(n.) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
(n.) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.
(n.) One who polishes with a buff.
(n.) A wheel for buffing; a buff.
(n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
(2) The proportion of motile spermatozoa decreased with time at the same rate when samples were prepared in either HEPES or phosphate buffers.
(3) The third route was quantitated by its sensitivity to probenecid and its activity was increased in saline buffers and upon addition of glucose and was inhibited by oligomycin.
(4) The 0.1 M phosphate buffer eluant was electrophoretically heterogeneous and did not elicit the production of bactericidal antibodies in rabbits.
(5) In the same buffer a resonance marked L by Russu et al.
(6) The polymerization of dATP, dCTP, and dGTP onto the defined length initiator, d(pA)10, has been carried out in four buffers.
(7) Hyperosmolar buffer slightly increased the sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine as well as the cholinergic twitch to electric field stimulation.
(8) The present results using approximately 12% hemoglobin concentration in 0.1 M Bistris buffer at pD 7 and 27 degrees C with and without organic phosphate show that there is no significant line broadening on oxygenation (from 0 to 50% saturation) to affect the determination of the intensities or areas of these resonances.
(9) These results indicate that FMLP increased a pulmonary microvascular permeability in isolated buffer-perfused rabbit lungs that is PMN dependent and mediated by LT produced possibly by a result of ROS production.
(10) Although the brain AP50 is prominently phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase in isolated coated vesicle preparations, the neuronal AP50 was not detectably phosphorylated in intact cells as assessed by two-dimensional non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis of labeled cells dissolved directly in SDS-containing buffers.
(11) In conclusion, the ability of distal tubules to establish a significant pH gradient will contribute to the titration of non bicarbonate buffers, i.e., to titratable acid formation.
(12) Studies were conducted in isolated, buffer-perfused rat lungs to determine if prostaglandin (PG) E1 attenuated pulmonary edema provoked by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
(13) One cellulase is buffer-soluble, the other buffer-insoluble but extractable with high salt concentrations.
(14) A pH 2.5 buffer was found to be the most effective solution for eluting gp41 from a 41-1S monoclonal antibody column.
(15) Furthermore, even the action of Lys-5 on the Pseudomonas OM was abolished when the assays were performed in the presence of 150 mM NaCl instead of the low-ionic strength buffer earlier used by investigators studying the effect of polycations on the Pseudomonas OM.
(16) The results suggest that the conversion of the HRP-TMB reaction product to an electron-dense form during osmication is intimately associated with the pH of the phosphate buffer and the total time of osmication.
(17) This combined process decreased by 63% the decimal reduction times for the heat treatment when the organism was suspended in buffer and by 43% when suspended in milk.
(18) The temperature-activated 4 to 5 S EBP transformation is found to be highly reproducible without loss of [3H]estradiol-binding activity in a buffer containing an excess of [3H]estradiol, 40 mM Tris, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 1 M urea at pH 7.4.
(19) Incubation of freshly isolated rat hepatocytes with highly purified radiolabeled rat transferrin in weakly buffered medium in the presence of 10 mM ethanol resulted in a marked diminution of iron uptake by these cells, associated with a greater pH depression than in ethanol-free control studies.
(20) It was found that the use of a pH 9.6 buffer during the coating of ELISA plates led to the dissociation of virions into subunits which bound preferentially to the solid phase.
Buffet
Definition:
(n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
(n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
(v. i.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
(v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.
(v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
(v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
(v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
(v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
(v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
(v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling.
Example Sentences:
(1) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
(2) The public, buffeted by weather fluctuations and economic turmoil, has little time to analyse decadal changes.
(3) Instead, it comes down to how prepared donors and others are to disrupt the current development model; how prepared we all are to smash the “ charitable industrial complex ”, as Peter Buffet once called it.
(4) The buffet option will be put on the table in Lima in December when negotiations enter the final stretch aimed at reaching an international climate deal by the end of 2015.
(5) Food intake was assessed at a buffet lunch that began 38 min after the preload was completed.
(6) Images of rain, snow and hail buffeting Northern Ireland’s six counties would appear to miraculously avoid both the Republic and Scotland!
(7) A key issue for Channel 4's new chairman is how much change the buffeted broadcaster can handle, whether the chief executive needs to be an outstanding creative leader, and how much the advertising model needs to be shaken up.
(8) Still, with the many different stairways charting looping courses around the buffeted white peaks of the galleries, this rooftop landscape will be a kids’ nirvana for hide and seek.
(9) The Communist party leader, Marie-George Buffet, said the party was recommending a pro-Chirac vote in the May 5 runoff "to ensure that the candidate Le Pen gets as low a score as possible", while the Green candidate Noel Mamère said his party had resolved to vote Chirac in the second round "because, although this choice is unimaginable, we have a responsibility to society".
(10) The back crewmember did experience problems such as loss of communications, loss of vision, helmet lift, high frequency head buffet, and exhalation difficulties.
(11) The human rights award comes as Saudi Arabia is buffeted by international criticism, not just for its domestic record but for its airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen , which have led to many civilian casualties.
(12) Run on Brazil's popular self-service, per-kilo model, the buffet features a fine variety of savoury, salad and vegetable dishes, as well as a coffee counter, where you can polish off an espresso and a slice of cake before ducking in to one of the exhibitions elsewhere in this tall building.
(13) But a decade later, buffeted by oil shocks and rising industrial militancy, and weakened by strategic errors, Fiat stood on the verge of bankruptcy.
(14) She described her term, over the life of a hung parliament after the 2010 election, as a “perfect political storm”, buffeted by a “hard-hitting opposition campaign” by Abbott and the leadership instability, though she did not name Kevin Rudd.
(15) Updated at 6.42pm GMT 6.22pm GMT With the global development session over, Davos attendees are now enjoying a spot of food themselves - an oriental-style buffet.
(16) At lunchtime, the Serco staff gathered in a meeting room and ate from a cold buffet.
(17) So we will not allow those on middle and modest incomes to be buffeted about in a storm not of their making.
(18) The airline industry, buffeted first by high oil prices and now the downturn in the global economy is undergoing a period of consolidation as carriers seek to take out capacity and cut costs.
(19) The party has been buffeted by a weakening economy, and a string of controversies and blunders in recent weeks.
(20) Visiting Sousse’s hotels these days is an eerie experience, with empty pools, deserted bars and buffets laden with uneaten food.