exquisite
(adjective)
Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
Examples of exquisite in the following topics:
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Maurya Dynasty
- These pillars, often exquisitely decorated, are the most widespread example of Mauryan architecture that exists today, with more than 40 spread throughout the Indian subcontinent.
- The most widespread example of Mauryan architecture that exists today are the Pillars of Ashoka, often exquisitely decorated, with more than 40 spread throughout the Indian subcontinent.
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Chance, Improvisation, and Spontaneity
- Surrealists are known for having invented "exquisite corpse" drawing, an exercise where words and images are collaboratively assembled, one after another.
- Many Surrealist techniques, including exquisite corpse drawing, allowed for the playful creation of art through assigning value to spontaneous production.
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Oligotrophs
- The Caulobacter cell cycle control system has been exquisitely optimized by evolutionary selection as a total system for robust operation in the face of internal stochastic noise and environmental uncertainty.
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Romanesque Painting and Stained Glass
- Painting from the Romanesque era consisted of elaborate mural decorations and exquisite stained glass.
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Kuba
- The Kuba are known for their raffia embroidered textiles, fiber and beaded hats, carved palm wine cups and cosmetic boxes, but they are most famous for their monumental helmet masks, featuring exquisite geometric patterns, stunning fabrics, seeds, beads and shells.
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Pisa, Venice, and Milan
- In addition to exquisite architecture and important paintings, Venice has been since the Medieval period the home to an important community of glass craftsmen.
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Art in the Second Millennium B.C.E.
- The Assyrians, on the other hand, developed a style of large and exquisitely detailed narrative reliefs in painted stone or alabaster.
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High and Low Culture
- The exquisite frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel illustrate an example of the "high culture" of the elite aristocracy of the times.
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Antigens and Antigen Receptors
- Antigen(ic) specificity is the ability of the host cells to recognize an antigen specifically as a unique molecular entity and distinguish it from another with exquisite precision.
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The Diagnostic Scheme
- Microscopy is often also used in conjunction with biochemical staining techniques, and can be made exquisitely specific when used in combination with antibody based techniques.