra contained discrete lines.

The Mark I showed no influence from the Analytical Engine and lacked the Analytical Engine's most prescient architectural feature, conditional branching.

In the remainder of this region, the southern portion, the most prominent feature is Little Mountain, extending about from east to west between two valleys, and rising precipitously on the north side above them or above the sea.

Joseph Dongell, professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, states " the most conscipuous feature of Ephesians 1: 3 – 2: 10 is the phrase ' in Christ ', which occurs twelve times in Ephesians 1: 3 – 4 alone ... this means that Jesus Christ himself is the chosen one, the predestined one.

The most striking feature is the existence of two great lines of depression, due largely to the subsidence of whole segments of the Earth's crust, the lowest parts of which are occupied by vast lakes.

Unlike the NES or Sega Master System, there were few add-on peripherals for the 7800, though its backwards compatibility feature allowed it to be compatible with most Atari 2600 peripherals.

While the Reno Air Races keep this tradition alive, most air shows today primarily feature a series of aerial demos of short duration.

Many cultures feature autumnal harvest festivals, often the most important on their calendars.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, most BBSes used ANSI to make elaborate welcome screens, and colorized menus, and thus, ANSI support was a sought-after feature in terminal client programs.

Probably the most important feature of a biomembrane is that it is a selectively permeable structure.

Opera or other vocal music was the feature of most musical events, with concertos and " symphonies " ( arising from the overture ) serving as instrumental interludes and introductions for operas and church services.

For instance, an areal feature of the Pacific Northwest coast is that historical * has become palatalized in many languages, so that Saanich for example has and but no plain ; similarly, historical * in the Northwest Caucasian languages became palatalized to in Ubykh and in most Circassian dialects.

The most prominent feature of Crux is the distinctive asterism known as the Southern Cross.

Harvard University turned down an invitation to join this group because they preferred to play a rougher version of football called " the Boston Game " in which the kicking of a round ball was the most prominent feature though a player could run with the ball, pass it, or dribble it ( known as “ babying ”).

He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational " mockumentary " films that feature a repertory-like ensemble cast.

All first-party cartridges and most third-party software titles feature a 12-second pause before presenting the game select screen.