Wondering how to use Hairlike in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as capillary or thin.
Hairlike in a sentence
Hairlike meaning
Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
Using Hairlike
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
- Useful related words include: capillary, thin.
Context around Hairlike
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hairlike
- In this selection, "hairlike" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, filoplumes, small, structures, feathers and mechanoreceptors stand out and add context to how "hairlike" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and small hairlike mechanoreceptors that and cause little hairlike structures called. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hairlike" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hairlike
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Caught prey can be felt by owls with the use of filoplumes —hairlike feathers on the beak and feet that act as "feelers". (23 words)
A third rarer type of feather, the filoplume, is hairlike and (if present in a bird; they are entirely absent in ratites citation ) grows along the fluffy down feathers. (29 words)
They house large numbers of sense organs that can detect touch (mechanoreceptors), smell and taste, and small, hairlike mechanoreceptors that can detect air movement so as to "hear" sounds. (29 words)
The sensation of sound occurs when the vibrations from sounds enter our ear and cause little hairlike structures — called hair cells — within our inner ear to move back and forth. (30 words)
A third rarer type of feather, the filoplume, is hairlike and (if present in a bird; they are entirely absent in ratites citation ) grows along the fluffy down feathers. (29 words)
They house large numbers of sense organs that can detect touch (mechanoreceptors), smell and taste, and small, hairlike mechanoreceptors that can detect air movement so as to "hear" sounds. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
The sensation of sound occurs when the vibrations from sounds enter our ear and cause little hairlike structures — called hair cells — within our inner ear to move back and forth.
A third rarer type of feather, the filoplume, is hairlike and (if present in a bird; they are entirely absent in ratites citation ) grows along the fluffy down feathers.
Caught prey can be felt by owls with the use of filoplumes —hairlike feathers on the beak and feet that act as "feelers".
They house large numbers of sense organs that can detect touch (mechanoreceptors), smell and taste, and small, hairlike mechanoreceptors that can detect air movement so as to "hear" sounds.