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Basso


Definition:

  • (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
  • (a.) One who sings the lowest part.
  • (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But Gartner analyst Monica Basso says the scale of the site now confirms it as "the mother of all social networks", and predicts that it will pursue further growth by expanding connected features and channels on third-party sites, including business services.
  • (2) A simplified plasmid-directed coupled system [Robakis, N., Cenatiempo, Y., Meza-Basso, L., Brot, N., & Weissbach, H. (1983) Methods Enzymol.
  • (3) "Never gonna say goodbye," he crooned in his surprisingly basso voice - and who knew how right he was.
  • (4) 61 min: Campbell runs at the Bristol City backline but his shot is easily gathered by Basso.
  • (5) Basso's lawyer argued that Shrode "fabricated credentials and hypothesized expansively".
  • (6) 22 min: Hull probing without joy until Windass feeds Ricketts on the right, his cross plops onto the head of Garcia but he heads just over with Basso at full stretch.
  • (7) Or she switches on a harmoniser, which distorts her voice into a creepy basso profundo: "Another d-a-a-a-y.
  • (8) Scott Momaday remarks that "you cannot understand how the Indian thinks of himself in relation to the world around him unless you understand his conception of what is appropriate; particularly what is morally appropriate within the context of that relationship" (Basso, 1984, p. 46).
  • (9) You may find bitterns making their basso profundo hoot, or you could see otters, dragonflies and adders.
  • (10) A familiar ritual played out each Saturday night in autumn, beginning with tension-creating music and the basso profundo of Peter Dickson, whose pause-laden announcements made his voice as recognisable to British viewers as Richard Dimbleby's had been half a century earlier, and ending with the magical incantations "calls cost 50p from landlines, mobile networks may vary" and "please ask the bill-payer's permission", which caused millions of digits to press urgently on keypads.
  • (11) Fernando Torres Liverpool to Chelsea, £50m Andy Carroll Newcastle to Liverpool, £35m David Luiz Benfica to Chelsea, £26.5m Luis Suárez Ajax to Liverpool, £22.8m Tuncay Stoke to Wolfsburg, £4.5m Andy Reid Sunderland to Blackpool, undisc Maximilian Haas Bayern Munich II to Boro, undisc Merouane Zemmama Hibernian to Boro, undisc Rubén Rochina Barcelona to Blackburn, undisc Adriano Basso free agent to Wolves Daniel Sturridge Chelsea to Bolton, loan Paul Konchesky Liverpool to Nottm Forest, loan Stephen Ireland Aston Villa to Newcastle, loan James Beattie Rangers to Blackpool, loan Eidur Gudjohnsen Stoke to Fulham, loan Paulo da Silva Sunderland to Real Zaragoza, undisc El Hadji Diouf Blackburn to Rangers, loan Major Premier League January transfer window deals Arsenal In Ryo Miyaichi (unattached, undisc).
  • (12) Originally from New York, Basso was found guilty of the 1998 murder of 59-year-old Louis "Buddy" Musso.
  • (13) Basso's five co-defendants, including her son, were convicted of involvement in Musso's killing but not sentenced to death.
  • (14) 28 min: A ball over the top drops between Orr and Basso and while they stutter Barmby almost gets in to head the ball beyond both.
  • (15) He has a deep, drawly voice – so deep he used to be known as Basso Profundo when he worked at the Times Literary Supplement in the 80s – and a hesitant, donnish manner, but his brown eyes sparkle behind his glasses, and he laughs a great deal, managing to take himself very seriously and at the same time not in the least seriously.
  • (16) Basso testified last year from a bed wheeled into court.
  • (17) Several state and federal appeals have failed and last month a judge in Houston ruled that Basso is mentally-competent enough to be executed.
  • (18) In an event rare even for the US's busiest death chamber, Suzanne Basso is set to become the fourteenth woman executed in America since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
  • (19) If he fails, the 59-year-old Basso will be the first woman to be put to death in America since last June, when Kimberly McCarthy became the 500th person executed by Texas in the modern era.
  • (20) Basso is the sole woman in the US with an execution date, according to the center.

Instrument


Definition:

  • (n.) That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
  • (n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
  • (n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
  • (v. t.) To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
  • (2) Breast temperatures have been measured by the automated instrumentation called the 'Chronobra' for 16 progesterone cycles in women at normal risk for breast cancer and for 15 cycles in women at high risk for breast cancer.
  • (3) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
  • (4) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
  • (5) Atrioventricular (AV) delay that results in maximum ventricular filling and physiological mechanisms that govern dependence of filling on timing of atrial systole were studied by combining computer experiments with experiments in the anesthetized dog instrumented to measure phasic mitral flow.
  • (6) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
  • (7) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
  • (8) But it [Help to Buy] is the right policy instrument to deal with a specific problem."
  • (9) Clinical use of this instrument is no more difficult than conventional immersion ultrasonography.
  • (10) The performance of the instrument was evaluated by undertaking in vitro measurements of the reflectance spectra of blood.
  • (11) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
  • (12) Utilizing standardized instruments, family and demographic predictors of general and problem-solving knowledge pertaining to diabetes were identified in 53 newly diagnosed children.
  • (13) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
  • (14) This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument together with indications for its use and reviews 118 patients who had 130 oral lesions removed with the CO2 laser.
  • (15) The inflammatory response is active in the embryo midway through incubation and is probably instrumental in protection of the embryo.
  • (16) To examine the possibility of prolongation of the standing times of instrument disinfectants, in vitro tests under high albumin exposure and tests in clinical practice were done.
  • (17) This, too, is a functional technique although the method and instruments are totally different.
  • (18) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
  • (19) Out-patient treatment, instrumentation and postgraduated teaching is dealt with.
  • (20) There is considerable evidence to suggest that intra-alveolar plasminogen activation is instrumental in many aspects of inflammatory lung injury and subsequent tissue repair.

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