an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal. 2. any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter: a steam shovel. 3. a shovelful.
Cone beam computed tomography. Cone beam computed tomography. MeSH. Cone beam computed tomography (or CBCT, also referred to as C-arm CT, cone beam volume CT, or flat panel CT) is a medical imaging technique consisting of X-ray computed tomography where the X-rays are divergent, forming a cone.
cones are specialized reproductive structures of the sporophyte. Each cone consists of several âscalesâ arranged around an axis. Each scale is a sporophyll that will bear the spores of the sporophyte generation. An ovulate cone has many hard, radiating scales, each bearing a pair of ovules. Pollen cones are generally much smaller than ovulate cones; they contain many sporangia, each of which makes numerous haploid spores by meiosis. Male gametophytes (pollen grains) develop from the spores.