(adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
(adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
(adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.
(adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
(adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
(adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
(adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Example Sentences:
(1) This movement generates forward and backward shearing force in the stagnation region as the separated flow migrates back and forth.
(2) The estimated forward (k) and backward (1) rate constants are: 2.45 x I05 M-1 s- and 0.23 x 103 s-1, respectively, for k and I for the case when the drug is trapped by both activation and inactivation gates, and 3.58 x 105 M-l s-l and 4.15 x 10-3 S-l for the case when the drug is not trapped.
(3) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
(4) The effects of maxillary protracting bow appliance were the maxillary forward movement associated with counter-clockwise rotation of the nasal floor and the mandibular backward movement associated with clockwise rotation.
(5) Treadmill acceleration impulses were backwards or forwards directed, or their direction was inverted after 30 ms. Backwards directed impulses were followed by gastrocnemius and forwards directed ones by tibialis anterior EMG responses (latency 65-75 ms) whose duration depended on impulse duration.
(6) For all my enthusiasm, my family must have felt we were taking a step backwards in lifestyle.
(7) The response was composed of an isometric phase, during which the body weight was shifted from the stimulated limb to the opposite forelimb while the stimulated limb was gently pushed backwards, and a movement phase during which the stimulated paw actually accomplished the placing reaction.
(9) Older subjects were found to be significantly more susceptible to the backward masking effect over longer delays between the target and masking stimuli.
(10) Those with unstable Dunlop test responses were much more likely to be backward or low normal readers than children with stable responses.
(11) The effects of interval duration as well as of repeated presentation of paired stimuli on backward connections show that these factors are of considerable importance for their formation.
(12) They need not tilt the head backwards during inhalation or hold their breath afterwards.
(13) Unsurprisingly, one of the three lonely references at the end of O'Reilly's essay is to a 2012 speech entitled " Regulation: Looking Backward, Looking Forward" by Cass Sunstein , the prominent American legal scholar who is the chief theorist of the nudging state.
(14) Results for the backward-counting condition duplicate, for the retention intervals used, the shape of the classic Peterson and Peterson forgetting curve but indicate little loss of memory in either the rehearsal or alpha conditions.
(15) But we won't be taking a backwards step, not this week, not this year, or next year or ever."
(16) Twenty-four male graduate volunteers were administered a battery of psychological tests--critical flicker fusion (CFF; alternate and simultaneous), reaction time (simple and choice), memory (forward and backward), and associative recall--to ascertain their performance capability during the different times of day.
(17) We implemented a parallel version of the backward error propagation neural network training algorithm in the widely portable parallel programming language C-Linda.
(18) The target patterns varied in the number of line segments that they contained and were presented in the presence or absence of a backward-masking stimulus.
(19) We self-censure because it would put us all back, it would diminish who we are.” Of course she’s a feminist: “That just means believing that women can do everything men can but backwards in heels with a cherry on top.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Britain needs to talk about the R-word: racism It is also a wakeup call to those who recognise racism only when it is played out like a scene from Django Unchained , those who think that racism has to be some vulgar incident perpetrated only by the backward, ignorant and poorly educated, those who believe that racism has to be an act, rather than a complicated and intangible framework that sets up obstacles.
Contrariwise
Definition:
(adv.) On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.
(adv.) In a contrary order; conversely.
Example Sentences:
(1) An NSAr or NSBa angle higher than the mean value plus one standard deviation, it is associated with of the maxilla retrognathism and contrariwise.
(2) Contrariwise, mild muscle necrotic changes developed after 2-3 h, and moderate to severe changes after 5-7 h. The anterior tibialis muscle was usually more severely damaged than the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.
(3) Contrariwise, plasma DBH activities in permanent essential hypertensive patients appear to reflect other factors.
(4) Contrariwise, in the pretreated group there was no elevation of the ST segment, plasma 6-k-PGF1 alpha and platelet cAMP were increased, the production of TXB2 and aggregation of platelets were inhibited, and no thrombus or myocardial infarction was induced.
(5) Immunization of rabbits with the antigens without the adjuvant not only failed to inhibit but, contrariwise, enhanced the multiplication of intradermally inoculated vaccinia virus, inducing heavy skin lesions and exalted virus multiplication.
(6) Contrariwise, if 2014 isn't the warmest (in reality) but is close to it, it might end up the highest.
(7) Contrariwise, animal welfarists should recognize that rights, however derivative, are capable of constraining appeals to consequences.
(8) Although many practitioners use information from the wider research, courtroom experience suggests that a number do not; contrariwise, the attempt of Faust and Ziskin (1988a) to undermine the courtroom testimony of every psychologist who serves as an expert witness is also criticized.
(9) Contrariwise, PU produced a considerable inhibition on water, NA and K excretion promoted by ANF.
(10) Contrariwise, normal mouse peritoneal macrophages displayed negligible ability to ingest T. brucei, even in the presence of specific antiserum and complement.
(11) However, those MS patients having such a positive history were much more likely than others to also have a family history of MS. Contrariwise, MS patients with a positive family history of MS had a significantly higher rate of cancer in first degree relatives (71 percent) than others.
(12) Males rely on intimidation more than females, in order to dominate other males and attract females; contrariwise, females employ an endearment strategy more than males do.
(13) Contrariwise, the protective effect of p-CP which has no ferroxidase activity is more powerful than that of CP.
(14) It cannot be used for quantitation of HbF or for quantitation of hemoglobins that comigrate with HbA; contrariwise, it can be used for hemoglobins that only separate from HbA on agar (e.g., HbBethesda).
(15) It was found that the oxidase activity of healthy donor ceruloplasmin markedly exceeds that of HCD patients, whereas the protective effect of the HCD protein, contrariwise, markedly exceeds that of normal ceruloplasmin.
(16) Contrariwise, patients lacking these prognostic features usually do quite well with a high likelihood of spontaneous complete or partial remissions and stable renal function.
(17) The activation by these cations, contrariwise to that induced by ATP and cAMP, does not imply a covalent modification of the 280 kDa enzyme.
(18) Indirect evidence was obtained suggesting that the epidermal nuclear deposition of immunoglobulins is a true in vivo phenomenon: some patients with serum antibodies to ENA do not display in vivo ANA and contrariwise, no difference was detected between diseased and normal skin for the occurrence of in vivo ANA and also no association was observed between this phenomenon with immune deposits at dermoepidermal junction or in subepidermal vessels.
(19) As the active selenide, Se emerged as the target for many heavy metal toxicities; contrariwise, as a specific antidote against heavy metal toxicities.
(20) Contrariwise, more nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus are excreted by the pregnant animals during a 2 day fast.