(n.) An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
(n.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
(n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
(n.) Impudence; a brazen face.
(n.) Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
(n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
(n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Example Sentences:
(1) Corbyn to complain to MoD about army chief's ‘political interference’ Read more Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn’s political mis-steps over the past 10 days have allowed his views to be dismissed as flaky and irresponsible – even where he is right, as in his warnings about kneejerk responses to terrorist attacks and, indeed, in his Armistice Day strictures about the requirement for the top brass to stay out of politics .
(2) Of the various metals and alloys tested for use in its construction, brass produced the smallest NMR artifact with minimal magnification.
(3) "For the top brass in French football, the issue is settled: there are too many blacks, too many Arabs, and not enough white players in French football," the website said.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rodriguez, who has been recovering from offseason hip surgery and who stands to lose more than $35m on the remaining portion of his contract should the reported suspension be carried out, has a team of lawyers working to battle the office of the commissioner on any penalties, despite MLBPA union head Michael Weiner reaching out to baseball's brass to try to hammer out a late deal on Saturday, an offer that was rejected by the sport's ruling body.
(5) The increase in retention was greater for brass than for dentine.
(6) A brass probe cooled to--79 degrees C and applied directly to infected corneas for six seconds resulted in an immediate 99.9% reduction in bacteria.
(7) The musician group was comprised of 31 brass instrument players, and 31 reed instrument or flute players.
(8) The pathologically increased enzyme activity might well permit diagnostic conclusions concerning the intensity and stage of destruction of the retina by brass poisoning.
(9) He’ll face competition from Manchester City though with Pep Guardiola shunning a wealth of Barcelona and Bayern Munich stars and identifying the England man as his top transfer target during a meeting with City’s top brass in, er, Amsterdam.
(10) wonders Chris Taylor, who one suspects doesn't have two brass bawbies to rub together.
(11) You're as likely to see the entire brass section of the Halle Orchestra running across the road at the interval for a swift pint as you are a room full of drunken retired policemen.
(12) The colonization rates were polyvinyl chloride, 70; copper, 31; and brass, 25%.
(13) Players of string instruments had longer careers than players of woodwind and brass instruments.
(14) All of my photographs are taken on a 4in by 5in wood and brass Gandolfi camera .
(15) Our guide extinguished the light and began to open the shutter, rotating the lens with a brass handle.
(16) Z was measured between brass sleeve electrodes within the end conduits of the pouch.
(17) Speaking as a factory member I had remembered many brass band concerts we enjoyed during lunchtimes in the Oxford car factory where I worked for 14 years.
(18) A plastic catheter is introduced into the trachea through a brass tube fitted on to the laryngoscope blade and oxygen is injected intermittently through the catheter to provide ventilation.
(19) Over a 0.009 inch flexible tip steel wire a diamond-coated brass burr fastened to a flexible drive shaft that rotates and tracks was advanced.
(20) A "news" report on Chris Morris's satirical Brass Eye once summed up a particularly unpleasant sight as resembling "Dante meets Bosch in a crack lounge in hell".
Establishment
Definition:
(n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
(n.) The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.
(n.) That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similar experimental manipulation has yielded in vitro lines established from avian B-cell lymphomas expressing elevated levels of c-myc or v-rel.
(2) The liver metastasis was produced by intrasplenic injection of the fluid containing of KATOIII in nude mouse and new cell line was established using the cells of metastatic site.
(3) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
(4) A backbench policy advisory group will be established to develop ideas.
(5) Since it was established, it has stoked controversy about contemporary art, though in recent years it has been more notable for its lack of sensationalism.
(6) Nasotracheal intubation has been well established as a method for maintaining an artificial airway in children.
(7) Using multiple regression, a linear correlation was established between the cardiac index and the arterial-venous pH and PCO2 differences throughout shock and resuscitation (r2 = .91).
(8) Developing seminiferous tubules and interstitial cells were first seen on day 26, and were well established one day later.
(9) In three of these patients this was associated with the presence of a previously well established abscess cavity.
(10) To identify the NHE-1 protein and to establish its cellular and subcellular localization in the rabbit kidney, we prepared antibodies to a NHE-1 fusion protein.
(11) The structures of 1 and 2 were established mainly on the basis of nmr spectroscopic data.
(12) It was established that nonsurgical methods of transplantation with laboratory animals were less time-consuming and were more readily applicable.
(13) The haplotype of the recombinant X chromosome of each of 241 backcross progeny has been established using the X-linked anchor loci Otc, Hprt, Dmd, Pgk-1, and Amg and the additional probes DXSmh43 and Cbx-rs1.
(14) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
(15) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
(16) An experimental model was established in the ewe allowing one to predict with accuracy an antral follicle that coincidentally would either undergo ovulation (6-8 mm diameter) or atresia (3-4 mm diameter) following synchronization of luteal regression and the onset of the gonadotropin surge.
(17) In 8 of 32 patients (25%) the diagnosis was established only at autopsy.
(18) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(19) We previously established that the binding constant (Ka) of this receptor site for the chemically synthesized model AGE, 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H- imidazole-butyric acid (FFI-BA), on cells of the mouse macrophagelike cell line RAW 264.7 is identical to that for AGE proteins.
(20) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.