What is "portions"

Usage examples of "portions".

Small portions placed on the discs of three leaves caused their tentacles and blades to be strongly inflected within 8 hrs.

My son Francis prepared some artificial gastric juice, which was proved efficient by quickly dissolving fibrin, and suspended portions of the fibrocartilage in it.

Indeed, the channels between the islands which lay around the one we have been describing were so narrow that it was even difficult to say which portions of the land were connected, or which separated, even as one stood in the centre, with the express desire of ascertaining the truth.

In three other cases minute flies or portions of larger ones were carried to the centre in 1 hr.

The protoplasm within the cells of the twisted portions was aggregated into distinct though excessively minute purple spheres.

As a control experiment, small portions of this tissue were left in water and on wet moss for the same length of time, and remained white and opaque.

Small portions were washed and placed on five leaves, which were soon closely inflected, but to my surprise reexpanded completely in 48 hrs.

A narrow rim of the broad flat exterior part of each lobe is turned inwards, so that, when the lobes are closed, the exterior surfaces of the infolded portions come into contact.

As it appeared probable that this plant would capture a greater number of animals in its native country than under culture, I obtained permission to remove small portions of the rhizomes from dried specimens in the herbarium at Kew.

The inhabitants had already for some days been working hard at their defences, and the English at once joined them in their labours, strengthening the weak portions of the walls, mounting cannon upon the towers, and preparing in all ways to give a warm reception to the Spaniards.

The bloodred leathery skin stood out in sharp contrast to the black garment which covered the body and upper portions of all four legs.

Light streaked the vaulting walls, coruscated across the ceiling, illuminated portions of the floor.

As the galaxy ponderously precessed through the universe the searoom and nearby portions of the artifact became populated by a whole crop of little Candomblean assassins.

Exhausting all these, they were deserted for the French, German and English portions of Europe.

Still a plot was concocted for a break, and it seemed to the sanguine portions of us that it must prove successful.