The osteiod seam is a narrow region of newly formed organic matrix, not yet mineralized, located on the surface of a bone.

This area is called the giornata (" day's work "), and the different day stages can usually be seen in a large fresco, by a sort of seam that separates one from the next.

As one modern scholar observed: " It is as if an artisan with his big, awkward fingers were patiently, fascinatedly, imitating the fine seam of the professional tailor.

To grip the ball for a leg-spinning delivery, the ball is placed into the palm with the seam parallel to the palm.

* Coal measure is a seam of coal

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an orebody, lode, vein, ( coal ) seam or reef, which forms the mineralized horizon and package of economic interest to the miner.

A greenish liquid containing gold-coated nanoshells is dribbled along the seam.

An infrared laser is traced along the seam, causing the two sides to weld together.

The seam between the two splits is intended to be invisible, making the duplication seem realistic.

For example, roof slate refers to shale above a coal seam, and draw slate refers to roof slate ( shale ) that falls from the mine roof as the coal is removed.

The gaps are smaller when using a foil ( solid metal ) shield, but there is still a seam running the length of the cable.

To grip the ball for a leg-spinning delivery, the ball is placed into the palm with the seam parallel to the palm.

There are different types of bowlers ranging from fast bowlers, whose primary weapon is pace, through swing and seam bowlers who try to make the ball deviate in its course through the air or when it bounces, to slow bowlers, who will attempt to deceive the batsmen with a variety of flight and spin.

Swing is obtained by using air pressure differences caused by angling the seam of the cricket ball to produce a lateral movement in the air.

A legume fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces ( opens along a seam ) on two sides.

Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus, or the body louse, sometimes nicknamed " the seam squirrel " for its habit of laying of eggs in the seams of clothing, and Pediculus humanus capitis, or the head louse.

A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent ( not opening along a seam ).

The methane is adsorbed into the solid coal matrix ( coal macerals ) and is released when the coal seam is depressurised.

To economically retrieve reserves of methane, wells are drilled into the coal seam, the seam is dewatered, then the methane is extracted from the seam, compressed and piped to market.

This engine can also be built with no riveted seam.

One may also remove less " lower information " parts of an image, such as by seam carving.

One famous example of this is the electric-taped tennis ball which was originally improvised by children in the inner-city neighborhoods of Karachi as a means to make a tennis ball less bouncy and heavier to closely emulate a real cricket ball ; the tape can also be used to create a seam on the ball.

They are also typically glued and sewn together to form a ring, and may leak along that seam.

The Duke's underground mines also suffered from persistent flooding, caused by the geology of the Middle Coal Measures, where the coal seam lies beneath a layer of permeable sandstone.

The seam of a cricket ball can also be used to produce different trajectories through the air, with the technique known as swing bowling, or to produce sideways movement as it bounces off the pitch, with the technique known as seam bowling.

Another that the original design was based on armour which was designed so that a right-handed opponent would not catch their weapon in the seam and tear through, and also that a person could draw a weapon with their right-hand without catching it in a loose seam of their own clothes.

The Norwood-White shaft No. 1 ( also known as the Klondike No. 1 ) was deep, accessing a coal seam.

The RF current can also be conveyed to the tube by brushes, but the result is still the same — the current flows along the open seam, heating it.

Richard Hillhouse ( also known as " The Hammer "), a former pitcher for the Louisville Bats, describes the pitch as such ; " A four seam fastball is called a four seam fastball because when the ball is thrown the ball rotates such that there are four seams rotating in the air.

The subsoil layers under Northfield, West Heath and Turves Green also contains a coal seam that would indicate that an extensive prehistoric tropical forest once existed here.

However, it is also possible, by holding the seam at an angle and rolling the fingers over the surface of the ball, to produce a deliberate off cutter in which the ball veers away from the off side when it bounces on the pitch, or leg cutter in which it veers away from a right-handed batsman.

The side mirrors were also redesigned ( for both the 2002 and 2003 models ) by having a more square shape, full body matched paint, and tinted glass since customers had complained about excessive wind noise coming from the mirror seam.

However, by keeping the seam upright, the bowler can also hope to obtain some outswing away from the right-handed batsman, thereby confusing the batsman who expects the ball to turn.

In climbing, a piton (; also called a pin or peg ) is a metal spike ( usually steel ) that is driven into a crack or seam in the rock with a hammer, and which acts as an anchor to protect the climber against the consequences of a fall, or to assist progress in aid climbing.

The subsoil layers under West Heath and Turves Green also contains a coal seam that would indicate that a prehistoric tropical forest once existed here.

Two of their companions were unable to negotiate the Coal Cliffs where the Sea Cliff Bridge is today, and their remains were found by explorer George Bass, who also reported on the rich coal seam apparent in the cliffs.

Swing bowlers are pace bowlers who, apart from being fast, also use the seam of the ball to make it travel in a curved path through the air.

Sourav Ganguly of India has been on numerous occasions integral to the bowling side and also took wickets when handed the new ball in the middle of his overs during a match against Pakistan in 2007 at Delhi showing his seam abilities.

An Igor's expertise in human surgery also extends to the veterinary world ; there is known to be one horse in Ankh-Morpork, owned by Hobson's livery stables ( which employs an Igor ), with a longitudinal seam extending the entire circumference of the animal, sewn together from the remains of a particularly nasty collision.

They may also have some difficulties distinguishing coal seam fires from forest fires.

Like spot welding, seam welding relies on two electrodes to apply pressure and current to join metal sheets.

The estimation of methane content of a coalbed is determined from the Eddy curve by locating the average depth of each coal seam on the depth axis.

Last man out for 49 in a total of 116 in the first innings, he defied a pitch that had begun to seam and swing after a shower and cloud cover as Australia narrowly avoided the follow on.

The first seam was discovered in nearby Pocahontas, Virginia in the backyard of Jordan Nelson which was, in the words of President Frederick Kimball of the Norfolk and Western Company, the " most spectacular find on the continent and indeed perhaps of the entire planet.

Often sheer-to-waist pantyhose will be reinforced along and on either side of the seam in the middle of the panty.

Technical and economic feasibility are evaluated based on the following: regional geologic conditions ; overburden characteristics ; coal seam continuity, thickness, structure, quality, and depth ; strength of materials above and below the seam for roof and floor conditions ; topography ( especially altitude and slope ); climate ; land ownership as it affects the availability of land for mining and access ; surface drainage patterns ; ground water conditions ; availability of labor and materials ; coal purchaser requirements in terms of tonnage, quality, and destination ; and capital investment requirements.

The choice of mining method depends primarily on depth of burial, density of the overburden and thickness of the coal seam.

* Blast mining or conventional mining, is an older practice that uses explosives such as dynamite to break up the coal seam, after which the coal is gathered and loaded on to shuttle cars or conveyors for removal to a central loading area.

He quickly developed as a fast seam bowler who could knock batsmen on the head with his short balls, but who batted at number ten.

Charcoal was found on and in a seam of quarried bedrock.

Another version is that the name comes from the Russian noun рубе ́ ц, meaning " seam " or " scar ", as coins were molded and a seam was clearly visible on the side.

Unscrupulous riveters discovered that, if they started work before the inspector arrived, they could receive extra pay by erasing the previous worker's chalk mark and chalking a mark farther back on the same seam, giving themselves credit for some of the previous riveter's work.

In 1910 exploration for coal discovered a thick seam of Rock salt beneath the mudstones the parish is built on.

A legume fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces ( opens along a seam ) on two sides.

Epaulettes are fastened to the shoulder by a shoulder strap or " passant ", a small strap parallel to the shoulder seam, and the button near the collar, or by laces on the underside of the epaulette passing through holes in the shoulder of the coat.

" Flying artillery " wore " wings ", similar to an epaulette but with only a bit of fringe on the outside, which matched the shoulder seam.

Durham Scholars have for more than a century worn a full-length gown with wrist-length sleeves and no opening on the seam.

The St Chad's undergraduate gown ( rarely seen outside of Matriculation ) is based on the Oxford Scholars ' gown, but adds two black buttons at the lower end of the forearm, joined across the ( open ) seam by 5 inches of twisted green cord.

Each opening likewise is encircled by a line or elastic string running in a hollow seam on the edge of the hole.