What's the difference between carat and siliqua?

Carat


Definition:

  • (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
  • (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The country’s supreme court ruled that Imelda Marcos illegally acquired the items, including diamond-studded tiaras and an extremely rare 25-carat pink diamond.
  • (2) The show has been co-produced by ChannelFlip, the company which has made webshows for talent including Harry Hill and David Mitchell.The sponsorship deal has been struck by media agency Carat.
  • (3) They know that you're just going to buy everything from Amazon now, so they've all cut their losses and stacked every shelf with a trillion different 50 Shades Of Grey knock-offs called things like Disciplined With Buttplugs and 20 Carat Strumpet.
  • (4) Carat's biggest upward forecast revision in the Asia Pacific region is for China.
  • (5) The above principle, of which my 24-carat Tory pupil-master was so justly proud, is now hanging by a thread, one which the Ministry of Justice's plans will finally sever.
  • (6) The house, which once belonged to Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the playboy younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei, boasts a ballroom with elaborate panelled walls edged with 24-carat gold leaf.
  • (7) The government claims to have already stockpiled 4.6m carats worth up to $1.7bn, though some believe this is greatly exaggerated.
  • (8) The zinc oxide film formed on the as-cast specimen is effective in preventing of oxidation Cu in 18 carats gold alloys.
  • (9) Carat has revised down its global forecast from an expected 5.8% slump to a decline of almost 10% this year.
  • (10) High-resolution electron microscopy and electron diffraction were applied to elucidate the hardening mechanism in an 18-carat gold commercial dental alloy, Au-31.7 at.%,Cu-8.1 at.%,Pd-5.3 at.%,Ag-54.9 at.%.
  • (11) Growth was driven by Aegis Media, which includes media operations such as Carat and Vizeum, which delivered 3% year-on-year growth.
  • (12) The media buying agency network Carat has upgraded its forecast for global advertising growth this year to 2.9%, with a further 4% in 2011, thanks to significant signs of recovery in markets including the UK.
  • (13) The US, which last October Carat predicted would suffer a 2.6% ad spend fall this year, will now record growth of 0.2%.
  • (14) In the 18 carat gold alloy, the oxidation rate at 800 degrees C was about 10 times that at 700 degrees C. 7.
  • (15) This article explores the ten "carative" factors that form the core of Jean Watson's theoretical model and relates them to nursing practice.
  • (16) Connoisseurs of British indecision will greet Sir Howard Davies's announcement on Tuesday as an all-time, blue-chip, 24-carat masterpiece of the genre.
  • (17) This study was designed to investigate the enhancement of dose to soft tissue (or water) close to high electron-density materials and to measure the detailed lateral and depth-dose profiles in soft-tissue-simulating polymer adjacent to planar interfaces of several higher atomic-number materials: 18-carat gold dental casting alloy; Ag-Hg dental amalgam alloy; Ni-Cr dental casting alloy; and natural human tooth structure.
  • (18) In March Carat said that it expected the total UK ad market to slump by 7.1% this year; the new forecast predicts a decline of almost 12%.
  • (19) There is no cytotoxic action in the cases of pure gold and higher carat alloys than 58% Au-42% Cu alloy, but mild toxicity in lower carat alloys than 50% Au-50% Cu alloy.
  • (20) Don't matter what colour you are: white, black, Asian – they gonna treat you the same' Facebook Twitter Pinterest For all the street-level rawness of his subject matter, there has long been something Forbidden Planet-friendly about Ghostface: his 1996 solo debut Ironman was named after the Marvel superhero, while in 2007, he was immortalised as an action figure with 14-carat medallion, retailing for a cool $500.

Siliqua


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Silique.
  • (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sch.-Bip, Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam, Atriplex halimus L., Capparis spinosa L., Ceratonia siliqua L., Cleome droserifolia (Forssk.)

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