What's the difference between aggregate and rock?

Aggregate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
  • (v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  • (v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
  • (a.) Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
  • (a.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
  • (a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  • (a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  • (a.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.
  • (n.) A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.
  • (n.) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aggregation was more frequent in low-osmolal media: mainly rouleaux were formed in ioxaglate but irregular aggregates in non-ionic media.
  • (2) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
  • (3) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared, and platelet aggregation studies were conducted directly or conducted on washed platelets prepared from PRP collected with ACD.
  • (4) Macrophages internalize aggregated low density lipoprotein (LDL) by LDL receptor-dependent phagocytosis.
  • (5) Cicaprost is an orally available analogue of PGI2 and has been shown to inhibit platelet aggregation in both in vitro and animal studies.
  • (6) Only IgG2a and IgG2b myeloma proteins bound readily to IC-21 Fc-receptors, the former in nonaggregated as well as aggregated form, the latter only as aggregated complexes.
  • (7) When the aggregates occurred on the cell periphery their position coincided with areas free of lamellae.
  • (8) 2-(4'-Isobutylphenyl)propionic acid, ibuprofen, is an antiinflammatory agent which possesses moderate platelet aggregation inhibitory activity.
  • (9) In addition, spontaneous platelet aggregation is increased when vegetations are present on cardiac valves.
  • (10) At concentrations several hundredfold higher than the equivalents present in the minimum concentration of rat skin soluble collagen required for platelet aggregation, neither Hyl-Gal (at 29 muM) nor Hyl-Gal-Glc (at 18 muM) caused platelet aggregation or inhibited platelet aggregation by native collagen.
  • (11) The mechanisms leading to spontaneous platelet aggregation and thrombocytopenia appear to be similar to those described for other patients with type IIB vWD.
  • (12) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
  • (13) Laboratory data were aggregated similarly within each study, using the last active drug as a grouping factor.
  • (14) No correlation could be found between DS content and state of aggregation.
  • (15) The synthetic S-nitroso-thiol, S-nitroso-N-acetylcysteine, markedly inhibited platelet aggregation with an IC50 of 6 nM.
  • (16) On the other hand, ultraviolet (320-nm) light, absorbed by 3-hydroxy-pyridinium cross-links which were rapidly photolyzed, partially dissociated polymeric collagen aggregates from bovine Achilles tendon after subsequent heating.
  • (17) The ternary complex consisting of a 65-kDa peptide originating from the proteoglycan core protein and a 43-kDa link protein bound to hyaluronic acid was purified from a clostripain digest of the rat chondrosarcoma aggregating proteoglycan and 14C-carbamylated with potassium [14C]cyanate.
  • (18) The IC50 on arachidonic acid-induced platelet aggregation was: fisetin, 22 microM; kaempferol, 20 microM; quercetin, 13 microM; morin, 150 microM less than IC50 less than 300 microM.
  • (19) Changes in the determinants of blood viscosity (packed cell volume, plasma viscosity, red cell aggregation, and red cell deformability) were studied on day 1 and day 5.
  • (20) Released aggregates of the 19.6-kDa protein were removed from suspension by ultracentrifugation and separated from contaminating membranes by washing in 1.0% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS).

Rock


Definition:

  • (n.) See Roc.
  • (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
  • (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
  • (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  • (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
  • (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  • (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
  • (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
  • (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
  • (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
  • (2) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
  • (3) The Ibiza Rocks hotel is aimed at a young clientele who'd never make it into the VIP section of Pacha.
  • (4) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
  • (5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects “The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be respected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
  • (6) One species (the goldfish) has an extensive fundus circulation while the other (the rock bass) has a minimal one.
  • (7) You can tell them that Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock solid, given our strong capital and risk position.
  • (8) Rocking the hepatocyte-splenocyte cultures changed the elution profile from linear to convex.
  • (9) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
  • (10) Russell is a former director of Northern Rock while Crosby is the former chief executive of HBOS.
  • (11) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
  • (12) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
  • (13) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
  • (14) The involvement of one of South Korea’s most powerful men has rocked the country’s business world, as it signalled that prosecutors were prepared to use the full force of the law against the head of a company whose revenues are equivalent to a fifth of the country’s GDP.
  • (15) Emotional reactivity of patients with endogenous depression and healthy test subjects towards classic and rock music was compared.
  • (16) The Volkswagen Group has announced €1bn (£750m) of spending cuts at its core VW division to help pay for a product overhaul following the emissions testing scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest carmaker.
  • (17) Loss-making Northern Rock is axing another 680 jobs as it cuts costs in preparation for a return to the private sector after being nationalised in February 2008 .
  • (18) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
  • (19) Just about.” That one went over like a sublime Chris Rock riff.
  • (20) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.