(a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
(n.) A movement or piece in andante time.
Example Sentences:
(1) All 10 patients were treated consecutively and in a random order during 14 days with the following membranes: polyacrylonitrile (Filtral 12, Hospal), hemophan (GFS 120 Plus, Gambro, and Bio-Nephros HF Andante, Organon), polysulfone (F6, Fresenius), cuprammonium (AM50-BIO, Asahi) and cellulose acetate (Duo-Flux, Cordis-Dow).
(2) The experiments were carried out using capillary dialyzers of the Organon Technika firm, Andante H.F. type with 8 mu thickness of a Cuprophan capillary++ membrane and a dysfusion surface of 0.8 m2.
(3) Deficiency mapping indicates that Andante is located in the 1OE1-2 to 1OF1 region of the X chromosome, close to the miniature-dusky locus.
(4) These behavior genetic studies also indicate that an existing "rhythm" mutation known as Andante is an allele of the m-dy locus.
(5) In 22 patients cuprophane capillary dialyzers reutilized in turn with four sets of liquids were used four times (Andante type in 13 and TAF-12 in 9 patients).
(6) A new clock mutant, named Andante, has been identified on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.
(7) The sine oculis mutation, which eliminates the outer visual system, has no effect on the period of Andante.
(8) Analysis of locomotor activity rhythms reveals that Andante is semi-dominant, and Andante rhythms are highly temperature compensated.
(9) Andante also lengthens the periods of other clock mutants, including Clock, and alleles of the period locus.
(10) Andante lengthens the period of the circadian eclosion and locomotor activity rhythms by 1.5-2.0 hours.
(11) Whereas Andante flies have a dusky wing phenotype, dusky flies do not have an Andante clock phenotype.
Larghetto
Definition:
(a. & adv.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.