(a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
(a.) Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
(a.) Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
(a.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
(n.) An abrupt place.
(v. t.) To tear off or asunder.
Example Sentences:
(1) These two types of transfer functions are appropriate to explain the transition to anaerobic metabolism (anaerobic threshold), with a hyperbolic transfer characteristic representing a graded transition; and a sigmoid transfer characteristic representing an abrupt transition.
(2) Abruptly changing cows from one feeding system to another did not influence milk yield, milk composition, or body weight gain.
(3) Interphase death thus involves a discrete, abrupt transition from the normal state and is not merely the consequence of progressive and degenerative changes.
(4) NPR reported that investigators have not found telltale signs associated with Islamist radicalization , such as a change in mosques or abrupt shifts in behavior or family associations.
(5) Echocardiographic findings included an abrupt midsystolic, posterior motion (greater than 3 mm beyond the CD line) in five patients, multiple sequence echoes in six, and posterior coaptation of the mitral valve near the left atrial wall in six.
(6) 1) The incidence of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM), threatened premature delivery, toxemia and abruption placentae were 40.6, 36.4, 7.8 and 3.0%, respectively.
(7) The present report details an unusual patient with "occult temporal arteritis" who sustained abrupt monocular visual loss and subsequent ipsilateral ophthalmoplegia involving all functions of the oculomotor nerve.
(8) The stiffness of the fibre first rose abruptly in response to stretch and then started to decrease linearly while the stretch went on; after the completion of stretch the stiffness decreased towards a steady value which was equal to that during the isometric tetanus at the same sarcomere length, indicating that the enhancement of isometric force is associated with decreased stiffness.
(9) We conclude that CJD-related neuropathological phenomena do not accumulate gradually through the incubation period but develop relatively abruptly and in complete form.
(10) It inherited an economy that was growing quite strongly but activity came to an abrupt halt last autumn and has flatlined ever since.
(11) An abrupt decrease of the liver glycogen was found as well as a negligible rise of the blood sugar.
(12) Abrupt withdrawal jumping behavior in morphine-dependent mice is accompanied by a decrease in brain dopamine turnover and an increase in brain dopamine level which parallel strain differences in jumping incidence.
(13) In the active phase all the patients exhibited an abrupt increase in the activity of alkaline and acid phosphatase in blood neutrophils, a drop in the level of CP (in 69%), a rise in the activity of MP (in 32%); pyrogenal did not induce any capacity for restoring HCT (in 44%).
(14) During the development of the PM, all five RNAs exhibited the same schedule of accumulation, appearing de novo, or increasing abruptly just before PM ingression, and remaining at relatively high levels thereafter.
(15) In each case, the surgical procedure was nearly complete when an abrupt and persistent loss of SSEPs occurred.
(16) Following a midcollicular transection the paroxysmal bulbar activity abruptly disappeared.
(17) These channels underlie the graded active responses that can be elicited at the offset of abrupt hyperpolarizing and depolarizing intracellular current pulses.
(18) The main response characteristics are an immediate motor 'paralysis' (prolonged and generalized immobility), unresponsiveness, and abrupt and profound bradycardia.
(19) LAD to LCCA collaterals serve as functionally significant bidirectional perfusion conduits, and monitoring of collateral perfusion development is practical by measuring the step reduction in LCCA flow upon abrupt release of an LAD occlusion.
(20) Using concurrent videoendoscopy and manometry, glottal and upper esophageal sphincter (UES) responses to abrupt esophageal distention by air injection (10-60 mL) and balloon distention (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 cm) were recorded simultaneously.
Hasty
Definition:
(n.) Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
(n.) Demanding haste or immediate action.
(n.) Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
(n.) Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
(n.) Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
(n.) Forward; early; first ripe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aim of this report is a stress of over-hasty classification to the surgical treatment of goiter diagnosed as hyperactive.
(2) On Saturday an idle digg ing machine signalled the hasty clearing of the building site to make way for the refugees, who have fled from countries including Syria and Eritrea .
(3) These will prepare you to stand your ground or beat a hasty retreat, depending on the threat.
(4) Plagued by prison riots, IRA breakouts, illegal deportations, verdicts that found him in contempt of court, and over-hasty legislation on dogs, he acquired a reputation – as home secretaries often do – for being accident-prone.
(5) Thus, we should not be too hasty in our extrapolations of data, even among closely related species.
(6) Hastie has been cleared of any wrongdoing in that incident by the ADF.
(7) After saying his piece, Hastie handed over to Howard, who had earlier qualified that he was just there to “make up the number”.
(8) For long periods Argentina had been stifled by a fine counterpunching opposition, but it would be a little hasty to fret too much about them after this performance.
(9) Therefore, it is prudent to avoid making hasty purchasing decisions to accomplish a quick-fix solution to managing quality assurance activities.
(10) Serious public opposition to practices such as fracking and tar sands extraction, as well as the building of major pipelines has lead to a hasty surge in the transport of oil by freight.
(11) Rubbishing Hastie is not Keogh’s style, though Guardian Australia understands the story did originate from people within the Labor party .
(12) conclude that with the development of less traumatic methods of tubal occlusion there is no longer any justification for a hasty decision to sterilize at the time of operative delivery or gynecological surgery, simply to "avoid another operation."
(13) The author underline that over hasty neoplasm diagnosis always exerts an unjustified and destructive psychologic influence on patient and his family.
(14) But we all know that Andrew Hastie will have to defend all of the same captain’s picks as the rest of Tony Abbott’s team will have to defend.” But Plibersek stopped short of criticising Hastie’s military record, declining to comment on reports that he had been linked to a second matter that had been subject to investigation by the Australian defence force, this one involving the accidental killing of two Afghan boys by a US helicopter crew who were in contact with Hastie’s ground unit.
(15) The rapidity with which technology has perpetuated ethical issues within the clinical setting has often lead to hasty and arbitrary decision-making.
(16) Last month it was reported a member of a unit commanded by Hastie in Afghanistan had cut off the hands of a dead insurgent to secure his fingerprints.
(17) The Fabian Beatrice Webb used to try to cheer her more impetuous colleagues with the thought of the inevitability of gradualism, but nowadays she is looking a little hasty.
(18) I care about the direction of Australia,” Hastie said.
(19) Bill Shorten says Canning byelection is a chance to tell Abbott 'enough is enough' Read more The 2013 incident in Afghanistan was carried out by one or more soldiers under the command of then Captain Andrew Hastie who is standing for the West Australian seat of Canning, Fairfax Media reported on Saturday.
(20) – and, secondly, swears she will not make any hasty 'shoot-me-if-you-see-me-in-a-boat' pronouncements about her future.