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PRONUNCIATION OF PINEAL EYE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINEAL EYE

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Pineal eye is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PINEAL EYE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pineal eye

Parietal eye

A parietal eye, also known as a third parietal eye or pineal eye, is a part of the epithalamus present in some animal species. The eye is photoreceptive and is associated with the pineal gland, regulating circadian rhythmicity and hormone production for thermoregulation.

Definition of pineal eye in the English dictionary

The definition of pineal eye in the dictionary is an outgrowth of the pineal gland that forms an eyelike structure on the top of the head in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINEAL EYE

pine kernel
pine marten
pine needle
pine nut
pine siskin
pine tar
Pine Tree State
pine-like
pineal
pineal body
pineal gland
pinealectomise
pinealectomize
pinealectomy
pineapple
pineapple juice
pineapple tree
pineapple weed
pinedrops
pineland

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINEAL EYE

an eye for an eye
beady eye
black eye
eagle eye
easy on the eye
electric eye
evil eye
half an eye
hook and eye
in the public eye
mind´s eye
more than meets the eye
my eye
private eye
red eye
see eye to eye
smack in the eye
the evil eye
third eye
turn a blind eye

Synonyms and antonyms of pineal eye in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pineal eye» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINEAL EYE

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The translations of pineal eye from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pineal eye» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

松果眼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ojo pineal
570 millions of speakers

English

pineal eye
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीनियल आंख
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العين الصنوبرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шишковидной глаз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

olho pineal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিনাই চোখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oeil pinéale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mata pineal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zirbeldrüse Auge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

松果体目
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뇌의 눈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pineal eye
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mắt tùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பினியல் கண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शंकूच्या आकाराचे डोळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sedef göz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

occhio pineale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oko szyszynki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шишкоподібної очей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ochi pineal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίφυση μάτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pineale oog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tallkottkörteln öga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pineal øye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pineal eye

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINEAL EYE»

The term «pineal eye» is used very little and occupies the 181.541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINEAL EYE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pineal eye

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINEAL EYE»

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Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939
The Pineal Eye Given a certain latitude of interpretation, the entire conception— and at the same time the obsession— expressed by the image of the pineal eye and explained below goes back to the beginning of the year 1927, exactly during  ...
Georges Bataille, Allan Stoekl, 1985
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Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in ...
In two other essays written around 1930, Bataille turned to another concept, that of the "pineal eye," which had played a central role in Descartes's philosophy." Strictly speaking, Descartes had known it only as a gland, not as a vestigial eye, ...
Martin Jay, 1993
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Color Atlas of Embryology
The pineal eye is a specializzed organ that is derived from the epiphysis and clearly demonstrates the light- sensing function. In the course of evolution, the light- sensitive cells in the epiphysial diver- ticulum developed into neuroendocrine ...
Ulrich Drews, 1995
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The Primal Eye
Early vertebrates with a fully functioning pineal eye and gland (supported by studies on modern-day walking fossils such as Sphenodon and Yellowtailed lizards) exhibited behaviour conditioned by light from the environment acting on their ...
Steve Nichols
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Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille
The Caesarean epiphysis) proper and the pineal eye, which is only encountered among the lower reptiles. It does, indeed, seem that this eye constitutes a vestigial organ, but its connection to the ocular system, suggested by the name given it, ...
Denis Hollier, 1992
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Formless: Ways in and Out of Form
But in developing a 'practical heterology', Bataille associates fantasy with base matter, and indeed with scatology. Bataille' s obsession with the pineal eye is only one, though perhaps the foremost, example of this association. In his essay ' The ...
Patrick Crowley, Paul Hegarty, 2005
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Structure and Function of the Epiphysis Cerebri
The lens of the pineal eye is thus exposed as Well as the surrounding dura mater . 1 mule} rs; 7- -_~ \ dun Inter . ' Y IIIII l'l|lll\| as ,_, . llr lubbll 'fiilllllflf Fig. 1. Photograph of the exposed pineal eye of Cordylus palyzonus jordani, taken by attaching ...
J. Arie ̈ns Kappers, Lili Wang, 2011
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Eye Color: A Key to Human and Animal Behavior
This “third eye” or “pineal eye” was mentioned earlier as one adaptation which gives the organism greater sensitivity to light. Apparently, having an extra hole in the skull had some serious disadvantages for higher organisms. They have ...
Morgan Worthy, 1999
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Altarity
The locus of this "blind spot or stain" (aveugle tache) is what Bataille describes as "the pineal eye." "The pineal eye" is a multivalent term that can be understood in many different ways. This peculiar organ is obviously related to the pineal ...
Mark C. Taylor, 1987
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The Third Eye
Lm of longitudinal section of pineal eye (pi) and parietal eye (pa) from young ammocoetes of E. tridentatus. Dorsal aspect to reader's right. F, fold in roof of pineal eye; G, ganglion below parietal eye, also two ganglion cells in pineal eye; is, ...
Richard Marshall Eakin, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINEAL EYE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pineal eye is used in the context of the following news items.
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Settling the Score: Friday's results
He's talking about the same sort of reflexive tropism that a wall lizard displays when the shadow of a crow crosses its pineal eye scale. «NBCSports.com, May 15»
2
Personal Style: Nicola Formichetti
As well as working in up-and-coming clothes shops (Yuko Yabiku's Pineal Eye being the most notable), his time on London's party scene ... «GQ.com, Dec 14»
3
Our Final Thoughts On Ghanaian Journalism
... should be professionally trained to look at the world and issues through the philosophical pineal eye of methodological inclusiveness. «GhanaWeb, Nov 14»
4
Peter Jensen For OTHER/shop
“I love that the shop does its own thing (that sounds like a PR stunt to sell some chocolate) but I feel they were the first alongside The Pineal Eye to do something ... «Clash Magazine, Nov 14»
5
Rebel With Applause: Nicola Formichetti Is Tackling His Biggest …
After partaking in the London's local club scene for a few years, he helped a friend open the boutique A Pineal Eye, which became a go-to spot ... «Out Magazine, Mar 14»
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What Amiri Baraka Said About Kwame Nkrumah(7)
Why did the wise ancestors endow the ethereal Nkrumah with a pineal eye for proactive intellectualness and his eyeless opponents with ... «GhanaWeb, Mar 14»
7
Nicola Formichetti's Diesel power
Not surprisingly, there came a time when he needed to earn money to pay the rent so he became involved in The Pineal Eye in Soho, in the ... «GQ.com, Feb 14»
8
Andre Walker
“Nicola Formichetti bought a few things when he was working for the Pineal Eye in London, and I sold to a place or two in Japan.” In 2005, after ... «W Magazine, Feb 14»
9
The Gatekeepers Who Hold the Keys to Japanese Fashion
... Koga in Paris and Nicola Formichetti who worked with Yuko Yabiku for the now defunct but groundbreaking London retailer The Pineal Eye. «The Business of Fashion, Jun 13»
10
The designer world of the Chu brothers
Their big break came when the collection was bought by a famous boutique called The Pineal Eye, which carried luxury brands such as ... «South China Morning Post, Mar 13»

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