(n.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
(a.) Acerose; needle-shaped.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sycamore cells (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in suspension culture were grown at 25 degrees C in culture medium containing two oxygen concentrations: 250 microM O2 (standard conditions) and 10 microM O2 (O2-limiting conditions).
(2) Taiwan's Acer and China's Haier Group declined to comment, while Toshiba and Taiwan's ASUSTeK Computer did not respond to queries.
(3) The complete primary structures of seven oligosaccharide subunits of the xyloglucan secreted by suspension-cultured Acer pseudoplatanus cells were determined.
(4) The standardized enzyme coupling method for assaying sucrose synthase activities in the direction of sucrose cleavage was reexamined using enzyme preparations from cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) and spinach leaves (Spinacea oleracea).
(5) Protoplasts obtained from sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) cell suspensions were found to be highly intact and to retain a high rate of O2 consumption.
(6) Kinetic studies of ATP uptake in amyloplasts from sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) have been performed with a newly developed method of centrifugation through a double layer of silicone oil; the results are compared with the frequently used method of centrifugation through a single layer.
(7) The technique is based on the comparison of AChE (acetylcholinesterase) activity in 3 equal aliquots taken from the homogenate of a single mosquito (a) in absence of inhibitor (RA), (b) in presence of eserine that inhibits the AChE encoded by AceS and AceR alleles (RI) and (c) in presence of a concentration of propoxur inhibiting the AChE coded by the AceS allele but not by the AceR allele (RG).
(8) myo-Inositol-1-phosphate synthase (EC 5.5.1.4) from rat testis, Acer pseudoplatanus L. cell culture and Oryza sativa L. cell culture, converted D-[5-3H]glucose 6-phosphate to myo-[2-3H]inositol 1-phosphate at rates ranging from 0.21 to 0.48 that of unlabeled substrate.
(9) A series of 22 chlorinated phenols was investigated for their uncoupling effect on Acer cell suspensions.
(10) Previous attempts by another OHA member, Acer, to produce a smartphone with a different variant of Android produced by China’s Alibaba, resulted in a clash with Google which saw Acer abruptly pull out of its partnership with Alibaba.
(11) The 5,5-dimethyloxazolidine-2,4-dione (DMO) method for the determination of intracellular pH has been adapted to Acer pseudoplatanus cells cultivated in liquid medium.
(12) Unlike most tonoplast ATPases, the vacuolar ATPase of Acer pseudoplatanus cells (Km = 0.4 mM) was strongly inhibited by vanadate (I50 = 10 microM).
(13) 33 kDa in intact cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus).
(14) Laptops The 15.6" Acer Aspire E1-571 weighs 2.45kg, has a 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor, a 750GB hard drive, webcam and a DVD drive and is £399.99 at Currys .
(15) Convertible laptops The Acer Iconia W510 has a detachable keyboard and a 10.1" touchscreen, which can be used on its own as a tablet.
(16) The regulation of the cytoplasmic and vacuolar pH values (pHc and pHv) in sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) cells was analyzed using 31P and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(17) Profits from PCs have slumped, and it is being challenged by Asian rivals, Lenovo, Asus and Acer.
(18) Actively dividing callus cells of higher plants (Petroselinum crispum, Daucus carota, Acer pseudoplatanus) were used to detect the primary gene product of rDNA in vivo.
(19) Transcription of amyloplast DNA in a heterotrophic line of cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) appeared to be greatly suppressed.
(20) Golgi complex and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) were isolated from suspension-cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) by stepwise sucrose density gradient centrifugation using protoplasts as starting material.
Acerbate
Definition:
(v. t.) To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Early on he wrote in a wide variety of outlets (including twice in the Guardian ), but his acerbic takes on the national security state have earned him a regular column at the paleocon mothership, the American Conservative.
(2) Lewis, 42, admitted he was "hugely embarrassed" after McKellen, 74, who plays the wizard Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films, responsed acerbically in the Radio Times.
(3) Scottish Ballet: The Nutcracker In recent years, Christmas at Scottish Ballet has been defined by Ashley Page’s witty, acerbic re-writes of the 19th century classics.
(4) In contrast, he returned to the mainstream in Robert Redford's factually based Quiz Show (1994), as the acerbic father to a fraudulent game-show contestant.
(5) Jess Phillips, Labour MP for the Birmingham Yardley, has already posted an acerbic tweet.
(6) He was a man of contradictions: he was a romantic, but also an acerbic and difficult character.
(7) Other work in the show recalls Soviet-era propaganda posters, and twists political slogans to acerbic effect.
(8) The acerbic correspondence of Jones and Briffa with Michael Mann of Penn State University , the chief creator of the hockey stick graph, is a central feature of the emails.
(9) The result is a show whose rapid-paced, ultra-acerbic dialogue is as funny as anything on television at the moment.
(10) And we will address it.” The Vermont senator urged attendees to “join me in this campaign to build a future that works for all of us, and not just the few on top.” Although the acerbic left-winger is a political veteran, this will be his first Democratic primary.
(11) Mark Gardner, Community Security Trust On Holocaust Memorial Day 2013, the Sunday Times ran a cartoon by its famously acerbic cartoonist, Gerald Scarfe, that depicts Binyamin Netanyahu using blood to cement a wall that he is building, that has parts of bodies trapped within it.
(12) His acerbic former adviser Dominic Cummings , long loathed by David Cameron (the feeling is mutual), is the campaign director.
(13) His acerbic wit and combative manner can ruffle feathers.
(14) The acerbic comments from the official Xinhua news agency come after Clinton, while on an official visit to Africa , appeared to question China's motives in the region.
(15) It received a warm reception in the House of Lords, though one peer commented acerbically that Adonis’s predecessor, Ruth Kelly, had just two years earlier called such a project “opportunistic, economically illiterate and hugely damaging to Britain’s national interests”.
(16) Angela Eagle The chair of the Labour national policy forum and shadow leader of the house has an acerbic wit capable of putting most Tory ministers on the back foot.
(17) Erdoğan’s acerbic response on Monday suggested the EU’s concerns were justified.
(18) Or rather, she was a sort of ultra-acerbic clown: an outlandishly dressed and painted pixie-harpy, who said whatever she liked.
(19) "As the wonderfully acerbic Anne Robinson said, 'The viewers don't want to watch ugly.'"
(20) The hashtag #Clapper on Twitter is filled with acerbic tweets mocking the "least untruthful" line.