What's the difference between answer and light?

Answer


Definition:

  • (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
  • (n.) To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
  • (n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
  • (n.) To be or act in return or response to.
  • (n.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
  • (n.) To render account to or for.
  • (n.) To atone; to be punished for.
  • (n.) To be opposite to; to face.
  • (n.) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
  • (n.) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
  • (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
  • (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.
  • (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
  • (v. i.) To be or act in return.
  • (v. i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
  • (v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
  • (v. i.) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
  • (v. i.) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
  • (n.) A reply to a change; a defense.
  • (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
  • (n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
  • (n.) A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
  • (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Renal arteriography is therefore alone capable of answering two primordial questions: "Must surgery be undertaken and when operating, what surgical tactics to adopt".
  • (2) The accumulated evidence would strongly favor an affirmative answer.
  • (3) What if the court of justice refuses to answer the question?
  • (4) I think we are still trying to understand all that and I think that fits under the broader topic of social licence and what bringing in automation to an area does to that region as a whole, which we don’t quite know yet.” Could carbon farming be the answer for a 'clapped-out' Australia?
  • (5) Prior studies have provided conflicting answers to this question in part because they failed to agree on how the force of sexual selection should or could be operationalized.
  • (6) It’s not like there’s a simple answer.” Vassilopoulos said: “The media is all about entertainment.” “I don’t think they sell too many papers or get too many advertisements because of their coverage of income inequality,” said Calvert.
  • (7) The breakdown of answers to both questions revealed a significant partisan divide depending on people’s voting intention, with Labor supporters much more likely than Coalition backers to see the commission as a political attack and Heydon as conflicted.
  • (8) In conclusion it should be stated that there is some evidence for at least two defects of cellular immunity associated with AIDS and to some extent, with AIDS-endangered homosexuals suffering from lymphadenopathy: first the defect of PMNL to answer to concanavalin A with increased metabolic activity, and secondly the defect of PMNL to start phagocytosis induced by Zymosan with a subsequent release of oxygen radicals which are measurable as chemiluminescence.
  • (9) The HIV-1-positive cohort answered more questions correctly (mean = 8.5) than did the HIV-1-negative cohort (mean = 6.5), largely as a result of general information about AIDS among those with steady sexual partners.
  • (10) Eavis, of course, is not a man who takes "no chance" for an answer.
  • (11) Answer, citing Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This is a very British suicide.
  • (12) The survey takes roughly 8 minutes to complete and all answers are confidential.
  • (13) We've brought on two experts to answer your questions from 1-2pm BST in the comment thread on this article.
  • (14) She said since then HMRC had created the largest virtual call centre in the world that enabled 20,000 HMRC staff to answer calls at any one time.
  • (15) The answer comes down to Chalabi's considerable skill in elite manoeuvring.
  • (16) Morrison and Operation Sovereign Borders commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell continued to insist that their refusal to answer questions about “on water matters” was essential to meet the overriding goal of stopping asylum seeker boats, and said from now on such briefings on the policy would be held when needed, rather than every week because the “establishment phase” had finished.
  • (17) Hinton wrote that the answers he gave in 2007 were "sincere" and "comprehensive" and that he declined to appear.
  • (18) Back to my favourite Tunisian poet: “If, one day, a people desire to live, then fate will answer their call.
  • (19) As far as the subjective experience of children is concerned, analysis of the answers of a total of 1200 primary school children (answers classified by sex, age and period of outdoor school) proved the primary correlation with age and thus also with the level of adaptation mechanisms.
  • (20) Recognizing that the genesis and development of the disease process are extremely complex and the basic knowledge is limited, it is not likely that conclusive answers to questions will be forthcoming soon which will provide more effective preventive or therapeutic measures.

Light


Definition:

  • (n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
  • (n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.
  • (n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.
  • (n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • (n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.
  • (n.) Life; existence.
  • (n.) Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • (n.) The power of perception by vision.
  • (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
  • (n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
  • (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
  • (n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
  • (n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.
  • (n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.
  • (superl) Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
  • (superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
  • (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.
  • (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
  • (n.) To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
  • (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.
  • (superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
  • (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
  • (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.
  • (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.
  • (superl.) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
  • (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
  • (superl.) Slight; not important; as, a light error.
  • (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
  • (superl.) Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
  • (superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
  • (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
  • (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
  • (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
  • (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • (superl.) Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
  • (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
  • (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
  • (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
  • (adv.) Lightly; cheaply.
  • (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • (v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
  • (v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy.
  • (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
  • (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
  • (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
  • (2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
  • (3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
  • (4) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (5) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
  • (6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
  • (7) 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.
  • (8) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (9) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
  • (10) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
  • (11) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
  • (12) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (13) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
  • (14) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (15) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
  • (16) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
  • (17) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
  • (19) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
  • (20) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.