Examples of 'needle-like' in a sentence

Meaning of "needle-like"

Needle-like: describing something that is thin, pointed, and elongated like a needle. This term is often used in scientific or descriptive contexts

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Males have a needle-like intromittent organ.
Needle-like particles was observed in the slurry.
Each diamond sprouting a needle-like leaf.
The needle-like fiber shape of CNTs is similar to asbestos fibers.
Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.
Their needle-like teeth are highly adapted for impaling fish.
Some forms had hundreds of needle-like teeth.
They have hard needle-like spines that cover the branches.
Amphibole asbestos fibres are straight and needle-like.
Pycnidia produce needle-like pycnidiospores.
Preserved teeth are all small and needle-like.
It owes its name to the needle-like mountains surrounding it.
The artificially manufactured wollastonite is also of needle-like shape.
Even the original needle-like morphology is not preserved in such circumstances.
Acicular particles are needle-like in shape.

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The titanyl sulfate precipitates produced in both experiments were needle-like.
There were high density needle-like structures at the lowest cell layers.
Martensitic stainless steels contain iron having a needle-like structure.
These needle-like silicon particles are also present in the interdendritic regions.
No other known cosmic object exhibits such a needle-like form.
The stylets are needle-like projections used to penetrate plant and animal tissues.
It is a mountainous island devoid of flat lands where it contains needle-like peaks.
The seeds are needle-like with sharp tips and long tails.
The martensitic stainless steel contains iron with a needle-like structure.
It has needle-like leaves and white flowers with long corolla tubes.
The thus obtained ratanhiaphenol is in the form of colourless needle-like crystals.
Bilirubin crystals are yellowish, needle-like structures that are formed from conjugated bilirubin.
Higher reading rates are also achievable by the provision of a plurality of needle-like electrodes.
The hairpin may be needle-like and encrusted with jewels and ornaments.
Crystals with a high aspect ratio are more pointed with needle-like crystals.
A plurality of needle-like crystals assemble while arranging their orientations in one direction.
Imaging techniques are used to insert a needle-like electrode probe into the tumor.
The present invention does not limit the positioning marker to be a needle-like object.
Figure 5 shows the needle-like surface topography of a material or coating of the invention.
Initially, there may be sensations of stinging or needle-like pricks that are often ignored.
A few hours later, the needle-like crystals in the mother liquor were collected by filtration.
The brown solution was allowed to cool slowly, giving yellow needle-like crystals.
The compound can precipitate in needle-like crystals which can be quite large.
In contrast, a majority of macrophage cells treated with extracts became needle-like cells.
The needle-like tip can be formed prior to or after drying of the semisolid rods.
Most pterosaur skulls had elongated jaws with a full complement of needle-like teeth.
Cedar has needle-like leaves that are densely packed in spiral clusters on the branches.
The tissues of the plant contain microscopic, irritating needle-like crystals called raphides.
It is deciduous and its needle-like leaves turn yellow and are shed in the autumn.
The fillers may include acircular or nonisometric materials with a platy or needle-like structure.
On the microscopic level, the virus uses that needle-like projection to penetrate a cell membrane.
The glass thread is continuous and therefore does not have any needle-like part.
Under polarized light microscopy, they have a needle-like morphology and strong negative birefringence.
The cat 's eye reflection is caused by the parallel alignment of rutile needle-like inclusions.
William and a porter climbed toward the needle-like spire that was the expedition 's goal.

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