(interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
(n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
Example Sentences:
(1) The coding sequence for Spirulina platensis acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS, EC 4.1.3.18) is shown to be contained within a 4.2 Kb ClaI fragment (ilvX) that has been cloned from a recombinant lambda library.
(2) The acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) isozymes from enterobacteria are each composed of a large and small subunit in an alpha 2 beta 2 structure.
(3) The potency of L-valine as an inhibitor of Zea mays acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is increased more than 8000-fold on conversion to its N-phthalyl anilide derivative which is active at 2 microM.
(4) Evidence is presented that suggests the presence of multiple genetic regions for synthesis and control of the valine-sensitive AHAS activity.
(5) The mutant strain, growing in minimal medium, exhibits a partial growth limiatation and derepression of AHAS, owing to deficient synthesis of isoleucine.
(6) Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA) is uncommon in childhood.
(7) The subjects who were older and had higher levels of plasma LDL cholesterol and total fat intake at baseline experienced better plasma LDL cholesterol response to the AHA diet.
(8) AHA axons staying ventral projected to the supramammillary region, ventral tegmental area, raphe nuclei and midbrain reticular formation.
(9) The glutamic acid (Glu) concentration was significantly higher in AHa (p less than 0.02), CAH (p less than 0.001) and CPH (p less than 0.001) and the tyrosine (Tyr) concentration was significantly higher in AHa (p less than 0.02), CPH (p less than 0.001), CAH (p less than 0.001) and LC (p less than 0.001) than they were in the controls.
(10) The surgical group showed a significantly higher humoral immune response than the AMI group when analyzed for AHA and anti-contractile protein antibodies.
(11) Whereas medial PO-AHA lesions were associated with normal body length and weight and evidence of estrogen secretion, anterior hypothalamic cuts produced increased linear growth and body weight and signs of functional castration.
(12) SPECT images were compared with left ventriculography (LVG); vertical long-axial ECT images with segments 1-5 of LVG by the AHA classification, and horizontal ECT long-axial images with segments 6 and 7 of LVG, respectively.
(13) "A ban on sales of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT will affect less than 1% of products sold in shops and off-licences," said Dr Vivienne Nathanson, director of professional activities for the British Medical Association, an AHA member.
(14) Inhibition of the enzyme and of root growth by the valine derivatives may result from binding at or near the site involved in feedback control of AHAS by L-valine.
(15) Discrete lesions in the anterior hypothalamus (AHA) of the guinea pig brain reduce the anaphylactic contraction of the trachea in vitro after active in vivo sensitization by 40%.
(16) And then I thought, aha, when it comes to shooting my close-ups, I won't move, so he won't be able to cut it in.
(17) Medial but not lateral PO-AHA lesions caused elevated nonstress plasma GH levels at 2, 14, 17, and 23 weeks after surgery, but normal levels were obtained at autopsy at 27 weeks.
(18) Evaluation of urinary excretion data suggests that patients with compromised renal function have low recoveries of AHA in the urine.
(19) In cultures where both IgM AHA and total IgM secretion were measured, a much greater T cell dependence for AHA production was apparent.
(20) AHA positivity was unrelated to the type of joint involvement, disease activity, and drug regimen.
Eureka
Definition:
() The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eureka has gentrified a lot since then, but still has a colourful edge that harks back to pioneer days.
(2) When Vince was on the [Andrew] Marr programme, and I had been on earlier, I heard him say the problem was demand, and I wanted to run out onto the set and shout 'Eureka!
(3) • Devils Postpile link s camping , geology , Pacific Crest Trail King Range national conservation area Photograph: Mary Caperton Morton Look at a map of California and you'll see that Highways 1 and 101 run along the entire coast, except for a 65-mile slice between Eureka and Rockport known as the Lost Coast.
(4) It is well documented that her eureka moment for founding Ultimo came at a rugby club dinner dance, when she found herself disrobing in the ladies’ because her cleavage-enhancing bra was so uncomfortable.
(5) He cites the seminal British director of the 70s, Nicolas Roeg, as his principle inspiration, recalling the closest he himself came to fainting in a movie as being in a cinema in Belsize Park, north London, watching Roeg's neglected 1983 movie Eureka , starring Gene Hackman.
(6) With new designs – the glassware is still for sale today – the pair dropped clocks and plates which were part of their range to focus solely on the kitchen at around the same time as Richard had a eureka moment in New York.
(7) We love the idea of a eureka moment, but the danger of following every move in the laboratory is that cynicism sets in when promising results fall at the next hurdle, or contradictory evidence turns up.
(8) Quaint lodgings can be found in the nearby small towns of Klamath, Requa and Orrick, with larger hotels in Crescent City, Arcata and Eureka.
(9) The eureka moment came about because of Blecharczyk's empty room.
(10) McNamee said that the Eureka Street author was “homeless for a time, but is an absolute autodidact, who went to Cambridge, is phenomenally intelligent, and fucking frighteningly bright”.
(11) The site's mission is heralded by a quote from Isaac Asimov: "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!'
(12) Graphene wasn't so much of a eureka moment as a eureka year or two, but since it was first identified the exclamation marks have kept coming.
(13) From the makers of the beautiful and bleakly atmospheric Limbo, it’s another wordless game of mystery and discovery via exquisitely designed puzzles that require experimentation and lateral thinking to reach their “Eureka!” moments.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Book and antique shops in Eureka, northern California.
(15) "I thought this might make the journey a bit more exciting," says the 60-year-old artist, jumping back on the heels of his Doc Marten boots, a wild mop of hair swishing behind his balding head, giving him the look of a punk professor caught mid-Eureka moment.
(16) On graduation from Eureka College, Illinois, in 1932, he got a job as a radio sportscaster in Des Moines, Iowa, which he held for five years.
(17) She has said that, making the first Bunny, she got that "'Eureka!'
(18) Above all, Cameron needs to tell a political story with this reshuffle, or what Clegg in a different context yesterday described as providing a "Eureka moment".
(19) Specifically, I examine Archimedes' 'eureka', some aspects of Freud's work, then turning to a self-analysis of my own experiences and associative notes regarding an idea that occurred to me in the course of writing the present paper.
(20) It’s exactly what we hoped St George’s would be like.” Dewsnip talks, like every successful youth coach, of the eureka moments he has felt when he sees a prodigy for the first time.