What's the difference between acerate and acicular?

Acerate


Definition:

  • (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.

Acicular


Definition:

  • (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The acicular alpha structure has been shown to exhibit the best fatigue properties for Ti-6A1-4V alloy in the notched condition.
  • (2) It was observed that the larger the cast volume and the higher the mold temperature, the thicker became each layer and the coarser became the acicular grains.
  • (3) The essence of double-nucleus phenomenon and morphogenesis of acicular ichthyosis are disputable at present.
  • (4) The influence of particle size on hemolysis and cytotoxicity was observed with acicular grunerite.
  • (5) The heat treatments examined produced alternate microstructures to the lamellar structure and some approached the totally transformed acicular alpha structure.
  • (6) The interfacial zone was composed of four layers: the outermost reaction or casting burn layer, the second layer of an O-and Al-stabilized alpha case, the third layer in which Si, P, O, and C were inhomogeneously concentrated, and the fourth layer which consisted of acicular or plate-like crystals.
  • (7) It is suggested that the double-nucleus phenomenon in the epidermis in type Curth-Macklin [correction of Kurt-McLean] acicular ichthyosis is due to cytokinesis-controlling gene mutation.
  • (8) The noncoated coarse and fine acicular specimens displayed an approximate 25% increase over the noncoated lamellar specimens.
  • (9) The porous coated coarse and fine acicular specimens showed an approximate 15% improvement over the porous coated lamellar specimens.
  • (10) A mixture of CF4 and O2 quantitatively remove the acicular nitride phase without any evidence of attack on either the glass or carbide.
  • (11) The characteristic features of H. taichui cercaria are the presence of two sets--one set of lateral and other dorsoventral cuadal finfolds, 15 acicular spines in three alternating rows and seven pairs of lobed penetration glands arranged in two longitudinal rows.
  • (12) The giant lysosomes characteristic of cyclodextrin nephrosis are notable because of the prominent acicular microcrystals embedded in the lysosomal matrix.
  • (13) In PICG, cholesterol esters are released from degenerating macrophages and, as organization occurs, the cholesterol is deposited in the form of acicular clefts within the interstitium.
  • (14) All four drugs, Puromycin and its aminonucleoside, Cordycepin and Nucleocidin, induced electron-lucent cytoplasmic clefts in the cytoplasm, which were generally acicular or spindle-shaped, with long axes lying in any direction.
  • (15) H. pumilio cercaria is characterized by the presence of two sets of caudal finfolds, 15 acicular spines in three alternating rows and seven pairs of voluminous unicellular penetration glands.
  • (16) Scattered foci of cholesterol pneumonia, composed of acicular crystals with an associated foamy lipid material and type II alveolar epithelial cell hyperplasia, were present.
  • (17) Aggregates of acicular clefts and crystals were present in bile canaliculi, bile ducts, Kupffer cells, hepatocytes and in kidney tubules.
  • (18) Radially oriented acicular crystalline aggregates could be induced by incubating heparinised blood with bacterial endotoxins.
  • (19) Electron microscopy of "normal" lung tissue from four heavy cigarette smokers showed acicular crystal clefts thought to represent cholesterol in the cytoplasm of virtually every type II pneumocyte.
  • (20) Acicular and rhomboidal clefts, some with a characteristic notch, were observed mainly in extracellular locations, although they were also associated with dying fibroblasts.