(n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
(n.) Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(2) Rhesus monkey BAT mitochondria (BATM) possess an uncoupling protein that is characteristic of BAT as evidenced by the binding of [3H]GDP, the inhibition by GDP of the high Cl- permeability or rapid alpha-glycerol-3-phosphate oxidation.
(3) Echo delay discrimination by the bat Eptesicus fuscus had been investigated in an experiment with simulated targets jittering in range (Simmons 1979).
(4) Additionally, in a group of bats, HRP was injected into various functionally (i.e., BF) identified regions of the central nucleus of the inferior coliculus (IC) to clarify the type and location of CN projecting neurons.
(5) Monaural plugging was performed on different juvenile bats at 7, 14, and 35 days of age.
(6) Bats infected with the high dose had viable H. capsulatum in the lungs, liver, spleen and gut as early as 2 weeks post-infection.
(7) Sympathetic activation of lipogenesis in BAT is not solely attributable to the action of noradrenaline but involves some non-adrenergic mechanism.
(8) I think it will be done right.” Jeter was cheered when he took batting practice and when he ran into his dugout when it was over.
(9) The relationship between the meal-induced increase in brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis, determined by the level of GDP binding to BAT mitochondria, and thyroid hormone metabolism have been examined.
(10) Plasma steroid binding was examined in samples obtained from seven species of bats representing four different families.
(11) Several haematological and biochemical parameters were measured in the erythrocytes of the grey-headed fruit bat.
(12) Rates of fatty acid synthesis in liver and BAT were several times greater than that in WAT.
(13) We also identified UCP in eight cases in group B, in five cases in group C and six cases in group D. The human H-UCP-0.5 genomic probe detected a typical BAT mRNA in the periadrenal adipose tissue of all subjects of groups B, C and D showing a positive Western blot.
(14) The 1,400 victims are those who had actually experienced sexual exploitation.” Determined that no one could bat away her findings, she had produced a 153-page report that spelled out in plain language the appalling abuse suffered by children aged 10-16 in the South Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013.
(15) Excision of BAT, but not white adipose tissue increased RGE susceptibility of 21w rats.
(16) When the reference target to which the bats were trained was presented, targets differing in internal delay by about 1 microseconds were discriminated.
(17) The results suggest that BAT contains two different pathways for regulation of lipoprotein lipase activity, both involving mRNA synthesis.
(18) Bats have maximum life spans a minimum of 3 times those of nonflying eutherians--a trend resulting from neither low basal metabolic rate, the ability to enter torpor, nor large relative brain size.
(19) From January 1989 through December 1990, 74 patients were admitted to our urban level I trauma center with injuries inflicted by baseball bats.
(20) However, in both LSO and MSO there is an expanded representation of the frequencies around 60 kHz, the main frequency component of the bat's echolocation call; there is another expanded representation of the range around 90 kHz, the third harmonic of the call.
Butting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of But
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butt
(n.) An abuttal; a boundary.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now it’s time for clarity on the skyline.” Looming 160m above Fenchurch Street, towering over several conservation areas and butting into the background of most views of London, the Walkie-Talkie is perhaps the most egregious example of such incoherence.
(2) There seems to have been a bit of an argument between the pair moments before the incident, then Meyler went to retrieve went to the Newcastle technical area to retrieve the ball for a throw-in and was head-butted by Pardew.
(3) There are lots of ifs and buts, a lot of factors that nobody can control,” he said.
(4) In 2010 David Cameron made a “no ifs, no buts” promise to reduce annual net migration below 100,000.
(5) In an extract from his book Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography, in Sydney's Daily Telegraph , Tyson says he was furious that Evander Holyfield had head butted him: "I just wanted to kill him.
(6) Alan Pardew denied head-butting Hull's David Meyler in a touchline altercation but conceded he would be "stupid" not to expect the Football Association to come down hard on him in the coming days.
(7) Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I’d head-butted him – we’d been fighting for ages.
(8) And, for the record, his latest speech included 35 ifs and 44 buts.
(9) Mailer responded at a Manhattan dinner party in 1977 by throwing a glass of whiskey in Vidal's face, head-butting him and then throwing a punch.
(10) When an officer arrived at the Enghien-les-Bains casino and asked him to leave, Sharif, 71, grew angrier still, began swearing, and then head-butted the policeman.
(11) Speaking as both pro- and anti-independence camps traded fresh claims and counter-claims, Davidson said: "No ifs, no buts – those are the rules for any new member.
(12) Net migration rose to 260,000 in the year to June – an increase of 78,000 on the previous year, making a mockery of Cameron’s critical 2010 election “no ifs, no buts” pledge to bring net migration down below 100,000 before the 2015 election.
(13) "We want to talk more about those things and less about the 'ah, buts'," he said.
(14) There’s a difference – I had nothing to apologise for.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Roy Keane head-butted Peter Schmeichel on a 1998 pre-season tour in Asia.
(15) He was sitting in a cafe, telling a friend how he’d recently met two Silicon Valley power couples, each with a profoundly autistic child, when a teacher at the next table overheard and butted in: “There’s an epidemic of autism in Silicon Valley.
(16) "He hasn't head-butted him but he has gone through the action and when you are 10 yards away from the referee you are going to be red-carded and rightly so.
(17) Fernando Llorente double steers Swansea to vital win over Sunderland Read more With Tom Huddlestone back to something approaching his imperious best in central midfield, Hull would have won had Fraizer Campbell not rescued Palace courtesy of an 89th-minute equaliser as Pardew made his first return to this ground since he infamously butted David Meyler here in March 2014.
(18) Newcastle United last night fined Alan Pardew £100,000 after the manager lost control on the touchline and head-butted the Hull City midfielder David Meyler during his side's 4-1 win at the KC Stadium on Saturday .
(19) Apparently, the cause can be attributed to the helmet-face mask that has encouraged the use of the head as the primary point of contact in blocking, tackling, and head butting.
(20) If Heathrow is picked, it will mean a reversal in Conservative policy since David Cameron as opposition leader ruled out backing a third runway with “no ifs, no buts”.