The advantage of dot-matrix over other impact printers is that they can produce graphical images in addition to text ; however the text is generally of poorer quality than impact printers that use letterforms ( type ).

The price of a new bicycle can range from US $ 50 to more than US $ 20, 000 ( the highest priced bike in the world is the custom Madone by Damien Hirst, sold at $ 500, 000 USD ), depending on quality, type and weight ( the most exotic road bicycles can weigh as little as 3. 2 kg ( 7 lb )).

Evidence quality can be assessed based on the source type ( from meta-analyses and systematic reviews of triple-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials with concealment of allocation and no attrition at the top end, down to conventional wisdom at the bottom ), as well as other factors including statistical validity, clinical relevance, currency, and peer-review acceptance.

In contrast, patient testimonials, case reports, and even expert opinion ( however some critics have argued that expert opinion " does not belong in the rankings of the quality of empirical evidence because it does not represent a form of empirical evidence " and continue that " expert opinion would seem to be a separate, complex type of knowledge that would not fit into hierarchies otherwise limited to empirical evidence alone.

The effect honey has on light is useful for determining the type and quality.

The author of the Cologne Chronicle of 1499 quotes Ulrich Zell, the first printer of Cologne, that printing was performed in Mainz in 1450, but that some type of printing of lower quality had previously occurred in the Netherlands.

* Top-grain leather ( the most common type used in high-end leather products ) is the second-highest quality.

Several perspectives or branches of such academic dictionary research have been distinguished: ' dictionary criticism ' ( or evaluating the quality of one or more dictionaries, e. g. by means of reviews ( see Nielsen 2009 )), ' dictionary history ' ( or tracing the traditions of a type of dictionary or of lexicography in a particular country or language ), ' dictionary typology ' ( or classifying the various genres of reference works, such as dictionary versus encyclopedia, monolingual versus bilingual dictionary, general versus technical or pedagogical dictionary ), ' dictionary structure ' ( or formatting the various ways in which the information is presented in a dictionary ), ' dictionary use ' ( or observing the reference acts and skills of dictionary users ), and ' dictionary IT ' ( or applying computer aids to the process of dictionary compilation ).

Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that one or two producers sell products that are differentiated from one another as goods but not perfect substitutes ( such as from branding, quality, or location ).

The goods perform the same basic functions but have differences in qualities such as type, style, quality, reputation, appearance, and location that tend to distinguish them from each other.

As with GMP, operating within this flexibility, it is the responsibility of each manufacturer to establish requirements for each type or family of devices that will result in devices that are safe and effective, and to establish methods and procedures to design, produce, and distribute devices that meet the quality system requirements.

This type of video signal is widely used in Europe since it is the best quality signal that can be carried on the standard SCART connector.

Vellum is generally smooth and durable, although there are great variations depending on preparation, the quality of the skin and the type of animal used.

However, it is a commonly used file type, suitable for retaining first generation archived files of high quality, for use on a system where disk space is not a constraint, or in applications such as audio editing, where the time involved in compressing and uncompressing data is a concern.

The price of the gemstones, if any, in the ring depends on the type and quality of the gem.

A copying technique allows high quality replicas to be made from master gratings of either type, thereby lowering fabrication costs.

Accurate color reproduction and the type of ink used ( see below ) are key to distinguishing high quality from low quality digital prints.

Olivine, of which peridot is a type, is a common mineral in mafic and ultramafic rocks, and it is often found in lavas and in peridotite xenoliths of the mantle, which lavas carry to the surface ; but gem quality peridot only occurs in a fraction of these settings.

In most conventional warfare, the belligerents deploy forces of a similar type and the outcome can be predicted by the quantity of the opposing forces or by their quality, for example better command and control of their forces ( c3 ).

The high quality and relatively low price of the Gutenberg Bible ( 1455 ) established the superiority of movable type in Europe and the use of printing presses spread rapidly.

The radiation dose for a particular study depends on multiple factors: volume scanned, patient build, number and type of scan sequences, and desired resolution and image quality.

The type and quality of the dress depends on the wrestler's rank.

Crafters may have a preference for one type of hook material over another due to aesthetic appeal, yarn glide, or hand disorders such as arthritis, where bamboo or wood hooks are favored over metal for the perceived warmth and flexibility during use.

# Disturbed natural forest – Any forest type above that has in its interior significant areas of disturbance by people, including clearing, felling for wood extraction, anthropogenic fires, road construction, etc.

# Disturbed natural forest – Any forest type above that has in its interior significant areas of disturbance by people, including clearing, felling for wood extraction, anthropogenic fires, road construction, etc.

Some aspects to consider in a guitar neck may be the overall width of the fretboard, scale ( distance between the frets ), the neck wood, the type of neck construction ( for example, the neck may be glued in or bolted on ), and the shape ( profile ) of the back of the neck.

The bodies of the gutiars are made up maple, the neck has a set-in construction type, and features wood control knobs and hand rolled frets.

The characteristic arched top can be made of a solid piece of wood that is carved into the arched shape, or a piece of laminated wood ( essentially a type of plywood ) that is pressed into shape.

The mallet head weighs from 160 grams to 240 grams, depending on player preference and the type of wood used, and the shaft can vary in weight and flexibility depending on the player's preference.

The late 1990s saw a trend towards " wood finishes " in which fully matured whisky is moved from one barrel into another one that had previously aged a different type of alcohol ( e. g., port, Madeira, rum, wine, etc.

This wood left outside can be expected to last no more than 12 – 18 months depending on the type of climate it is exposed to.

* Windsor chair, type of chair with a solid wood seat and turned legs

Prior to the development of metal movable type, most printing was done using blocks carved from wood.

Wooden movable type was also first developed around 1040 AD by Bi Sheng ( 毕昇 ) ( 990 – 1051 ), as described by the Chinese scholar Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ), but was abandoned in favour of clay movable types due to the presence of wood grains and the unevenness of the wooden type after being soaked in ink.

Transition from wood type to metal type occurred in 1234 during the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea and is credited to Choe Yun-ui.

Thus, large scale type was made as engraved wood blocks as well as ceramics plates.

Images could be printed together with movable type if they were made as woodcuts or wood engravings as long as the blocks were made to the same type height.

Of mixed wood, fabric, aluminium and steel construction, it had unequal span, warren-braced rectangular wings and the first aircraft was powered by a 128 hp Bristol Lucifer engine and had mahogany plywood " Consuta " type floats.

* Ao, a type of Easter Island wood carving

Type foundries have cast fonts in lead alloys from the 1450s until the present, although wood served as the material for some large fonts called wood type during the 19th century, particularly in the United States.

The beams are palm trunks, for this type of wood – unlike all others – does not rot and, when it is damp and subjected to heavy pressure, it curves upwards.