(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').
Replenish
Definition:
(v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
(v. t.) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
(v. i.) To recover former fullness.
Example Sentences:
(1) That suggests they are being replenished by sulphur dioxide, most probably from volcanoes.
(2) The dietary components are utilized to replenish and augment glycogen and fat stores in the body.
(3) From these findings we conclude that the recycling of internalized Fc receptors greatly contribute to the replenishment of receptors on the cell surface.
(4) After administration of oestradiol-17beta to intact mature and immature rats, a decrease in the testicular concentration of specific oestradiol-binding sites was observed within 1 h. The binding capacity was replenished starting about 3 h after oestradiol administration and after 5 h the oestrogen receptor level had returned to control values.
(5) The management of hypernatremic dehydration begins with a replenishment phase if neither shock nor apparent anuria is present.
(6) N-acetylcysteine is assumed to reverse nitrate tolerance by replenishing depleted intracellular sulfhydryl groups, but data on interactions of N-acetylcysteine and nitrates in patients with stable angina are controversial and disappointing.
(7) Thus, while in intact hosts most of the transferred peritoneal LPSr cells decayed with time, following transfer into X-irradiated recipients the same cells were able to expand and replenish the lymphoid tissues of the host.
(8) Re-exposure to PSS completely replenished the NE-releasable store in 10 minutes.
(9) Stimulated inositolphospholipid turnover has been proposed to be initiated and sustained by hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2], which may be replenished by an enhanced flux of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) to PtdIns 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) to PtdIns(4,5)P2.
(10) Thus, it seems that stimuli which evoke LHRH release also increase LHRH mRNA transcription to replenish the hormone released during the LH surge.
(11) The officials boarded a helicopter to watch the USS William P Lawrence replenish its tanks with the blend of biofuel, which is made from beef fat from midwestern feedstock and produced by California-based AltAir Fuels.
(12) Britain threw down the gauntlet to donors on Monday by announcing that it would commit £1bn to replenish the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on condition that other countries agreed to follow suit.
(13) The process of replenishment of cytosolic receptors was inhibited by the injection of cycloheximide.
(14) Three patients with hypomagnesaemia-induced hypocalcaemia were investigated during the phase of magnesium replenishment.
(15) The pattern of T-lymphocytes replenishment was identical for both types of transplant, and was not affected by Graft Versus Host disease (GVHD).
(16) Replenishment of thiamine monophosphatase is completed on the 60th postoperative day.
(17) The fund began a series of meetings with donors in April to kick off its fourth replenishment round , which is due to conclude with a pledging conference in December.
(18) An administration of 150 micrograms cycloheximide, that effectively blocked protein synthesis in the uterus of the E2-implanted rats, completely inhibited the replenishment of soluble ER induced by 5 micrograms E2.
(19) These aquifers are being recharged from the surrounding plains and hills, an area of 21,000 sq km, The study indicates it is being replenished at a rate of 1.2 billion cubic metres a year – more than enough to supply the entire county.
(20) The role of substrate replenishment in the kinetics of interfacial catalysis in phospholipid micelles was discussed.