dent., doctor medicinæ dentariæ ; Dr. med.

In animals at least as complex as an earthworm, the embryo forms a dent on one side, the blastopore, which deepens to become the archenteron, the first phase in the growth of the gut.

In deuterostomes, the original dent becomes the anus while the gut eventually tunnels through to make another opening, which forms the mouth.

More recent research, however, shows that in protostomes the edges of the dent close up in the middle, leaving openings at the ends which become the mouth and anus.

"' Forever Changes ' made only a minor dent on the charts when it was first released in 1967, but years later it became recognized as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love, which doubtless has as much to do with the disc's themes and tone as the music, beautiful as it is ," wrote Mark Deming in an entry for the online Allmusic guide.

* In the Star Trek universe, neutronium is an extremely hard and durable substance, often used as armor, which conventional weapons cannot penetrate or even dent.

In 1910, Egon Neumann of Germany discovered that a block of TNT, which would normally dent a steel plate, cut a hole right through it if the explosive had a conical indentation.

Unlike field corn varieties, which are harvested when the kernels are dry and mature ( dent stage ), sweet corn is picked when immature ( milk stage ) and prepared and eaten as a vegetable, rather than a grain.

The etymology of " bullet " and the adjective form of " proof " in the late 16th century would suggest that the term " bulletproof " originated shortly thereafter to identify a dent on the armor which proved it would resist bullet penetration.

However, as the British attack faltered, the main effort switched to the 9th Division, which punched a massive dent into the German and Italian position over the next five days at great cost, " crumbling " the Afrika Korps in the process, and ultimately forcing Rommel to retreat.

In 2009 they released their only album to date, Red Light Fever, which failed to make a dent on the charts (# 81 ).

Dobsonian scopes are intended to be transported out to dark sky locations, and Sonotubes are claimed to be more rugged than aluminum or fiberglass tubes which can dent or shatter from impacts.

Next chance to dent his armour came at the November 1996 municipal elections, which the DS entered as part of an opposition coalition featuring SPO, DSS, and GSS.

Upon the commercial success of the film trilogy during the next few years and all related merchandise, Mattel attempted to launch several unsuccessful toylines, none of which captured the public's imagination or made a significant dent in the toy market.

Several variants were produced, including a station wagon ( called the Custom ), a convertible, and two sport models known as the Young S, which had a slightly upgraded engine and transmission ( 4 gears instead of 3 ), bucket seats and a tachometer along with a black, white striped roof with a dent along the middle to put one's surfboard.

It was an expensive visit that made a serious dent in the family's finances, and which neutered their influence for years thereafter.

In addition to first and second-lien loans, other HE loans can consist of high loan to value ( LTV ) loans, re-performing loans, scratch and dent loans, or open-ended home equity lines of credit ( HELOC ), which homeowners use as a method to consolidate debt.

Engraving, characteristically for some hours, extends the dent to tapering depths of micrometer dimensions, which can be seen with a microscope.

In addition to racial unrest, thorny issues concerning Singapore's rights as an autonomous state further put a dent in relations, such as the failure of a common market to be set up between the Federation and Singapore, and the heavy tax burden placed on Singapore, which was seen as unfair.

Prohibition made no dent in Pearl's drinking habits ( which were legendary ).

The move put a dent in the music variety that is a hallmark of the Jack FM format and its " playing what we want " slogan ( which CJAQ still used at the time and would not replace until March 2008, when it adopted the slogan " Toronto's Best Rock Variety ").

Visit Me includes the single " That Other Woman ", which failed to make a major dent on both the pop and R & B charts.

On lower slopes are farmlands which grow mostly field " dent " corn and forests which transition from oak to oyamel with increasing elevation.

Building software capacities was also seen as important in a world where this form of FOSS software — which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed — is trying to make its dent in schools, universities, IT education, government policies and strategies of global agencies.

When used to install casing around windows or doors, they allow the wood to be pried off later with minimal damage when repairs are needed, and without the need to dent the face of the casing in order to grab and extract the nail.

These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve ," and " The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts ... we will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.

The lower panels of the B9 are dent resistant.

New World varietal wines from newcomers like Australia and Chile have made a significant dent in traditional French export markets like the UK, and so the French are adopting varietal labeling in some cases, particularly for vin de pays.

Pukao are cylindrical in shape with a dent on the underside to fit on the head of the moai and a boss or knot on top.

Sweet corn and popcorn cultivars are more susceptible to Stewart's wilt than field ( dent ) corn, but there are some dent corn inbreds and hybrids that are susceptible.

Many of these were technically stronger than dBase, but could not make a major dent in the market.

In 1922 he passed the state examination, and in 1923 received his doctorate in Dental Medicine, receiving the Dr. med. dent.

Although the series did well enough to quickly force the cancellation of another Carson competitor, ABC's The Joey Bishop Show, it was unable to make much of a dent in Carson's ratings.

The early Southwest Conference football leaders -- Texas, Arkansas and Texas A & M -- made a big dent in the statistics last week.

The protostomes were so named because it used to be thought that in their embryos the dent formed the mouth while the anus was formed later, at the opening made by the other end of the gut.

For example, a solid cube is convex, but anything that is hollow or has a dent in it, for example, a crescent shape, is not convex.

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This campaign also put a dent in the armour of Winston Churchill, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, who had commissioned the plans to invade the Dardanelles.

always found it somewhat peculiar that neither the Science piece nor his public wager with Ehrlich nor anything else that he did, said, or wrote seemed to make much of a dent on the world at large.

Signorile argues that the outing of journalist Pete Williams " and its aftermath did indeed make a big dent in the military's policy against gays.

What was not mentioned at the time was that the cutting back of his involvement in the new XTC recordings, ( the string arrangements having been taken over by Andy Partridge ), meant considerably fewer " points " in the calculation of royalties ; as Gregory never wrote any songs for the band, this put a significant dent in his potential income from the album, basically reducing his payments to that of a session musician.

The flanges, ( protruding edges of metal ) allow it to dent or penetrate even the thickest armour.

Frowde's agency was set up just in time, for the Revised Version, published on 17 May 1881, sold a million copies before publication and at a breakneck rate thenceforth, though overproduction ultimately made a dent in the profits.

Over time, a visible dent at the injection site, due to the local destruction of fat tissue, known as lipoatrophy, may develop.

Asia received the RIAA Gold album award for Then and Now many years later, but the initial response was modest as the album failed to dent the Top 100.

Corn syrup is produced from number 2 yellow dent corn.

In doing so, he intended to dent the public and American confidence in the senior army officers, who were plotting against him.

Both " Blinded by the Light " and " Spirit in the Night " were released as singles by Columbia, but neither made a dent in the US charts.

The town is now but a dent in the land scarce of life but still holding an amount of roughly 20-30 people, and as a result of the growing of the plantae kudzu, Cardiff is becoming a land lost in time.