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.
1. (Biology) the first stage of mitosis, during which the nuclear membrane disappears and the nuclear material resolves itself into chromosomes. See also metaphase, anaphase, telophase. 2. (Biology) the first stage of meiosis, divided into leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, and diakinesis phases.