(n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
(n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.
(n.) A bud; a germ of a plant.
(n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.
(n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
(n.) To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
(n.) To dress or clothe.
(v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following each stimulus, the subject had to press a button for RT and then report the digit perceived.
(2) Three areas of abnormality were seen in schizophrenics: first, the interval preceding the motor response was characterized by reduced motor steadiness prior to the button-press response; second, the motor response was made with excessive force (hyperdynamia); and third, the agonist-antagonist synchrony (motor reversal) was impaired.
(3) On presidential election day 2010 it offered one group in the US a graphic with a link to find nearby polling stations, along with a button that would let you announce that you'd voted, and the profile photos of six other of your "friends" who had already done so.
(4) Every time we have a negotiation, the bidding process (for the project) slows and postpones things.” Water quality has become a hot-button issue as the Olympics draw closer with little sign of progress in cleaning up the fetid bay, as well as the lagoon system in western Rio that hugs the sites of the Olympic park, the very heart of the games.
(5) These regenerating nerve fibres together with growth cones make terminals in the form of buttons, rings and loops.
(6) No IgM was detected in the central buttons of four of the five sets where IgM occurred in the corneal periphery.
(7) Button osteomas affect two animals and are the only neoplastic conditions observed.
(8) 54 min: Has Joey Barton pressed the self-destruct button?
(9) She walked around her Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in a crop top that showed her belly button ring; she also established herself as a hard- working MP for that area.
(10) Six human donor corneas were studied with the scanning electron microscope to quantify the hazards to the endothelium during the excision of corneoscleral buttons.
(11) The disintegration of charged alkaline mercury button cells in simulated gastric fluid over a 24 h period has been studied.
(12) He seemed to have his finger on an invisible button, hardwired into the brains of the Fleet Street editors, driving them into an apoplectic frenzy of rage each time he chose to push it.
(13) Simple suturing techniques are also described, including the practicability of using padded buttons plus lead fishing sinkers to adjust the tension and secure these sutures on the surface of the neck.
(14) Protein concentration in the tissue buttons was significantly less than that of peritoneal fluid.
(15) McLaren’s Jenson Button completed the top 10, two seconds down as he and the team continue to show signs of improvement, with his team-mate Fernando Alonso 12th and a further half a second off the pace.
(16) We analysed the histological and ultrastructural aspects of corneal buttons obtained by keratoplasty in two patients presenting breaks in Descemet's membrane.
(17) Some fixation problems may have been related to technical errors and use of the earlier one-button technique.
(18) Light microscopic, histochemical, and electron microscopic study of the excised button disclosed characteristic features of macular corneal dystrophy in the donor cornea.
(19) Foreign aid, NHS queues, he pressed hot button prejudices, interrupted other speakers, his quick wit won both laughter and applause.
(20) Few figures exist but anecdotally, online fundraising is being embraced by the majority for whom at least a "donate" button exists, says Cath Lee, chief executive of the Small Charities Coalition .
Power
Definition:
(n.) Same as Poor, the fish.
(n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
(n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
(n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
(n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
(n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
(n.) A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
(n.) A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
(n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
(n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
(n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
(n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
(n.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
(n.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
(n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.
(n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
(n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
Example Sentences:
(1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
(2) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(3) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(4) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
(5) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
(6) Therefore, we have developed a powerful new microcomputer-based system which permits detailed investigations and evaluation of 3-D and 4-D (dynamic 3-D) biomedical images.
(7) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
(8) The compressive strength of bone is proportional to the square of the apparent density and to the strain rate raised to the 0.06 power.
(9) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
(10) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(11) He spoke words of power and depth and passion – and he spoke with a gesture, too.
(12) This transient paresis was accompanied by a dramatic fall in the MFCV concomitant with a shift of the power spectrum to the lower frequencies.
(13) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
(14) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
(15) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.
(16) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(17) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(18) Faisal Abu Shahla, a senior official in Fatah, an organisation responsible for a good deal of repression of its own when it was in power, accuses Hamas of holding 700 political prisoners in Gaza as part of a broad campaign to suppress dissent.
(19) Significant changes have occurred within the profession of pharmacy in the past few decades which have led to loss of function, social power and status.
(20) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).