(n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
(n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
(n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
(n.) A distinct part.
(n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
(n.) Precise point of time; moment.
(n.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
(n.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
(n.) To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
(n.) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
(n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
(v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(2) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
(3) In this article we report the survival and morbidity rates for all live-born infants weighing 501 to 1000 gram at birth and born to residents of a defined geographic region from 1977 to 1980 (n = 255) compared with 1981 to 1984 (n = 266).
(4) This article describes a number of syndromes affecting the nail unit.
(5) By drawing from the pathophysiology, this article discusses a multidimensional approach to the treatment of these difficult patients.
(6) Both condemn the treatment of Ibrahim, whose supposed offence appears to have shifted over time, from fabricating a defamatory story to entering a home without permission to misleading an interviewee for an article that was never published.
(7) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(8) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(9) The strengths and weaknesses of each technique are described in this article.
(10) This article is intended as a brief practical guide for physicians and physiotherapists concerned with the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
(11) This article reviews the care of the chest-injured patient during the intensive care unit phase of his or her recovery.
(12) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
(13) • This article was amended on 1 September 2014 because an earlier version described Platinum Property Partners as a buy-to-let mortgage lender.
(14) This article describes a method of selecting a potentially successful strategy using a combination of two factors: change target and level of change willingness and ability.
(15) This article, a review of factors controlling vasopressin (AVP) release in pregnancy, extends our contribution to a symposium in this journal published in 1987 (vol X, pp 270-275).
(16) In this article it is outlined the medical biopsychosocial approach with particular emphasis on the family viewed as the primary health care agency.
(17) The association constants K'A, KN, and K'N in the scheme (see article), were determined for the magnesium salts of ADP, adenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate AMP-P(NH)P, and PPi.
(18) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
(19) Among patients in whom the neuroma had been operated on once previously (first recurrence group), 88% achieved good to excellent pain relief with the technique described in this article.
(20) This article presents the case of bilateral absent maxillary permanent molars with severe oligodontia and no other abnormalities.
Loom
Definition:
(n.) See Loon, the bird.
(n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
(n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
(v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
(v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
(n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
Example Sentences:
(1) City landed the former Barcelona chief executive, Ferran Soriano , and many thought the two former Barça men's recruitment looked a threat to the Italian, especially with Pep Guardiola on sabbatical and looming over any potential vacancies at Europe's top clubs.
(2) The initial impact was felt on the local currency market where a shortage of foreign exchange caused a looming crisis.
(3) And you’re doing it three weeks after the initial revelations, and only when your position is obviously under threat and with a no confidence motion in your position as Speaker looming.
(4) And few people say they are feeling much better off, or view the future with great optimism, as further cuts loom.
(5) In the longer term, a summer of crisis eurozone summits to discuss the fate of Greece looms.
(6) The New South Wales and South Australian premiers have joined forces to tell treasurer Scott Morrison that finding extra federal funding to head off a looming hospitals and schools funding “cliff” is a “non negotiable” condition of their support for increasing the GST.
(7) The impact of such reforms will be reflected in slower growth in both the short and long terms.” “But the biggest unknown, without question, is the looming trade war with the US.
(8) An investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority is looming.
(9) The first series of Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty on BBC2 missed out at awards time two years ago; expect it to loom large next year.
(10) Updated at 11.27am BST 11.18am BST Another reminder that the debt ceiling is looming: James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) Washington fell off the government shutdown cliff ... and there is not another cliff to break its fall until Oct. 17 - Wash. Research Group October 1, 2013 11.16am BST How much will the shutdown cost?
(11) Hammond’s budget measures promised to stave off the looming crisis for Southwold – at least temporarily.
(12) But the talks risk being overshadowed by the looming Greek crisis.
(13) It charts a path ahead for the NHS that will largely hold good, whatever the outcome of the looming general election.
(14) 4 October 2009: George Papandreou becomes prime minister Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) party wins power after New Democracy calls a snap general election, asking the Greek people for a new mandate to tackle the looming financial crisis.
(15) In an economy still struggling with high joblessness and the threat of renewed recession still looming, convincing some of the party's stressed base might not be easy.
(16) Extra supplies are also looming from the US, where stockpiles are growing as extra drilling rigs are put into operation.
(17) Abbott said the government “wanted to ensure we have all the tools we need” to address a looming terrorist threat and that the democratic process of getting the changes through parliament would be “the most important safeguard” to ensure the legal rights of the innocent were protected.
(18) Maybe it will do him good to go away with England.” Such is the cyclical life of goalscorers, there are times when those fractions that can be the difference between a ball ending up nestled in the net, or agonisingly wide, or foiled by a goalkeeper that probably seems 10 feet tall, loom large.
(19) Next week's meeting of the Fed's monetary policy committee is already looming over markets -- after last Friday's Non-Farm Payroll showed more new US jobs created in November than expected.
(20) On Wednesday the protests were large but a lot calmer At the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in West Baltimore a small group of protesters congregated as the curfew loomed but gradually departed, leaving empty streets.