What's the difference between ascertain and cast?

Ascertain


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
  • (v. t.) To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
  • (v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have investigated the effect of methimazole (MMI) on cell-mediated immunity and ascertained the mechanisms of immunosuppression produced by the drug.
  • (2) Prior to oral feeding, little or no ELA was detected in stools and endotoxinemia was ascertained in only six of 45 infants (13%).
  • (3) A total of 13 ascertainments of folate sensitive autosomal fragile sites is observed, of which 10q23 fragility appears to be the most frequent.
  • (4) A similar examination of the effects of PD was also carried out in vitro to ascertain whether PD itself or its metabolites are involved in its action.
  • (5) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
  • (6) In an anthropologic study of illness referral among Latin-American immigrants three phases were ascertained: First, there was extended use of self-treatment.
  • (7) In 20 adult patients with asthma, we evaluated bronchodilation to a single administration of metered-dose glycopyrrolate aerosol (GA) to ascertain its onset and duration of action along with evaluation of safety.
  • (8) 64% of the patients without nodular metastases and 45% of the patients with histologically ascertained nodular metastases and 45% of the patients with histologically ascertained nodular metastases survived the 3-year interval.
  • (9) The results indicated a very good comparability between the dot-blot assay and IF-tests, and this dot-blot method was ascertained as a simple and useful method for the scrub typhus serodiagnosis.
  • (10) Combinations of YM534 with other anti-cancer agents were examined to ascertain whether YM534 potentiated other anti-cancer agents against the KB cell line and its multidrug-resistant counterpart, VJ-300.
  • (11) Three experiments in person perception were conducted to investigate the conditions under which naive observers label an actor as aggressive and to ascertain how this label affects the reactions of the observers to the actor.
  • (12) This study was designed to ascertain the frequency of these problems in our RS patients, whether they were related to other clinical features of RS and what was the extent of the resulting disability.
  • (13) The nutritional requirements for optimal production of biologically active l-asparaginase by a strain of Escherichia coli have been ascertained.
  • (14) Fifty-seven strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from humans and pigs and producing thermolabile (LT) enterotoxin were used to ascertain the efficiency of the Biken test compared to the passive immune haemolysis test (PIH), considered as very sensitive for detecting that enterotoxin.
  • (15) In the formation of the transformation index the difference between the two groups could be statistically ascertained.
  • (16) This was a highly significant (p less than 0.0001) predictor of 5-year total mortality, whose ascertainment was virtually complete.
  • (17) On the basis of segregating phenotypes, the genetic potentials of these compatible nocardiae were ascertained as follows: the formation of a diploid with subsequent segregation of parental or haploid recombinant genomes or both; persistence of the diploid through many generations; continuing reassortment of genetic information by multiple matings between parental or recombinant organisms; and, very probably, second-round recombinations within the diploid.
  • (18) Based on the ratio of plasma membrane marker enzyme activity determined in the nuclear preparation, the purity of the isolated nuclei was ascertained.
  • (19) The amount of free testosterone in the saliva was also ascertained for 23 of the subjects.
  • (20) In addition, re-analysis of previous investigations of the MAB underscores the importance of ascertaining the reading level of subjects prior to the administration of the MAB.

Cast


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
  • (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
  • (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  • (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  • (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
  • (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  • (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  • (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  • (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  • (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  • (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  • (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
  • (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
  • (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
  • (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
  • (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  • (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
  • (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
  • (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
  • (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
  • (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
  • (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
  • (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
  • (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
  • (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
  • (v. i.) To vomit.
  • () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
  • (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
  • (n.) The thing thrown.
  • (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
  • (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
  • (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
  • (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
  • (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
  • (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
  • (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
  • (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
  • (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
  • (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
  • (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
  • (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
  • (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
  • (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
  • (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
  • (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The influence of mucin on the corrosion behaviour of seven typical dental casting alloys was investigated.
  • (2) Femoral angiograms were made in 21 cadavers under simulated clinical conditions, with a pressurized radiopaque casting material.
  • (3) Six of the obstructed livers developed biliary cast formation so extensive that the smaller intrhepatic ducts became plugged to an extent that they could no longer have been treated by surgical mena.
  • (4) The publicity surrounding the Rotherham child exploitation scandal, which triggered the resignation of Shaun Wright, the previous PCC, did not translate into a high turnout, with only 14.65% of the electorate casting a vote.
  • (5) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
  • (6) Under a dissecting microscope the vascular casts revealed direct communications from the skeletal muscle which penetrated deeply into the myocardium.
  • (7) Casts of lacunae and canaliculi along with the underlying matrix could be visualized in these preparations.
  • (8) The department of corrections stressed that the two reviews were the initial reports into the execution and were narrowly cast to look specifically at whether the requirements of the state’s death penalty protocol had been complied with.
  • (9) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
  • (10) The resultant castings were assessed according to specific criteria relating to detailed design features.
  • (11) Updated at 12.23pm BST 12.04pm BST As Mariano Rajoy and François Hollande prepare to reveal their austerity budgets (Spain goes on Thursday and France on Friday), they might be forgiven for casting an envious eye towards Australia where government statisticians revealed that the country is A$325bn (£200bn) better off than they'd thought.
  • (12) With the cast of the long-running US series Without a Trace.
  • (13) Pointing out that “the army has its own fortune teller”, he sounds less than happy at the state of affairs: “The country is run by superstition.” Weerasethakul is in a relatively fortunate position, in that his arcane films are not exactly populist and don’t depend on the mainstream Thai film industry for funding, but he has become cast as a significant voice of dissent in a difficult time .
  • (14) Such is the secrecy around the plot – centred on an Alpine town where the dead come back to life – that not even the cast have been told about the new series, which is due to begin filming early next year.
  • (15) At yesterday's EGM in London some 93% of votes cast by non-Bolloré Group shareholders opposed his plan.
  • (16) A Bernoulli 'free-fall' numerical model is shown to reproduce the principal features of such casting, with some evidence of viscosity limitation of the turbulent flow at long casting lengths.
  • (17) Chris Williamson, of data provider Markit, said: "A batch of dismal data and a gloomier assessment of the economic outlook has cast a further dark cloud over the UK's economic health, piling pressure on the government to review its fiscal policy and growth strategy.
  • (18) 88% of the Norwegian surgeons prescribed a cast for six weeks after surgery, while only 15% of the surgeons in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Study Group prescribe immobilization for more than four weeks.
  • (19) Read more “We know Tafe can be transformative for people who are doing it hard, bringing new skills to Indigenous communities, helping close the gender pay gap, empowering mature-age workers with the chance to retrain – not standing by while people from Holden and Ford are cast on the scrapheap,” Shorten will say.
  • (20) Problems in the seating of simple and complex castings are virtually eliminated.