(n.) A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
(n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
(n.) An arch.
(n.) The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
(2) These later results suggest that dopamine agonists increase sensorimotor reactivity measured with acoustic startle by acting on sensory rather than motor parts of the reflex arc.
(3) Thus, the decreased hyperemic response after arrest suggests a reduced energetic debt with CSC compared with ARC and may indicate superior myocardial protection with CSC.
(4) By contrast, patients with urological symptoms had a significantly increased prevalence of spina bifida occulta at S1 and S2 and a higher level of opening of posterior sacral arcs.
(5) The peptide-TR-FIA is specific, as assessed by testing HIV-1 positive sera which included samples from AIDS, ARC patients and HIV-positive drug users.
(6) In a multivariate regression model noncompliance was significantly associated with the absence of AIDS or ARC (p less than 0.001), homelessness (p less than 0.005), and alcoholism (p less than 0.05).
(7) This protein did show an immunoglobulin arc on immunoelectrophoresis against abovementioned antibody and against rabbit anti mouse Ig serum.
(8) Looping the tail of a "g", flicking the line up from the end of an "m", arcing it over an "a" or an "o".
(9) In contrast, the relative percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids was 85% greater than normal (P less than 0.001) in ARC and 100% greater than normal (P less than 0.001) in AIDS-I patients.
(10) Average range of motion was from 17.1 degrees to 44.3 degrees, with an arc of 27.2 degrees.
(11) A subsequent S3 encountered further nonuniformly shortened refractoriness (normal areas had shortened refractoriness greater than ischemic areas) and the arc of block was lengthened.
(12) The technique consists of 3 pairs of non-coplanar arcs using a 4 MV accelerator.
(13) Experiments following depletion of norepinephrine suggest that the central part of the baroreceptor reflex arc does not contain adrenergic neurons.
(14) High concentrations of SST inhibited virus replication in 80% of LC from ARC patients, but were completely ineffective in LC from AIDS patients.
(15) In our series of 46 patients with Ad35 isolates, 36 had AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC), seven patients were immunocompromised because of other diseases, and three patients were "normal."
(16) The possibility of contaminating the breathing air zone with hazardous substances in manual and semi-automated welding increases with the intensity of their formation in the arc zone.
(17) Optical differences between a mercury arc lamp and a laser-illuminated flow cytometer are compared.
(18) In this report, we have compared homogeneous yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) pyruvate kinase to enzyme from cell-free extracts in several different ways: 1) isoelectric focusing of cell-free extracts indicates one peak of pyruvate kinase activity whose isoelectric point is the same as that of the pure enzyme; 2) antibody prepared to the pure enzyme produces a single, fused precipitin line against enzyme in the cell-free extract and pure enzyme; 3) immunoelectrophoresis of cell-free extract produces one precipitin arc which has the same mobility as that of the pure enzyme; and 4) immunoprecipitation of the pure enzyme from cell-free extract with subsequent solubilization in 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate and electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels produces a single protein band attributable to pyruvate kinase which co-migrates with the purified enzyme.
(19) There were no significant differences in ARn concentrations in eight other nuclei that were examined for significant sex differences in ARc levels observed under these experimental conditions.
(20) Cells from subjects with ARC had a selective antigen recognition defect independent of the number of CD4+ lymphocytes.
Oar
Definition:
(n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
(n) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
(n) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
(v. t. & i.) To row.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine which dimensions of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) would best predict the status of the medically disabled elderly, veteran inpatients, outpatients, and nonpatient volunteers were administered the multidimensional functional assessment portion of the OARS.
(2) Although the vast majority (83.2%) of subjects were fully independent on the Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale, a broader scope of functional difficulty was reported on the Spector-Katz, five-item OARS, and Rosow-Breslau scales.
(3) In the simpler method, used for rotation techniques, the off-axis ratio (OAR) is calculated from the equation.
(4) 5.41pm BST 38 min: Now it's Oar terrorising the Netherlands!
(5) Recent refinements in the OARS methodology include new information about validity and reliability, computerized summary ratings for the five dimensions of functional status, and eleven scales that measure specific aspects of functioning within the five dimensions.
(6) From a midfield freekick, Oar drops the ball on the penalty spot and the only player there to welcome it is Spiranovic!
(7) The differences at the finish were a result of the lifting of the oar from the water not exhibited in ergometer rowing.
(8) 6.20pm BST 62 min: Janmaart takes Oar's legs from him but he retrieves them to curl in a freekick towards the gold shirts lining up along the edge of the Dutch penalty area.
(9) Oar exploded into space and, really, should have taken the opportunity to shoot.
(10) Kinetics for the base-catalyzed hydrolysis of compounds 9--13 were investigated by UV and NMR methods and are considered in connection with service of these compounds as pro(phosphorodiamidic acid mustards) [MP(O)(NHR)OAr leads to MP(O)(NHR)OH] via an E1cB mechanism involving the intermediacy of a mustard-bearing metaphosphorodiimide [MP(O)=NR].
(11) Kobach, who took a doctorate in politics from Brasenose college, Oxford, has a rowing oar from his 1991 Isis crew on the wall of his state office, along with the heads of two deer that he shot, he says, with a bow.
(12) Athletes in Rio test events have tried many tricks and treatments to avoid falling ill, including bleaching rowing oars, hosing off their bodies the second they finish competing, and preemptively taking antibiotics which have no effect on viruses.
(13) Inpatients showed significantly more impaired ratings on all five of the OARS subscales than the outpatients and nonpatients, while outpatients were more impaired than nonpatients on two of the subscales (mental health and activities of daily living).
(14) An approximate calculation of the ratio of the power put into the boat's motion to the power lost as water movement in the oar "puddle" suggests that increasing the blade area of the oar will result in improved efficiency.
(15) Measures included assessments of social network using components of the OARS, family satisfaction using the APGAR, family cohesion and adaptability using the FACES II, alcohol abuse using the CAGE, and indicators of health-protective behaviors.
(16) The oar-like crossbridge cycle, developed up to the mid-1970's, was shown to be inconsistent with more recent biochemical results.
(17) Davidson and Oar combine wonderfully on the left with a one-two and Oar almost gets clear in the Dutch box, which is an unfortunate combination of words, but what can you do?
(18) Axopods of the planktonic protozoan, Sticholonche, are used as oars to propel the organism through seawater.
(19) A measurement model of mental health for the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) questionnaire is described.
(20) 5.11pm BST 7 min: Leckie, then Oar, give Cillessen something to think about.