(n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
(n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
(n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
(v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
Example Sentences:
(1) Conventionally taken radiographs are captured by a video camera and processed by the IPS system (KONTRON).
(2) The corresponding hydrides, mono-n-butyltin hydride, di-n-butyltin hydride, tri-n-butyltin hydride, monophenyltin hydride, diphenyltin hydride triphenyltin hydride, are detected by electron-capture gas chromatography after clean-up by silica gel column chromatography.
(3) Western diplomats acknowledge that the capture of Qusair is likely to have emboldened President Bashar al-Assad , making him less likely to consider concessions – let alone stepping down.
(4) Similar results were obtained when hFSH was captured by an alpha-specific MAb (10.3A6).
(5) This derivative also allowed sensitive detection and measurement of indole-3-pyruvate in the picogram range using a gas chromatograph with an electron capture detector.
(6) Contrary to the claims of some commentators, such as Steve Vladeck , it is impossible to argue reasonably that the memo imposed a requirement of "infeasibility of capture" on Obama's assassination power.
(7) This investigation examined the role of anabolic steroids on baseline heart rate (HR) and HR responses to the threat of capture in Macaca fascicularis.
(8) Moallem’s news conference came a day after jihadis captured a major military air base in north-eastern Syria, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the Islamic State group.
(9) Joe Gregory, parked outside the arena while waiting to pick up his girlfriend and her sister from the concert, captured its impact on his car’s dashcam.
(10) They were granted “extraordinary leave” and left with their military equipment to be captured or killed on the streets of the Chechen capital.
(11) The researchers' own knowledge of street language and drug behavior has enabled them to capture information that would escape most observers and even some participants.
(12) Using an ELISA with captured antigen by monoclonal antibodies, 604 blood donors were typed for the platelet-specific antigen systems HPA-1 and HPA-4.
(13) Mean treatment success, estimated from live-capture and mortality data, ranged between 87.1 and 100%.
(14) We have the nuclear-related wealth, which captures the highly skilled and the affluent and the upwardly mobile.
(15) The concentrations of clorazepate and its metabolite nordiazepam were determined by electron capture gas liquid chromatography.
(16) TUC, CPE and ART viruses were obtained from pools of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sp captured in Tucuruí, Pará State, in February, August and October of 1984, respectively.
(17) The RBEs of fast neutron, thermal neutron beams, and neutron capture therapy relative to 60Co gamma-ray were calculated as 2.78, 4.18, and 6.15 at 0.1 surviving fraction, respectively.
(18) As a result of recent development in medical practice including use of new antimicrobial agents, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) that were once considered nonpathogenic contaminants have captured attention as causes of disease.
(19) The original agricultural wastes had captured CO2 from the air through the photosynthesis process; biochar is a low-tech way of sequestering carbon, effectively for ever.
(20) The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit.
Harness
Definition:
(n.) Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
(n.) The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
(n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
(v. t.) To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
(v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
(v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
Example Sentences:
(1) The need here is to promote the development of genuinely participative models – citizens panels and juries, patient and community leaders, participatory budgeting, and harnessing the power of digital engagement.
(2) The case is presented of a patient sustaining cervical spine dislocation and quadriplegia attributed to impingement upon a 3-point attachment harness restraint.
(3) Finally, it is suggested that the gestural approach clarifies our understanding of phonological development, by positing that prelinguistic units of action are harnessed into (gestural) phonological structures through differentiation and coordination.
(4) Each experiment was designed as a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial with normal birds and acclimatization birds fitted with harnesses or housed over collection trays and given one of three dietary treatments.
(5) Harnessing its greatest asset – its authors – PEN is planning to publish an open letter to each of the five imprisoned writers every day this week, in the run up to the 33rd annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November.
(6) "We should be looking instead at decentralising the system, and looking closer to home for our energy supplies, such as solar panels on homes or harnessing wind energy on the coasts, or inland," he said.
(7) The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated.
(8) None of us is locked into a harness on a bench, being made unwillingly acquainted with tobacco products.
(9) In LNCaP cells (a prostate tumor cell line) the hAR is a heterogeneous protein which is synthesized as a single 110 kDa protein, but becomes rapidly phosphorylated to a 112 kDa protein.
(10) However, Reinfeldt's majority was undermined by the far right, who have sought to harness anti-immigrant sentiment in a country where one in seven residents is foreign-born.
(11) Shows such as Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation or Alex Horne's Seven Years in the Bathroom demonstrate an impressive ability to harness technology to the cause of live comedy; the visual aspects in both cases contribute enormously to the laughs, but it's hard to imagine how the shows would survive a power cut.
(12) Costs were diminished since with the same harness it was possible to carry out the intraoperative blood salvage and concentrate the erythrocytes contained in the oxygenator and its lines.
(13) Global policymakers know well the immense value of forests – so why have development interventions largely failed to harness the positive contributions of forested landscapes?
(14) Garcia says the movement is currently seeking to harness the anger in a common agenda of clear demands, a difficult task given the multiplicity of visions; it is not yet clear how much can be achieved.
(15) "In a way, it was good for harnessing anger," she continues.
(16) Specificity for the hAR was established by immunoprecipitation, immune-complex density gradient centrifugation and immunohistochemistry on human prostate tissue sections.
(17) In weightlessness, "falls" were achieved using elastic cords running from a torso harness to the floor.
(18) No significant changes in HAF, HAR, or hepatic tissue blood flow (HTF) occurred after the treatment.
(19) Almost a century after they were nearly destroyed by the Bolsheviks, these fierce horsemen – recruited by Ivan the Terrible in 1571 to guard Russia's borders – are back in harness.
(20) AHH and OHH suspension transiently increased interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production in response to the mitogen concanavalin A. Harness restraint alone did not affect IFN-gamma response.