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Briefly


Definition:

  • (adv.) Concisely; in few words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
  • (2) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
  • (3) The fringe of the seizure ("borderland of epilepsy") is briefly delineated.
  • (4) Cooper, who was briefly a social worker in Los Angeles, also suggests working hard to build a rapport with colleagues in hotdesking situations.
  • (5) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
  • (6) Origins for these testosterone-sensitive cells are discussed briefly.
  • (7) This review will briefly summarize some of the data on the activity-dependent components of these mechanisms and incorporate the data into a model for selective synapse stabilization of coactive synapses.
  • (8) By contrast, the services for mentally ill in England is considered to be superior and is therefore presented briefly to benefit the development of better community psychiatric care in Japan.
  • (9) Clearly, it is impossible to combine the diverse information briefly outlined in this review to provide a coherent model of the regulation of globin gene expression during development.
  • (10) Polygraphic and videotape recordings, carried out for several nights, showed that after nearly each REM period, he would wake up briefly, presenting eye blinking followed by a burst of generalized hypersynchronous theta to start his seizures.
  • (11) Among the tubulo-interstitial lesions subcapsular interstitial fibrosis, acute tubular necrosis, cellular tubulo-interstitial rejection and Ciclosporin associated lesions are briefly described.
  • (12) The effects of glucocorticoids on eicosanoid synthesis are briefly summarized and issues that remained unresolved or controversial are described.
  • (13) Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses in compliance with state law, leaves LGBT people with no illusions about the Pope’s stance on equal rights for us, despite his call for inclusiveness.
  • (14) The possible roles of the sorbitol pathway and of hypothetical regulatory sites for the glucose molecule ("receptors") are briefly discussed.
  • (15) The Duke of Gloucester will go to the British Virgin Islands and Malta, while the Falkland Islands – where Prince William will be serving briefly as a helicopter pilot in the spring – will receive an official visit from the Duke of Kent, who will also go to Uganda.
  • (16) This time, as a journalist covering the event, I was arrested on the high seas, briefly imprisoned and interrogated on Mururoa itself while the tests continued.
  • (17) This communication briefly describes how a human heart two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) protein database is being established in our laboratory.
  • (18) The possible clinical implications of this technique are briefly discussed.
  • (19) Some mechanisms that can provide catalysis of phosphoryl transfer through a metaphosphate-like transition state are reviewed briefly.
  • (20) Several aspects of cooperation between man and computer are briefly discussed.

Glance


Definition:

  • (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
  • (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
  • (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
  • (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
  • (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
  • (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
  • (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
  • (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
  • (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
  • (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
  • (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Are you ready to vote?” is the battle cry, and even the most superficial of glances at the statistics tells why.
  • (2) A mere glance at the time courses shows what reaction schemes are inapplicable.
  • (3) The police officers guarding the entrance to Japan's nuclear evacuation zone barely glance at Yukio Yamamoto's permit before waving him through.
  • (4) He was perhaps casting an envious glance at his counterpart Dave Whelan's summer signings, particularly Holt, who nodded over early on from six yards.
  • (5) At first glance it seemed to be Carlos Alberto Parreira, a man who was sacked by Saudi Arabia after losing his first two matches at France 1998.
  • (6) BNP spokesman Simon Darby, said today that at first glance the list includes some people who are no longer members and some who have moved abroad.
  • (7) That's just dandy when you're gazing at a lamb chop with mint sauce, but the downside to this technology is that each time you glance at the image of Jamie on the front cover you'll absorb some of him, too.
  • (8) Otherwise it’s unbearable.” She glances over my shoulder again: “I’m going to have to change position.
  • (9) A glance at today's Sun provides a stark reminder that constitutional reform is no way to win easy plaudits from the papers that most voters read.
  • (10) Andy and his dad – who now looks like a Stieg Larsson character with a secret underground chamber - share a knowing glance and everyone is happy.
  • (11) Moments earlier Olsson had given the visitors the lead with a glancing header from Brunt’s corner to the near-post.
  • (12) Climate injustice is not at first glance a legal problem any more than climate change itself is: it is economic, political, scientific.
  • (13) Photograph: Life at a Glance He had been a relatively successful culture secretary in the first Blair government, so why was he sacked with no offer of another government job immediately after Labour won a second term in 2001?
  • (14) I cannot risk a whole game, I am a long-term coach.” Puzzled glances around the room alerted the manager to the possibility of a misunderstanding.
  • (15) A cursory glance at human history suggests otherwise.
  • (16) At first glance this may look simply like the natural order being imposed, a Premier League club easing out a side from two tiers below even if they were forced to endure the irritation of extra-time in the process.
  • (17) Soldado could have embellished his open-play haul just before that but glanced a header inches wide from a Paulinho cross.
  • (18) My uncle glances at her nicely rounded butt: – Nice fit lady, eh?
  • (19) At first glance the underlying profit before tax of £3.8bn, up 12.3%, looks good but that includes property disposal profits of £427m (which were ahead of the new annual target of £250m-£350m of property profits).
  • (20) • Mara And Dann, An Adventure, is published by Flamingo at £16.99 Life at a glance Doris May Lessing Born: October 22, 1919; Kermanshahan, Persia (now Iran).