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pe·lite

 (pē′līt′)
n.
Sedimentary rock composed of fine fragments, as of clay or mud.

[Greek pēlos, clay + -ite.]

pe·lit′ic (pĭ-lĭt′ĭk) adj.
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pelite

(ˈpiːlaɪt)
n
(Minerals) any argillaceous rock such as shale
[C19: from Greek pēlos mud]
pelitic adj
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The intermediate zone is well marked by a collar and is of a clear green-grey colour and contrasts on the red brown pelite background.
Participants Subjects Age (yr) 53.8 -- Height (m) 181.6 -- Mass (kg) 88.0 -- BMI 27.3 -- (kg/[m.sub.2]) Time Since 8.2 -- Amputation (yr) Male/Female -- 17/7 Not Overweight/ -- 3/14/7 Overweight/ Overweight and Obese Smoker -- 7 of 24 Presence of PAD -- 11 of 24 Presence of HBP -- 13 of 24 Presence of -- 8 of 24 Diabetes Prostheses Socket Design -- 23 PTB; 1 PTB-suction Liner Type -- 9 Alpha; 9 Iceross; 4 Pelite; 1 ALPS; 1 custom elastomer Suspension -- 18 pin lock; 3 suction; 3 sleeve Sock Ply -- 8 0-1 ply; 8 2-3 ply; 7 4-10 ply; 1 13 ply BMI = body mass index, HBP = high blood pressure, PAD = peripheral arterial disease, PTB = patellar tendon bearing, SD = standard deviation.
Rock types in the area include fine- to coarse-grained amphibolite, minor mafic tuff, dark green-black pelite, psammite, and adjacent to the pegmatite lenses, fine-grained tourmaline-bearing, silica-rich rock.
Sample D (Nora Lunalight A, Nora Systems Inc; Salem, New Hampshire) exhibited the highest force reduction percentage (>82%), while sample G (Pelite, TaiTak PVC Leather Co; Dongguan, China) had the lowest force reduction percentage of 38.9 percent.
1A.11, location, and 8.IV), the base of this unit is marked by a "lag" of breccia including pelite clasts.
Despite the shallow crustal level at which deformation occurred, early ductile shearing in the Waite zone generated phyllonite from Fredericton belt pelite and psammite (Ludman 1998) and converted the massive Deblois and Bottle Lake granites to strongly foliated granite, s-c mylonite, and interlayered mylonite and ultramylonite (Wang and Ludman 1999; Wang et al.
The socket was then fabricated by building a distal pelite cap to allow for inner socket length adjustability during fitting.
Silicone liners are believed to be more effective in controlling the pistoning within the prosthetic socket than polyethylene foam (pelite) liners.
It is primarily turbiditic pelite with many beds of quartzite, impure dolomitic marble, some conglomerate, and a few feldspar-rich volcaniclastic beds and is thought to be either Neoproterozoic or Cambrian.
Seven subjects used an elastomeric liner with locking pin, one used an elastomeric liner with a suction socket (no pin), one used a Pelite liner with sleeve suspension, and one used a gel-impregnated sock with sleeve suspension.
Croix terrane of the northern Appalachian orogen, a sequence of quartzofeldspathic sedimentary rocks, quartzite, carbonaceous pelite, and minor mafic tuff.
Subject Socket Suspension Ankle/Foot Time with Design System Assembly Existing Prosthesis (yr) 1 PTB Pelite Liner Otto Bock Dynamic 1.6 with External Motion Sleeve 2 PTB Pin and Lock Seattle Litefoot 1.0 3 PTB Pelite Liner Endolite Multiflex 2.0 4 PTB Pin and Lock Seattle Catalyst 1.0 5 PTB Pin and Lock Otto Bock Dynamic 2.0 Motion 6 PTB Pelite Liner SACH 0.7 7 PTB Pelite Liner Otto Bock Dynamic 0.7 with External Motion Sleeve 8 PTB Pelite Liner SACH 1.0 9 PTB Pelite Liner Endolite Multiflex 2.0 10 PTB Pin and Lock Otto Bock 6.0 Springlite PTB = patellar tendon bearing, SACH = solid ankle cushion heel.
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