(n.) Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
(n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
(n.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
(n.) The body.
(v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
(v.) A projecting part of a building.
Example Sentences:
(1) As the percentage of rabbit feed is very small compared to the bulk of animal feeds, there is a fair chance that rabbit feed will be contaminated with constituents (additives) of batches previously prepared for other animals.
(2) Their efforts will include blocking the NSA from undermining encryption and barring other law enforcement agencies from collecting US data in bulk.
(3) Cholestyramine resin was beneficial in reducing stool bulk but had no substantial effect on fat absorption.
(4) Chromatographic separation revealed that the bulk (85%) of the mitogenic activity in SSV-transformed NRK cells was not due to p28v-sis but rather two distinct endothelial cell growth factors that eluted off heparin-Sepharose between 1 and 2 M NaCl.
(5) The remainder of the plasmid appeared to be associated with five positioned nucleosomes and two nonnucleosomal, partially protected regions on the bulk of the molecules.
(6) The fact that proteolytic activity could be detected within 2 days at 7 degrees C is significant, since bulk cooled milk is normally held for 3 to 4 days at temperatures between 4 and 7 degrees C at farms or factories prior to processing.
(7) The surface film transition is especially noted in the pressure-area curve of the surfactant and approximates in two dimensions the broad thermotropic phase transition of the bulk phase surfactant.
(8) Serine (12.0-18.2%), tyrosine (5.8-9.0%) and glycine (4.5-7.1%), along with arginine, make up the bulk of the amino acid residues in these molecules.
(9) Age at diagnosis (greater than or equal to 60 years vs less than or equal to 60 years), total number of involved sites, tumor bulk (mass size greater than or equal to 10 cm vs less than 10 cm), serum LDH (greater than or equal to 500 Units) and prompt achievement of complete remission following intensive combination regimens appear to be the most important variables predicting for cure in aggressive lymphomas.
(10) The repaired alveolar processes were similar in bulk and contour in sites grafted with NPHA and with bone.
(11) The results are presented as effectiveness factor plots graphed as functions of bulk galactose and oxygen concentrations.
(12) The relative permittivity and conductivity of rabbit eye lens were measured in the frequency domain between 2 and 18 GHz at temperatures of 37 and 20 degrees C. An analysis of the data suggested that a significant proportion of the bulk water in nuclear and cortical lens tissue may behave differently to pure water.
(13) Any substance applied into the bulk solution must pass through this layer by diffusion before reaching the receptors.2.
(14) However, the studies on 0-2A progenitor cells were carried out in bulk cultures of optic nerve, and so it was possible that other cell-cell interactions were required for differentiation in culture.
(15) When estimates of milk loss were replaced by estimates based on bulk tank somatic cell counts, milk loss accounted for over 80% of the total cost of mastitis.
(16) By comparing the results of the electroimmunoassay of fractions obtained by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of human leukocyte interferon with the antiviral activity of the fractions, an excellent dissociation of molecules with interferon activity from the bulk of contaminating antigens was achieved.
(17) The receptor subregion that interacts with the propyl C-1 of 1 is more tolerant of bulk and of polar substituents than the subregion that interacts with propyl C-3.
(18) Dynamic computerized tomography (CT) was performed on 42 patients with acute head injury to evaluate the hemodynamics and to elucidate the nature of fatal diffuse brain bulk enlargement.
(19) At pH 7.0, acrylamide partitions between the bulk aqueous phase and the proteins, human serum albumin, monellin and ovalbumin.
(20) The fact that good activity was maintained in these new analogues, which possess hydrophilicity and steric bulk considerably different from the parent compound, suggests that neither end of these molecules is critical for recognition and binding of the inhibitors by renin.
Capacity
Definition:
(n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.
(n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.
(n.) Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
(n.) Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
(n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.
Example Sentences:
(1) Simplicity, high capacity, low cost and label stability, combined with relatively high clinical sensitivity make the method suitable for cost effective screening of large numbers of samples.
(2) Radioligand binding studies revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity (Kd = 2-6 X 10(-10) M) binding sites for ET-1 in both cells, although the maximal binding capacity of cardiac receptor was about 6- to 12-fold greater than that of vascular receptor.
(3) These results could be explained by altered tissue blood flow and a decreased metabolic capacity of the liver in obese subjects.
(4) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
(5) Polyribosomes isolated from the livers of rats sacrificed 6 h after treatment with actinomycin D showed a 42% reduction in their capacity to bind anti-RSA Fab'.
(6) Escherichia enterotoxigenic strains, Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella typhimurium virulent strains, Campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates possess more pronounced capacity for adhesion to enteric cells of Peyer's plaques than to other types of epithelial cells, which may be of importance in the pathogenesis of these infections.
(7) An inverse relationship between the pumping capacity of the heart and vascular resistance was confirmed at different stages of examination and treatment of the patients.
(8) Another important factor, however, seems to be that patients, their families, doctors and employers estimate capacity of performance on account of the specific illness, thus calling for intensified efforts toward rehabilitation.
(9) These results indicate that both the renal brush-border and basolateral membranes possess the Na(+)-dependent dicarboxylate transport system with very similar properties but with different substrate affinity and transport capacity.
(10) A conventional liquid chromatograph with a low capacity column and a conductimetric detector is used to analyze aerosols of Cl-, Br-, NO-3 and SO=4 with good results.
(11) In addition to esophageal manometry, we also performed acid-clearance studies and examined salivary output, acid-neutralizing capacity, and bicarbonate concentration.
(12) This capacity is expressed during incubation of the bacteria with the substrate and needs a source of carbon and other energy metabolites.
(13) In lactate medium the capacity of each AIB carrier is unchanged but its affinity is reduced to one-third.
(14) Ultraviolet difference spectrophotometry indicates that the inactivated enzyme retains its capacity for binding the nucleotide substrates whereas the spectral perturbation characteristic of 3-phosphoglycerate binding is abolished in the modified enzyme.
(15) The absolute level of ventilatory capacity resembles that of Nepalese children and differs from that of some other groups.
(16) The functional capacity to present antigens to T cells was lacking in normal resting B cells, but was acquired following LK treatment.
(17) The immunodetectable PKC level in hypothyroid liver was elevated 7.7-fold, whereas the phorbol-ester binding capacity and the immunodetectable alpha-PKC level were increased 2.4- and 2.6-fold, respectively.
(18) An operant delayed-matching task was used to assess the role of proactive interference (PI) effects on short-term memory capacity of rats.
(19) Utilizing a range of operative Michaelis-Menten parameters that characterize phenytoin elimination via a single capacity-limited pathway, a situation assuming instantaneous absorption (case I) is compared with the situation in which continuous constant-rate absorption occurs (case II).
(20) In order to obtain the most suitable mobile phase, we studied the influence of pH and acetonitrile content on the capacity factor (k').