The roots of this equation are just the ordinates of the intersections of the graph of B with a straight line of unit slope through Af in the b-plane ( the plane of the graph of b ).

`` If teeth are moved too rapidly, serious injury can be done to their roots as well as to the surrounding bone holding them in place '', explains Dr. Brodie.

In other countries where cereal grains are not among the principal crops of a region, starchy tubers or roots are processed for starch.

Algae lack the various structures that characterize land plants, such as phyllids ( leaves ) and rhizoids in nonvascular plants, or leaves, roots, and other organs that are found in tracheophytes ( vascular plants ).

Carrot, celery and parsley are true biennials that are usually grown as annual crops for their edible roots, petioles and leaves, respectively.

It includes perennial herbaceous plants which are glabrous and have short rhizomes with fibrous roots or are rhizomatous with root tubers.

* The quadratic surds ( irrational roots of a quadratic polynomial with integer coefficients,, and ) are algebraic numbers.

If the quadratic polynomial is monic then the roots are quadratic integers.

** The numbers and are algebraic since they are roots of polynomials and, respectively.

All numbers which can be obtained from the integers using a finite number of integer additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and taking nth roots ( where n is a positive integer ) are algebraic.

Examples of algebraic integers are,, and ( Note, therefore, that the algebraic integers constitute a proper superset of the integers, as the latter are the roots of monic polynomials for all

Ailanthus are capable of forming thick blankets of roots and heavy shade to the extent that native species are prevented from being able to reclaim an area that has been logged or deforested, as well as areas that have been heavily developed.

Neither the crown ( fruit, mescal button ) of the Peyote cactus nor the roots of the plant Mimosa hostilis nor Psilocybe mushrooms themselves are included in Schedule 1, but only their respective principles, mescaline, DMT and psilocin.

Although modern analytical chemistry is dominated by sophisticated instrumentation, the roots of analytical chemistry and some of the principles used in modern instruments are from traditional techniques many of which are still used today.

The word aegis is identified with protection by a strong force with its roots in Greek mythology and adopted by the Romans ; there are parallels in Norse mythology and in Egyptian mythology as well, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.

Today, Aleut weavers continue to produce woven grass pieces of a remarkable cloth-like texture, works of modern art with roots in ancient tradition. Birch bark, puffin feathers, and baleen are also commonly used by the Aleuts in basketry.

Still extant echoes of these celebrations are found in the mid-autumn Thanksgiving holiday of the United States and Canada, and the Jewish Sukkot holiday with its roots as a full-moon harvest festival of " tabernacles " ( huts wherein the harvest was processed and which later gained religious significance ).

Being a monarchical state, with its roots invested in Colonial England, black letter law is that which is a term used to describe basic principles of law that are accepted by the majority of judges in most provinces and territories.

Though fish, oysters and wild game were abundant, women and children often dug for coontie roots, which they grated and baked into pancakes to use in the place of bread.

The edible plant was also called " biscuits roots ", because powder biscuits were baked from it )

* Words such as " pank " ( to make compact, pat down ), " chuke " or " chook " ( a knit winter cap, from Canadian French " tuque " ), " choppers " ( long-sleeved mittens, sometimes with removable finger flaps, often made of deerskin ), " swampers " ( boots with rubber bottoms and leather uppers ), " pasty ", " bakery " ( baked goods ), " make wood " ( cut or chop wood ), " snow scoop " or " yooper scooper " ( a metal implement for " moving snow "), " wa " ( instead of wow ) and pronunciations such as " grodge " ( garage ), " crick " ( creek ), " ruts " ( roots )

The curb was a line of stone laid edgewise in the dirt and tilted this way and that by frost in the ground or the roots of trees.

They were covered with tiny white blossoms, their scant roots clawing at the stony ground, and wild birds darted in and about and through them so they were nearly alive with the rustle and cry.

Regardless when and by what route it reached England and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail and kolven, clearly a derivative of ground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots in classical antiquity.

I thought my horse was about to die, and would have sprung from his back had a minute more elapsed ; but as that instant all the shrubs and trees began to move from their very roots, the ground rose and fell in successive furrows, like the ruffled water of a lake, and I became bewildered in my ideas, as I too plainly discovered, that all this awful commotion was the result of an earthquake.

Sorrel is a slender plant about 60 cm high, with roots that run deep into the ground, as well as juicy stems and edible, oblong leaves.

He quotes an example of the roots being ground by four to six women in special public buildings and then allowed to stand in water.

* are carnivorous plants, with a venus fly trap-like mouth, and sprout from the ground whenever their roots detect any potential prey.

Although precipitation is not a limiting factor, the ground freezes during the winter months and plant roots are unable to absorb water, so desiccation can be a severe problem in late winter for evergreens.

It involves a great departure from the methods of political action established in this country, where reforms, and especially financial reforms, have always been considerate and even tender ... I do not yet see the ground on which it can be justly held that any one description of property should be more heavily burdened than others, unless moral and social grounds can be shown first: but in this case the reasons drawn from those sources seem rather to verge in the opposite direction, for real property has more of presumptive connection with the discharge of duty that that which is ranked as personal ... the aspect of the measure is not satisfactory to a man of my traditions ( and these traditions lie near the roots of my being )... For the sudden introduction of such change there is I think no precedent in the history of this country.

The fibrous roots that radiate from the rhizomes do not produce more bamboo if they stay in the ground.

In traditional peyote preparations the top of the cactus is cut at ground level, leaving the large tap roots to grow new ' Heads '.

In planting, the tops of the bulbs should be kept a little above ground, and the soil surrounding the bulbs is often drawn away when the roots have taken hold.

Older roots left in the ground become woody, after which they are no longer culinarily useful, although older plants can be dug and re-divided to start new plants.

Wombats, on the other hand, live on the ground and feed on grasses, sedges and roots.

It allows the roots to penetrate the subsoil without much obstruction, thereby preventing the beet from growing out of the ground, besides enabling it to extract considerable nourishment and moisture from the lower soil.

Trees can withstand temperatures of − 31 ° C (− 25 ° F ) or colder for short periods of time, provided the ground around the roots is insulated with either heavy snow or mulch.

They are omnivorous scavengers, eating almost anything they come across, including grass, nuts, berries, carrion, nests of ground nesting birds, roots, tubers, refuse, insects and small reptiles.

The four major functions of roots are 1 ) absorption of water and inorganic nutrients, 2 ) anchoring of the plant body to the ground, and supporting it, 3 ) storage of food and nutrients, 4 ) vegetative reproduction.

* Aerating roots ( or knee root or knee or pneumatophores or Cypress knee ): roots rising above the ground, especially above water such as in some mangrove genera ( Avicennia, Sonneratia ).

* Aerial roots: roots entirely above the ground, such as in ivy ( Hedera ) or in epiphytic orchids.

Detoxified manioc roots are ground to a pulp called a massa and squeezed with a device called a tipiti to dry it out ( the liquid produced by this may be collected and dried to produce tapioca, locally known as polvilho ).

Cassava is harvested by hand by raising the lower part of the stem and pulling the roots out of the ground, then removing them from the base of the plant.

Mechanical methods of control involve cutting off crowns from roots, usually just below ground level.