(a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
(a.) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
(2) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(3) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
(4) The amino acid pools in Chinese hamster lung V79 cells were measured as a function of time during hyperthermic exposure at 40.5 degrees and 45.0 degrees C. Sixteen of the 20 protein amino acids were present in sufficient quantity to measure accurately.
(5) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
(6) Although MR imaging can accurately show high-grade chondromalacia patellae, it is less accurate in the detection of low-grade disease.
(7) Fastidious microorganisms were accurately detected on C agar as well as on BA+MK.
(8) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
(9) The proposed method appears to offer a more consistently accurate means of measuring EDV than previously suggested ultrasound methods.
(10) Our experience shows that the most accurate indications are provided by acoustic stapedius reflex, brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and vestibular investigation.
(11) An accurate and reproducible method is described for generating a map of the cobalt sheet source from images of it made in multiple positions with the scintillation camera.
(12) The index estimated the probability of infection more accurately (p less than 0.01) than did clinicians, performed well in each site, and remained accurate when C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae were considered separately.
(13) Second, is it possible - by combining the two technologies of endoscopy and computers - to provide an individual patient with a short-term prognostic prediction sufficiently accurate to affect patient management.
(14) Validation studies, to show that the method is precise, accurate and rectilinear, have been carried out on four linctus formulations and two pastille formulations.
(15) A more accurate fit of T1 data using a modified Lipari and Szabo approach indicates that internal fast motions dominate the T1 relaxation in glycogen.
(16) The quantitative method used for determination of HBDH is reliable, accurate, simple and rapid and therefore has better value in a clinical setting than electrophoresis and adsorption techniques which are laborious and time consuming.
(17) REA is stable, sensitive, accurate and reproducible.
(18) These tests are considered to be less accurate than blood test.
(19) In-situ hybridisation for CMV-DNA provides an accurate and rapid diagnosis of CMV infection, and allows specific antiviral therapy to be used earlier.
(20) Interexaminer reliability studies indicate that a standard method of motion palpation is quite feasible and accurate.
Punctual
Definition:
(a.) Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
(a.) Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
(a.) Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment.
Example Sentences:
(1) The punctual verify of vaccinal covering rate in a little Sanitary District in the Province of Treviso points out values higher than 90%.
(2) Beside morphologic studies the amounts of silver or chromium can be determined semiquantitatively by the intensity of the specific X-radiate from "sum up-analysis" out of punctual areas.
(3) Based upon many years of experience with specific reflexotherapy and conventional stimulation therapy for treatment of pain we started a clinical study in migraine applying the punctual transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PuTENS) performed with self-made pocket electrostimulators (TRG I-III).
(4) I will support my contention by examining: (1) Sicilian-Canadian conceptions of punctuality; and, (2) the communicative dimension of the pain experience.
(5) It is being dubbed Britain's least punctual plane – a service run (somewhat inappropriately) by Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in central and eastern Europe.
(6) The elaboration performed discriminates between those stations constantly polluted and the punctual pollution phenomena that seldom affect more than one station.
(7) I want to see prisoners motivated to engage in their own learning and governors with the right tools to be more demanding and creative about the education provided in the prisons they run.” Coates recently carried out a review of teaching standards for the Department for Education and her recommended diet of punctuality, respect and constant exams has been credited with turning around Burlington Danes academy in White City in west London, which lies in the shadow of Wormwood Scrubs prison.
(8) A device for measuring hardness has been developed which allows an almost punctual evaluation of the mechanic value of bone.
(9) The method uses only codon usage tables and takes into account the length of sequences, and preserves the information contained in each codon by a punctual index.
(10) It missed its targets on financial efficiency, asset stewardship and, crucially, both freight and passenger train punctuality.
(11) They don't have the strength of character … Instead they show submissiveness, spinelessness, lack of punctuality, and many other factors which prevent them from becoming political activists."
(12) The laser beam is a punctual source of thermal energy which can be used to vaporize human atheroma.
(13) McNulty defended the achievements of privatisation, saying that punctuality and safety standards were now at impressive levels.
(14) The general physical properties of living systems, considered as open systems being far from equilibrium, are listed and simple non-linear mathematical models describing gradual and punctual speciation are suggested.
(15) Among the numerous musculo-cutaneous flaps, the lower trapezius island appears an interesting procedure for punctual indications.
(16) The deflagellated enterobacteria are, therefore, immobilized, and multiply, forming small punctual colonies, of 0.5-1 mm phi, whereas the vibrios tolerating FDF develop and at the same time move in the liquid agar, mass, forming large colonies, of 8-14 mm phi.
(17) London Overground has become one of the most popular and punctual railways anywhere in the country.
(18) BBC staffers not already familiar with their new boss may also like to know that he is a stickler for punctuality.
(19) It's a really strict environment, strict on punctuality, on socialising.
(20) Then ordinary passengers can continue to benefit from clean and punctual trains.