(a.) Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
Example Sentences:
(1) They then ran through the obstacle course, set up in a local armory, on three separate occasions.
(2) For many, this glaring omission in Nike’s technological armory is astounding given that, well, Android represents somewhere in the region of 80% of the smartphone market.
(3) Growth in a Time of Debt used to be a weapon in the armory of the deficit-cutters.
(4) The Armory show's lost its lustre, and at Frieze New York last year people were complaining that it wasn't as good as Miami."
(5) We conclude that ketoconazole is a useful addition to our current armory for management of patients with metastatic prostatic cancer resistant to prior hormonal therapy.
(6) For while Raskin also points to flashpoints in the earlier Castillo and Judah fights, the Cotto fight was one where Mayweather was hit more, looked a fraction slower, and generally had to dig deeper into his armory of skills and experience to get the victory.
(7) Despite the wide range of techniques that can be brought to bear on the study of basic processes in Drosophila, there are still deficiencies in our armory.
(8) The administration of cadmium led to an increase in the hepatic enzymatic and nonenzymatic defence armory in a dose dependent manner 72 hrs post its administration.
(9) Ryan hosted a low-key, 10-minute press conference without a balloon or champagne bottle in sight at an events venue called The Armory.
(10) Since acupuncture proved useful to many cases it is the author's wish to add this ancient practice to the armory of the medical profession.
(11) The recent discovery of numerous new "calcium inhibiting" molecules and the multiplicity of their indications in cardiology and in other specialties have made it necessary to clarify their position in the armory of medical treatments in cardiology and their associations with other treatments.
(12) "Handgun sales are up substantially and modern sporting rifles are up astronomically," he said after a few days when his shop, Northwest Armory, was packed with buyers sizing up the most popular pistol in the US, the Glock, and the military-style AR-15 assault rifle, which also comes with a pink stock for women.
(13) We conclude that CO2 subcapsular orchiectomy is a worthwhile addition to our surgical armory.
Matriculation
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated.
Example Sentences:
(1) The marks achieved by students vary significantly with the type of matriculation examination written.
(2) Background information obtained on the first class day included major, major professor, degree(s) and location(s) of matriculation, and participation in science courses.
(3) Subjects were chosen from illiterate and below matriculate level; matriculate to graduate level; and graduate and above.
(4) Even though I desperately wanted to go, and I’ve known I was queer since I was a child, I matriculated at a Christian college at my mother’s request.
(5) Furthermore, parallel to the inverse correlation reported for mathematics anxiety and maths course performance, statistics anxiety correlated negatively with high school matriculation scores in maths as well as self perceptions of maths abilities.
(6) The determinants of the selection decision for applicants (N = 239) to one clinical Doctor of Psychology program during a 3-year period were examined, and relationships among selection variables measured at the time of application and program performance variables measured 2 years later for those matriculated were determined.
(7) Graduate and professional schools in general, and medical schools in particular, have traditionally not paid a great deal of attention to applicant "yield"--the proportion of accepted applicants who eventually confirm their intention to matriculate.
(8) It was also emphasized that only 65% of the college capacities are being utilised and a potential supply of matriculants amounts to 3300 p.a.
(9) Through the use of the maximum-likelihood estimation technique, the resulting model indicated that probability ranges for matriculation may be derived using data available from computerized student records.
(10) Ten undergraduate institutions with at least 20 matriculants in each group were selected for analysis.
(11) The requirements for the 1990 matriculants were a history and physical examination; tuberculin testing; immunizations to rubella, rubeola, tetanus-diphtheria, and hepatitis B; status of immunity to chickenpox; and proof of health insurance.
(12) The Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values (AVL) and the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) were administered to four classes of students upon their matriculation into dental school and readministered during each year until graduation.
(13) Data is provided on the number of women applicants to medical school, matriculants and graduates, specialty choices, the status of women in academic medicine, and the income of women physicians.
(14) Twenty-eight percent of medical schools had no immunization requirements for matriculating medical students.
(15) A total of 246 physicians who either had graduated from or had matriculated without graduating from dental school prior to entering a medical school were identified, and a combination multiple-choice, open-ended questionnaire was mailed to the group.
(16) Since the program began, 102 physicians have matriculated to the program, and of these physicians, 78 have returned to clinical activity.
(17) Perhaps of greater importance, however, was that students who entered medical school with an interest in family practice were almost three times as likely to choose family practice as a career than matriculants who were interested in other specialties (24.2% versus 8.4%, P less than .001).
(18) Results again indicated that the matriculation test is the most effective predictor.
(19) As a direct consequence of the summer program, four participants in the college institute were matriculated into schools of medicine, pharmacy, and optometry during the semester following the culmination of the Institute; ten more are participating in the followup program for continued guidance and counseling, seeking 1974 entrance into health professions schools and colleges.
(20) The results were discussed, raising several possible explanations for the relatively high validity of the matriculation scores.