Although when burned, amber does give off a characteristic " pinewood " fragrance, modern products, such as perfume, do not normally use actual amber.

These give a characteristic " laddered " appearance on agar gel after electrophoresis.

Its surfaces therefore are symmetrical and not uneven like the aerofoils which give the returning boomerang its characteristic curved flight.

A particular rhythmic pattern, or a characteristic instrument, is enough to give a traditional feel to music, even when it has been composed recently.

This rock can be weathered and eroded, and then redeposited and lithified into a sedimentary rock, or be turned into a metamorphic rock due to heat and pressure that change the mineral content of the rock and give it a characteristic fabric.

Their fur may serve as a chemical defence, as it is full of parasite repellents that give the animal a characteristic scent.

This, however, has not prevented Scott from making an important contribution to the noble-hero strand of the legend, too, because some subsequent motion picture treatments of the Robin Hood's adventures give Robin traits that are characteristic of Ivanhoe as well.

The characteristic property of the von Neumann measurement scheme is that repeating the same measurement will give the same results.

On the other hand, so-called delayed neutrons emitted as radioactive decay products with half-lives up to several minutes, from fission-daughters, are very important to reactor control, because they give a characteristic " reaction " time for the total nuclear reaction to double in size, if the reaction is run in a " delayed-critical " zone which deliberately relies on these neutrons for a supercritical chain-reaction ( one in which each fission cycle yields more neutrons than it absorbs ).

For a coaxial cable with air dielectric and a shield of a given inner diameter, the attenuation is minimized by choosing the diameter of the inner conductor to give a characteristic impedance of 76. 7 Ω.

Glutamate in acid form ( glutamic acid ) imparts little umami taste ; whereas the salts of glutamic acid, known as glutamates, can easily ionize and give the characteristic umami taste.

As an extensive property, heat capacity is characteristic of an object ; its corresponding intensive property is specific heat capacity, expressed in terms of a measure of the amount of material such as mass or number of moles, which must be multiplied by similar units to give the heat capacity of the entire body of material.

Although denti-alveolar consonants are often described as dental, it is the rear-most point of contact that is most relevant, for this is what defines the maximum acoustic space of resonance and will give a consonant its characteristic sound.

DA (" give ") + + + + + → dadaami ( the da at the beginning is from reduplication, a characteristic of class 3 verbs in Sanskrit )

Thus, a characteristic feature of cargo cults is the belief that spiritual agents will, at some future time, give much valuable cargo and desirable manufactured products to the cult members.

This can give the tetrode valve a distinctive negative resistance characteristic, sometimes called " tetrode kink ".

" Golden raisins " are made from sultanas, treated with sulfur dioxide ( SO < sub > 2 </ sub >), and flame-dried to give them their characteristic color.

Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang.

When the word " margarita " is used by itself, it typically refers to the lime or lemon juice margarita, but when other juices are used, the fruits are typically added as adjectives in the name ; with lime juice or lemon juice added to give it a characteristic margarita flavor ( a wedge of lime is often added to the glass ).

Another class of variations, designed for written rather than oral transmission, employs parody by pretending to have notable individuals or institutions give characteristic answers to the question posed by the riddle.

A waffle is a batter-based or dough-based cake cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression.

Batter is poured into the oiled indentations and as the æbleskiver begin to cook, they are turned with a knitting needle, skewer or fork to give the cakes their characteristic spherical shape.

It is the three lashed, rafted beams of old that give the Hong Kong style of dragon boats its characteristic hull form cross section underwater seen today, which is like the shape of the letter " W ".

These give them the characteristic sun-like appearance for which they are named, and are variously used for capturing food, sensation, movement, and attachment.

It is a Whig history of the `` Tory reaction '' which preceded the Reform Bill of 1832, and it uses the figure of Grey to give some unity to the narrative.

Herodotus does not give a figure for the size of the Athenian army.

However, Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias and Plutarch all give the figure of 9, 000 Athenians and 1, 000 Plateans ; while Justin suggests that there were 10, 000 Athenians and 1, 000 Plataeans.

Excessive connecting rod clearance, combined with extremely high oil pump output ( rare but not impossible ) can sling enough oil to coat the cylinder walls with enough oil to facilitate reasonable piston ring seal artificially give a misleadingly high figure, on engines with compromised ring seal.

If a compression test does give a low figure, and it has been determined it is not due to intake valve closure / camshaft characteristics, then one can differentiate between the cause being valve / seat seal issues and ring seal by squirting engine oil into the spark plug orifice, in a quantity sufficient to disperse across the piston crown and the circumference of the top ring land, and thereby effect the mentioned seal.

Polybius states that the Carthaginians had 130 ships, but does not give an exact figure for the Romans.

Dunn states that Antipas likely saw John as a figure whose asceic lifestyle and calls for moral reform could give rise to a poplar uprising on moral grounds, as both Josephus and the New Testament suggest.

The two triangular regions of a cross-quadrilateral ( like a figure 8 ) have opposite-signed densities, and adding their areas together can give a total area of zero for the whole figure.

To score by submission, the wrestler must make his opponent give up, usually, but not necessarily, by putting him in a submission hold ( e. g. figure four leg-lock, arm-lock, sleeper-hold ).

Instead of the impression of violence in the Delacroix work, Bartholdi wished to give the statue a peaceful appearance and chose a torch, representing progress, for the figure to hold.

Using the setup in figure 2, detecting the signal at frequency ω will give a value for or.

In 1749, Richardson's female friends started asking him to create a male figure as virtuous as his heroines " Pamela " and " Clarissa " in order to " give the world his idea of a good man and fine gentleman combined ".

Despite these efforts in May 1992, daily park attendance was around 25, 000 ( some reports give a figure of 30, 000 ) instead of the predicted 60, 000.

Clifford, who was dismayed by the disorder among agencies taking major post-war policy-making decisions, was a key figure in establishing the National Security Council to give institutional stability to national security policy-making.

The black lines on the figure indicate the mixing of < sup > 1 </ sup > A < sub > 2u </ sub > with < sup > 3 </ sup > E < sub > u </ sub > to give two A < sub > 2u </ sub > states.

Lecter had previously met Buffalo Bill, the former lover of his patient ( and eventual victim ) Benjamin Raspail ; he keeps this information to himself, however, preferring to give Starling information in the form of clues and riddles designed to help her figure it out for herself.

The Shiva Samhita, a late medieval text on Hatha yoga, enshrines the figure of the guru as essential for liberation, and asserts that the disciple should give all his or her property and livestock to the guru upon diksha ( initiation ).

After the general body shape is complete, the sculptor adds the finer details, paying close attention to the eyes, nose, and mouth that give the figure its lifelike expression.

God, “ is the principle of salvation, of good dispositions and actions, consequently own good principle and nature .” It appeals to humankind to give qualities to the idol of their religion because without these qualities a figure such as God would become merely an object, its importance would become obsolete, there would no longer be a feeling of an existence for God.

* Judges use the same 6. 0 score system as in figure skating: there are several varying criteria, each judge must give the contestant a score from 4. 0 to 6. 0 on each of the following:

Be it enacted ... That whoever, within the District of Columbia or any of the Territories of the United States ... shall sell ... or shall offer to sell, or to lend, or to give away, or in any manner to exhibit, or shall otherwise publish or offer to publish in any manner, or shall have in his possession, for any such purpose or purposes, an obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast instrument, or other article of an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever, for the prevention of conception, or for causing unlawful abortion, or shall advertise the same for sale, or shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, any card, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, stating when, where, how, or of whom, or by what means, any of the articles in this section … can be purchased or obtained, or shall manufacture, draw, or print, or in any wise make any of such articles, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court of the United States ... he shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the penitentiary for not less than six months nor more than five years for each offense, or fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, with costs of court.

Sources give the date of the Buddha's birth as 563 BCE and others as 624 BCE ; Theravada Buddhist countries tend to use the latter figure.

If a number is quoted from a pro-Iraqi source, and the Allies fail to give a sufficiently specific alternate number, the pro-Iraqi figure is entered into IBC's database as both a maximum and a minimum.