(n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Example Sentences:
(1) High energy transcatheter cardioversion was performed by pulling back the atrioventricular (AV) junction catheter just inferior to the site of His bundle recording and delivering the shock between a proximal electrode (catheter) and backplate (anode).
(2) The cephalic part is first molded and then integrated solidly into the thoracic part (breastplate and backplate).
(3) Transcatheter cardioversion was performed by pulling back the atrioventricular junction catheter just inferior to the site of the His-bundle recording and delivering the shock between a proximal electrode (cathode) and backplate (anode).
(4) The minimal effective cardioversion energy levels were compared in three different cardioversion methods: method A = delivery of shock between the proximal electrode (cathode) and the backplate (anode), method B = delivery between the proximal electrode (cathode) and the distal electrode (anode) and method C = conventional external cardioversion.
Slot
Definition:
(n.) A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
(n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
(n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
(v. t.) To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
(n.) The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
Example Sentences:
(1) • Gone Girl picked for opening slot at New York film festival • We predict how Venice, Toronto and Telluride will split the 2014 world premieres
(2) When Question Time was moved to an earlier 9pm slot in May during the MPs' expenses scandal, a panel including Martin Bell, Ben Bradshaw and William Hague had 3.7 million viewers and a 17% share.
(3) McCall and her ad director, Stuart Taylor, have also managed to offer 'page dominance' to all but the smallest potential advertisers, meaning that big ads will not be diluted down by having smaller slots alongside them.
(4) DNA is isolated from synchronized populations of G1 and S phase cells, it is slot-blotted at the same DNA concentration(s) for each population, and it is hybridized with 32P-labeled DNA probes that are specific to the regions of interest.
(5) The final episode of I Own Britain's Best Home drew 400,000 and 2% for Five in the same time slot.
(6) Experiments were performed to measure velocities in front of six slot hoods.
(7) The issue was first raised by BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow and brought to the attention of the then BBC Vision director Jana Bennett – number two to BBC director general Mark Thompson – after the sitcom, which was planned for a post-9pm watershed slot, was moved to pre-watershed.
(8) Leroy Sané, a substitute, slotted in seamlessly on his debut.
(9) Standard gels, 200 mm wide with 20 sample slots have also been used.
(10) Findley darts round him and slots him beneath the advancing Ricketts.
(11) 27 August, 8pm Will Self The nearest the book festival circuit has to a rock star has three slots.
(12) The gastric factors controlling abundance of mRNA encoding the important neuropeptide, gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) in rat stomach, were examined by Northern and slot blot analysis.
(13) A complete 0.018-inch slot straight-wire appliance was used to align the teeth, close lower spaces, and detail the occlusion.
(14) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
(15) FISH results on primary tumors were concordant with slot blot results on amplification and with immunohistochemical detection of overexpression.
(16) Eggs of southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber) were subjected to electromagnetic energy at 2.45 GHz in slotted waveguide applicators to determine ovicidal threshold levels.
(17) When incubated with alpha-32P-labeled ribonucleoside triphosphates in vitro, nuclei isolated from haploid or diploid cells transcribed rRNA, tRNA, and mRNAs in a strand-specific manner, as shown by slot blot hybridization of the in vitro synthesized RNA to cloned genes encoding 5.8S, 18S and 28S rRNAs, tRNATyr, and GAL7, URA3, TY1 and HIS3 mRNAs.
(18) Herein, we describe the procedures for preparation and labeling of DNA probes and the principles that regulate dot, slot and Southern blot hybridization.
(19) It was considerably — and predictably — up on the audience who used to watch Norton in his old 10pm slot on BBC2, when it was typically watched by between 1 million and 1.5 million viewers.
(20) BBC1 slipped to second place in the slot behind a repeat of Martin Clunes drama Doc Martin, with 3.6 million viewers and an 18% share between 9pm and 11pm.