appearance

(noun)

Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.

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Examples of appearance in the following topics:

  • Rash

    • A rash is a change of the skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture.
    • A rash is a change of the skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture.
    • The measles rash appears two to four days after initial symptoms, and lasts for up to eight days.

  • Evaluating the Normal approximation exercises

    • Do these data appear to follow a normal distribution?
    • Do these data appear to follow a normal distribution?
    • The data appear to be reasonably approximated by the normal distribution.

  • Atmospheric Perspective

    • Atmospheric perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance.
    • Atmospheric perspective, also known as aerial perspective, refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance.
    • Artists, especially painters, use the technique to show that faraway objects take on the colors of atmospheric haze and generally appear paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than near objects.
    • This technique of atmospheric perspective (with the use of light and dark) captures the sense of space with distant shapes appearing as if filtered through the natural environment.

  • Foreshortening

    • Foreshortening is the visual effect that causes an object or distance to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer.
    • Foreshortening is the visual effect or optical illusion that causes an object or distance to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer.
    • Additionally, the depicted object is often not scaled evenly; for example a circle might appear as an ellipse and a square might appear as a trapezoid.

  • APA: Abstract

    • Your abstract should appear by itself on page 2 of your paper.
    • Recall that the running head should now appear left-justified in the header on this page and on every page that follows.
    • This page should simply be titled “Abstract”; the title should be centered (and not bolded, underlined, or italicized) and should appear in the first line.
    • Any number that appears in the abstract should be written as a numeral (e.g., 1.5, 300) rather than spelled out (e.g., one and a half, three hundred) unless it begins a sentence—then it should be spelled out (e.g., "Three hundred children ate 1.5 sandwiches each”).
    • That said, if you do need to include keywords, they should appear on the line immediately after the last line of your abstract.

  • Bryophytes

    • Bryophytes (liverworts, mosses, and hornworts) are non-vascular plants that appeared on earth over 450 million years ago.
    • The first bryophytes (liverworts) probably appeared in the Ordovician period, about 450 million years ago.
    • Thus, the gametophyte is the dominant and most familiar form; the sporophyte appears for only a short period.

  • Development of the Peripheral Nervous System

    • In vertebrates, the first sign of the nervous system is the appearance of a thin strip of cells along the center of the back, called the neural plate.
    • As development proceeds, a fold called the neural groove appears along the midline.
    • At this point the future CNS appears as a cylindrical structure called the neural tube, whereas the future PNS appears as two strips of tissue called the neural crest, running lengthwise above the neural tube.

  • Stretching and Shrinking

    • This leads to a "stretched" appearance in the vertical direction.
    • If the function $f(x)$ is multiplied by a value less than one, all the y values of the equation will decrease, leading to a "shrunken" appearance in the vertical direction.  
    • This leads to a "shrunken" appearance in the horizontal direction.
    • If the independent variable $x$ is multiplied by a value less than one, all the x values of the equation will decrease, leading to a "stretched" appearance in the horizontal direction.  

  • Notes

    • It is worth noting that many historical scientists, philosophers, and statesmen appear racist by late-20th century standards.

  • Appear as Many, Not as One

    • Your developers should strive to appear in the project's public forums as individual participants, rather than as a monolithic corporate presence.
    • There's a difference between actually being decentralized and simply striving to appear that way.