fine art. n. 1. (Art Terms) art produced chiefly for its aesthetic value, as opposed to applied art. 2. (Art Terms) Also called: beaux arts (often plural) any of the fields in which such art is produced, such as painting, sculpture, and engraving.
Metaphase is the second stage of cell division. At the metaphase plate, sister chromatids are attached to the bundle of four to eight spindle fibers.
metaphase (ËmÉtÉËfeÉªz) n 1. (Biology) the second stage of mitosis during which the condensed chromosomes attach to the centre of the spindle. metâ¢aâ¢phase (ËmÉt ÉËfeÉªz) n. the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.