Crete senesi are literally ‘ Siennese clays ’, and the distinctive grey colouration of the soil gives the landscape an appearance often described as lunar.

Their night vision is especially good due to the presence of a tapetum lucidum, which reflects light back inside the eyeball, and gives felid eyes their distinctive shine.

Granite differs from granodiorite in that at least 35 % of the feldspar in granite is alkali feldspar as opposed to plagioclase ; it is the alkali feldspar that gives many granites a distinctive pink color.

Along with the manner of articulation and the phonation, this gives the consonant its distinctive sound.

It was first defined by the OED as “ he theory that distinctive human characteristics and abilities are determined by race ”, which gives 1936 as the first recorded use.

The most abundant compound in spearmint oil is R -(–)- carvone, which gives spearmint its distinctive smell.

This is said to soften the skin, but also colors them with the distinctive yellow hue that gives its name to this ceremony.

It is also what gives diamonds their distinctive sparkle, as diamond has an unusually high refractive index.

An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern Tunisia gives the country two distinctive Mediterranean coasts, west-east in the north, and north-south in the east.

A distinctive groove runs circumferentially around its edge, easily felt by a finger ; the groove gives the visual and tactile impression that it consists of two coins pressed into one, though this is not the case.

Mayonnaise is very popular in Russia where it is made with sunflower seed oil which gives it a very distinctive flavor.

The transverse flagellum is ribbon-like and coiled, provides most of the force propelling the cell, and often imparts to it a distinctive whirling motion, which is what gives them their name.

This underground roasting gives mezcal its intense and distinctive smoky flavor.

Shakespeare's changes to the plot are uncharacteristically slight, especially in light of the romance's undramatic nature, and Shakespeare's fidelity to it gives The Winter's Tale its most distinctive feature: the sixteen-year gap between the third and fourth acts.

The white cotton thread on the traditional indigo blue cloth gives sashiko its distinctive appearance, though decorative items sometimes use red thread.

This gives some Scotch whisky a distinctive smoky flavour, often called " peatiness ".

An active Lightsaber gives off a distinctive hum, which rises in pitch and volume as the blade is moved rapidly through the air.

It is the large number of paper mills in the area that gives Pine Bluff its, at times, distinctive odor, a feature known prominently among Arkansans.

The cheese is then soaked in a brine solution, which gives the cheese and its rind a distinctive taste.

T-shirts are typically made of cotton fibers ( sometimes others ), knitted together in a jersey stitch that gives a T-shirt its distinctive soft texture.

This varies from rigid to flexible, and gives the cell its shape, often giving it distinctive striations.

The terroir philosophy is predominately French, the flavour and character of the place defining the individuality and the special attributes of wines and combined with hundreds of years of the finest wine making traditions, terroir gives wines their distinctive taste and signature.

Suited to their temperate habitat, groundhogs are covered with two coats of fur: a dense grey undercoat and a longer coat of banded guard hairs that gives the groundhog its distinctive " frosted " appearance.

The mold that gives Roquefort its distinctive character ( Penicillium roqueforti ) is found in the soil of the local caves.

Within 4 – 5 days the inflammation and the concomitant dead brain tissue are surrounded with a capsule, which gives the lesion the famous ring-enhancing lesion appearance on CT examination with contrast ( since intravenously applied contrast material can not pass through the capsule, it is collected around the lesion and looks as a ring surrounding the relatively dark lesion ).

Swelling of the lips and tongue gives the tongue its typical blue appearance, though this sign is confined to a minority of the animals.

This tissue gives bones their smooth, white, and solid appearance, and accounts for 80 % of the total bone mass of an adult skeleton.

It gives the appearance of ridges and parkland.

Even after the loss of the nucleus in mammals, residual ribosomal RNA allows further synthesis of Hb until the reticulocyte loses its RNA soon after entering the vasculature ( this hemoglobin-synthetic RNA in fact gives the reticulocyte its reticulated appearance and name ).

The case also gives the harpsichord its external appearance and protects the instrument.

The remaining 8. 33 % of the coin's weight ( 2. 826 g ) is copper ( an alloy known historically as crown gold which has long been used for English gold sovereigns ), which gives the Krugerrand a more orange appearance than silver-alloyed gold coins.

Less common is the Budo-Goromo, which has a darker ( burgundy ) hi overlay that gives it the appearance of bunches of grapes.

The use of oblique ( from the side ) illumination gives the image a 3-dimensional appearance and can highlight otherwise invisible features.

This gives many foods and various liquid consumer products, like lotions, cleaners and paints, for example, a viscous appearance when stationary, but fluidity when the slightest shear is applied, such as when wiped, poured or brushed.

" Z-thumb " or " Z-deformity " consists of hyperextension of the interphalangeal joint, fixed flexion and subluxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint and gives a " Z " appearance to the thumb.

" ( Castiglione 1. 26 ) The Count reasons that by obscuring his knowledge of letters, the courtier gives the appearance that his “ orations were composed very simply ” as if they sprang up from “ nature and truth than from study and art .” ( 1. 26 ).

This gives the figure a more dynamic, or alternatively relaxed appearance.

One conversation centered on the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue.

This gives them a mane or Mohawk-type appearance ; this fur is shed as the cheetah grows older.

It has been speculated this mane gives a cheetah cub the appearance of the honey badger ( ratel ), to scare away potential aggressors.

Each statue gives the appearance of facing the other across the Atlantic Ocean.

This wavefunction gives an appearance of wave behavior to matter, without making real physical waves appear.

The specific term " singularity " as a description for a phenomenon of technological acceleration causing an eventual unpredictable outcome in society was coined by mathematician and physicist Stanislaw Ulam as early as 1958, when he wrote of a conversation with John von Neumann concerning the " ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue.

Mature plum fruit may have a dusty-white coating that gives them a glaucous appearance.

The foremost dancer is ornamented all over with down feathers, which gives him a monkey-like appearance ; the hindermost has had the whimsical idea of painting his body to imitate the uniform of a Spanish soldier, with his boots, stockings, breeches, and upper garments.

In particular, the place where the Sun and Moon come in conjunction shifts westward by about 0. 5 ° with respect to the Moon's nodes every saros, and this gives rise to a series of eclipses, called a saros series, that slowly change in appearance.

This technique gives the appearance of space and atmosphere.

The city's unique shape, curved around its harbor, gives it the appearance of a crescent moon.