(n.) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
(n.) The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
(n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.
Example Sentences:
(1) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
(2) Electromagnetic flow probes with an inner diameter of 2, 1.5 and 1 nm were used for studies on zero-line drifting and for calibration procedures in a series of rats and rabbits.
(3) Thus, the carotid pulse tracing provides an accurate reproduction of the morphology of the pressure tracing recorded from the ascending aorta, and when calibrated by peripheral blood pressure measurement, it can be used to calculate LV pressure throughout ejection.
(4) Statistical diagnostic tests are used for the final evaluation of the method acceptability, specifically in deciding whether or not the systematic error indicated requires a root source search for its removal or is simply a calibration constant of the method.
(5) The reference material, which must behave immunochemically the same as the patient's sample in all methods, is then used to assign a target value to the calibrator in each method and system.
(6) We conclude that the use of the multi-point calibration procedure presented in this article (based on calibration according to the instructions of the manufacturer and NCCLS EP-9P) greatly improves the intra-laboratory comparability and therefore should be part of multi-centre evaluations.
(7) Standard additions are unnecessary; Pt concentrations are read from a calibration chart of peak heights, which is linear up to 1.6 mg per liter.
(8) different plasmas representing seven levels of anticoagulation between international calibrated ratios (ICRs) from 1.5 to 4.5.
(9) The effect of nicotine on the nervous system during rapid smoking of two calibrated cigarettes was measured in twenty subjects: light, medium, heavy and non-smokers, across the changes of a number of electrophysiological variables and in different situations.
(10) The system established for control indicates the performance characteristics of each batch of thromboplastin in patients relative to a national calibration batch.
(11) Calibration is performed in the presence of the color additive by using the external standard method.
(12) Very good stability of the calibration curves (up to 2 months).
(13) Tone pulses and noise stimuli were mixed acoustically and presented using calibrated, sealed stimulating systems.
(14) Because flow and velocity are related, it is possible to estimate flow from velocity measurements with careful calibration and proper precautions.
(15) Calibrators and samples were prepared by mixing 200 microL of whole blood and 200 microL precipitation reagent and centrifuging at 10,000 rpm for 5 min (9600 x g).
(16) The calibration curve is expressed as a ratio of the activity bound to a different concentration of hormone and is described by a linear function with a correlation coefficient higher than 0.995.
(17) They also exhibited variations in calibre and sudden obstructions.
(18) The calibrated aperture in the bottom of each well is small enough to retain fluid contents by surface tension during monolayer growth, but also permits fluid to enter the wells when transfer plates are lowered into receptacles containing washing buffer or test sera.
(19) A method was developed for the preparation of a standard source to satisfy the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement for calibration of wipe-assay procedures used in nuclear medicine laboratories.
(20) Satisfactory calibrations for lactose were obtained with the 2 Milko-scan 203 models with standard errors of estimate of 0.034 and 0.033%.
Calipers
Definition:
(n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
(2) Inflammation was measured with the use of Harpenden calipers by the increase in skin thickness at 48 hours.
(3) A pair consisted of a case and two controls which were selected randomly by using multivariate caliper matching.
(4) Adipose tissue patterning by assessment of skinfold thickness using calipers and incision confirms significant sex differences but emphasizes the neglected importance of skin thickness.
(5) It was found that at a torque of 0.7 Newton-metres, the caliper became detached at the maximum load, but still held during traction at torques above this value.
(6) The first method consisted of using a vernier caliper by which direct measurements (Dv) of the distances were recorded.
(7) After dissection of a muscle the distance from the posterior limbus (gray-white line) to the insertion line of the muscle was measured with calipers both at the midpoint and at each end of the insertion.
(8) The effect of application site on anthralin inflammation was measured at 10 clinically normal volar skin sites on each forearm of 31 subjects as the increase in skin thickness at 48 h using Harpenden calipers.
(9) Ultrasound measurements of lumen diameter and area correlated significantly with those of corresponding arteriographic measurements obtained by use of digital calipers (r = 0.91, r = 0.86).
(10) Fat was measured with skinfold calipers and B-mode ultrasound.
(11) The degree of obesity is assessed from the body mass index (BMI) and the percentage of total body fat calculated from skinfolds measured by means of a caliper.
(12) The skinfold thickness at three different sites (triceps, subscapular and suprailiac) were measured using Holtain Skin Fold Caliper in 941 children of 0-5 years of age.
(13) The variability of duplicate measurements with the skinfold caliper appeared to be somewhat lower than with ultrasound measurements.
(14) In 2,300 persons of both sex, 6, 8, 10, and 18 years of age, using the caliper of "Holtein"-type for measuring thickness of skin-fat folds, age dynamics in distribution of subcutaneous fat, as well as general, subcutaneous and internal fat have been estimated.
(15) Skinfold calipers provide a more unequivocal index of the amount and distribution of subcutaneous fat.
(16) Changes in body composition during weight reduction of 20 obese women were quantified by anthropometry (weight, waist and hip circumferences, skinfold thicknesses determined with a skinfold caliper and ultrasonically), densitometry (hydrostatic weighing), tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance (TBI) and computed tomography (CT scan of abdomen and thorax).
(17) Using skinfold calipers, eight raters performed skinfold fat measurements at three anatomical sites on 10 male and 10 female subjects.
(18) We determined the mean caliper diameter for the five most common classes of cells found in the gas exchange portion of rat lung.
(19) Tumour growth delay has been investigated as an endpoint of radiation effect in selected patients with superficial metastases measured by calipers and ultrasound.
(20) The maximal right and left carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured with calipers during the scanning from frozen images by four observers in a blinded fashion.