What's the difference between adit and plumming?

Adit


Definition:

  • (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
  • (n.) Admission; approach; access.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From the whole of our findings it can be concluded that in the first group of strains sorbose adaption starts with segregation of adaptive sorbose permease positive mutants, followed by the - salicin-sensitive - induction of this permease, the appearance of mutants aditionally metabolizing sorbose constitutively, and, finally, the substrate-promoted particular growth of adapted cells.
  • (2) In adition to them, remnants of the "external epithelium" are found in Varanus griseus and A-cells disposed outside of the pancreatic islands in Testudo horsfieldi and Clemmys caspica.
  • (3) Irradiation at 300 K produces radicals resulting from H-adition at three different positions of the cytosine molecule.
  • (4) Dexamethasone may counteract the lethal arrhythmia by causing the release of aditional adenosine triphosphate into the cytoplasm from the mitochondria.
  • (5) Aditional problems are encountered in clinical trials especially in early phases while determining the tolerable therapeutic dose.
  • (6) The poliamide is treated with different aditives giving rise to the nylon fiber, which is used to manufacture the definitive tissue.
  • (7) The stools and lampshades, known as Terra, were the creation of Tel Aviv-based designer Adital Ela .

Plumming


Definition:

  • (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The NIa-like protein of plum pox virus is a protease with high sequence specificity that is autocatalytically released from the viral polyprotein.
  • (2) For some months there has been speculation that he is in line for a plum job at the BBC.
  • (3) The Normandie Design is plum in the middle of the amiable chaos of South American city life, in Santa Efigênia, where the streets are thronged with tiny electronics stores – great if you fancy a fake Chinese iPhone.
  • (4) As suggested from the high level of sequence similarity of these viral proteins with the recently described superfamilies of helicase-like proteins (3-5), the NTBM-containing cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein from plum pox virus (PPV), which belongs to the potyvirus group of positive strand RNA viruses, is shown to be able to unwind RNA duplexes.
  • (5) Carboxylic acids were present in much higher levels in plum brandy, vinegar, lamb and mutton (heated), whereas alcohols, esters and carbonyls aldehydes are particularly abundant in brandy.
  • (6) Jane's favourite combos are: rhubarb and strawberry, rhubarb and raspberry, and plum and blackberry.
  • (7) The Luxembourger had offered him the plum post of vice-president of the commission, Schulz told the Guardian.
  • (8) Children's author Allan Ahlberg, the mind behind much-loved titles Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum, has turned down a lifetime achievement award because it is sponsored by Amazon and the idea that his success "should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable".
  • (9) Not that Astle has a clue as to what's happening, because he can't shift his feet, plays all around the ball, and watches as it raps his pads plum.
  • (10) That will be a plum job for someone, and names such as Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton have been mentioned online.
  • (11) The children were divided into two groups according to the type of coma, using the Plum and Posner coma classification (1966) modified by Pagni et al.
  • (12) The plum pox potyvirus (PPV) NIa protease expressed from a medium copy number plasmid was able to process an excess of substrate expressed from a high copy number plasmid, in a binary Escherichia coli expression system.
  • (13) And why have certain Salford refuseniks – I use the example of Simon Mayo , who left 5 Live for Radio 2 – been accommodated with new plum jobs in the capital?
  • (14) Gailiunas, Peter (Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory, Greenport, N.
  • (15) The complete nucleotide sequences of an isolate from plum and an isolate from peach (AF isolate) were shown to be identical, consisting of 297 nucleotides with a 93.6% sequence homology to HSV-hop.
  • (16) serves 4 cooking times 20 minutes For the tomato sauce: 5-6 tbsp lard or dripping 1 large onion, finely chopped 1-2 red chillies, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tins plum tomatoes sea salt and black pepper 1 tsp piloncillo or demerara sugar a generous few splashes of Worcestershire sauce a small handful chopped tarragon 4 corn tortillas, chapatis or other flatbreads 4 eggs 60g Lancashire cheese, grated Heat 2 tablespoons of the lard in a wide saucepan and add the onion and chilli.
  • (17) Xylella fastidiosa has been known to attack almond, plum and laurel trees among 309 plant species.
  • (18) Much is at stake, with Brussels and national capitals consumed by manoeuvring for the plum jobs up for grabs under the Lisbon treaty: Europe's first president, a new foreign policy supremo, a host of second-tier positions, and the make-up of a new European commission.
  • (19) Full English breakfast SERVES 4 sausages 4 vegetable oil smoked streaky bacon 200g plum tomatoes 2 salt Portobello mushrooms 4 butter chicken stock 200ml thyme 1 sprig garlic 2 cloves, crushed black pudding 4 thick (1.5cm) slices free-range eggs 4 bread toasted Start with the sausages For me, it's about finding great ingredients and treating them with respect, as if you were building a wall or making a beautiful piece of furniture.
  • (20) The nucleotide sequence of the small nuclear inclusion protein (NIa)-like cistron of plum pox potyvirus (PPV) has been determined.

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