(n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.
(n.) A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
(n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.
(n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
(n.) A braggart, or loud talker.
Example Sentences:
(1) There are currently five separate criminal prosecutions relating to official leaks under way, a surge in activity that national security experts say is a worrying attack on the rights of whistle blowers.
(2) It was possible to ventilate this isolator by either free-flow or blower operation.
(3) What have they cut in children’s education to do this?” Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, called for greater oversight of academies.
(4) The prevalence of chronic and acute respiratory symptoms and diseases and changes in lung function in a group of 80 glass blowers have been investigated.
(5) The talks are only allowed to discuss how Mr Gove's policies are implemented," Blowers said.
(6) Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, was "delighted" a clause that would have forced teachers to hold a licence that needed renewing every five years had been dropped.
(7) Blower said the report cards would have "reduced schools to a single letter or number, which was not the right way to do it".
(8) After the motion endorsing strikes was passed, the NUT's general secretary, Christine Blower, said: "The union will demand that Michael Gove attends talks with the unions to discuss his education policies, on workload and accountability, teacher pay – including performance-related pay– and his unfair pension changes.
(9) Speaking before the conference, Blower said: "There is a big concern in the profession about performance management, about Ofsted, about the pressure on teachers and about the unreasonableness of it."
(10) Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "These job losses are a mark of things to come.
(11) It will force journalists to reveal their sources and will send whistle-blowers to jail.
(12) We conclude that the blower is expected to be a useful accessory to respiratory protective devices for patients with pulmonary disease.
(13) "There are things the secretary of state [Michael Gove] could have done to avoid our national action in March and there are certainly things he could do to demonstrate good faith in discussions," Blower said.
(14) Flanked by lawns and monuments, this is the site of Delhi’s passeggiata , and at sunset, candy floss and ice-cream sellers, bubble blowers and henna artists set up stall.
(15) Blower said the attacks on pay and conditions alongside an overhaul of the Ofsted inspection regime and new guidelines on the performance management of individual teachers were placing an unbearable toll on the profession.
(16) NUT leader Christine Blower said delegates would decide the "shape of the ongoing campaign".
(17) But Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said she had serious reservations.
(18) From Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers The snapshot provided by the PISA results clearly shows that countries which are performing well, pay teachers well, respect the profession and encourage collaboration between teachers and schools.
(19) Photograph: Sam Frost Christine Blower , general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: “Voices of parents, governors and the local community are being silenced by a government that does not believe in proper democratic accountability in our schools.” Governors also condemned the move.
(20) Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said: "The education secretary should have taken the lead from Wales and re-graded this year's English GCSEs .
Device
Definition:
(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
(n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
(n.) A spectacle or show.
(n.) Opinion; decision.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
(2) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
(3) Core biopsy with computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US) guidance may be such an alternative, particularly when a spring-loaded firing device is used.
(4) Socially acceptable urinary control was achieved in 90 per cent of the 139 patients with active devices in place.
(5) Good fixation was obtained in 4 cases using Steffee's devices.
(6) The image was altered in the expected way, which means that the device is suitable for investigating the possibilities of different filters to improve the diagnostic ability.
(7) Streaming is shown to occur in water in the focused beams produced by a number of medical pulse-echo devices.
(8) A device allowing pressure to be applied to a local skin site where the skin blood flow is followed using laser Doppler flowmetry is described.
(9) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(10) The Nd-Yag-Laser seems to be a useful device in transsphenoidal surgery due to its potent coagulation effect and comfortable handling.
(11) However, localizing a functional region with PET has been severely limited by the poor resolving properties of PET devices.
(12) The devices worked as well on postphlebitic legs as on normal ones.
(13) Ten patients have undergone abdominal proctocolectomy with the formation of an ileal reservoir anastomosed onto the anal canal using a stapling device.
(14) The lack of pedestrian crossing devices, crosswalks, or sidewalks, however, was not associated with an increased risk.
(15) He added that 45% of traffic to Local World's extensive portfolio of websites – 76 newspaper sites, 26 This is … sites and 400 hyper local sites – comes from mobile devices.
(16) The latter animals were raised in an automated feeding device (Autosow) with an artificial diet simulating the nutritional composition of sow milk.
(17) "Android’s gain came mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, which saw its global smartphone share dip from 4 percent to 1 percent in the past year due to a weak line-up of BB10 devices," said Strategy Analytics' senior analyst Scott Bicheno.
(18) The authors consider that this device increases safety during this potentially hazardous procedure by eliminating the flammable polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and cottonoid packings most frequently used during this procedure.
(19) A training device is used in conjunction with an exercise program to teach muscle control for retention of a mandibular denture.
(20) We also used an optical device to stabilize images of the real world upon the retina.