What's the difference between chain and furlong?

Chain


Definition:

  • (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
  • (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
  • (n.) A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
  • (n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
  • (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  • (n.) The warp threads of a web.
  • (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
  • (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
  • (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly.
  • (v. t.) To measure with the chain.
  • (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
  • (2) In addition, DDT blocked succinate dehydrogenase and the cytochrome b-c span of the electron transport chain, which also secondarily reduced ATP synthesis.
  • (3) The high transition enthalpy for kerasin is ascribed to a lesser accommodation of gauche conformers in the hydrocarbon chains just below the transition temperature.
  • (4) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
  • (5) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
  • (6) The Tyr side chain had two conformations of comparable energy, one over the ring between the Gln and Asn side chains, and the other with the Tyr side chain away from the ring.
  • (7) The lineage and clonality of Hodgkin's disease (HD) were investigated by analyzing the organization of the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor beta-chain (T beta) gene loci in 18 cases of HD, and for comparison, in a panel of 103 cases of B- and T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and lymphoid leukemias (LLs).
  • (8) Only those derivatives with a free amino group and net positive charge in the side chain were effective.
  • (9) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
  • (10) The reducing equivalents could be donated by formate or NADH through some segment of the membrane respiratory chain.
  • (11) Thus there may be four types of LPS in PACI: one contains unsubstituted core polysaccharide and yields L2 on acid hydrolysis, another has short antigenic side-chains of the SR type and yields the LI fraction, while the two high molecular weight fractions are derived from core polysaccharides with different side-chains.
  • (12) The seve polypeptide chains investigated had generalyy similar properties; all contained two residues per molecule of tryptophan and N-acetylserine was the common N-terminal amino acid residue.
  • (13) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (14) Peptide:N-glycosidase F removed both the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chains of ricin B-chain in the absence of lactose.
  • (15) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
  • (16) In general, optimal DAGAT activity in vitro was observed when long-chain unsaturated acyl-CoAs and diacylglycerols (DAGs) containing long acyl chains were used as substrates for in vitro TAG synthesis (although 1,2-didecanoin was also very effective).
  • (17) The canine system allows quantitative separation of native heme containing alpha and beta chains which recombine to for tetrameric hemoglobin with normal functional properties (n = 2.17).
  • (18) The product of this enzymatic hydrolysis was F420 with one less glutamic acid in the side chain.
  • (19) The present study deals with 832 ossicular chain reconstruction procedures performed in 655 patients from January 1975 to December 1985.
  • (20) On the other hand, if we correct for the population of HMM with degraded light chain 2, the difference in the binding constants in the presence and absence of Ca2+ may be as great as 5-fold.

Furlong


Definition:

  • (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ward ignored a weak challenge from young Darnell Furlong as two more experienced Rangers’ players loitered in the vicinity with little intent, then Ward made his way into the box and struck a shot that deflected off Sandro into the net.
  • (2) The course is a right-handed undulating track one mile and four furlongs long.
  • (3) The effects of lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC) on human erythrocyte (RBC) ghost morphology, transmembrane protein and lipid lateral mobilities, and membrane lipid composition were studied in order to elucidate mechanisms by which lysoPC immobilizes ghost membrane components [Golan, D. E., Brown, C. S., Cianci, C. M. L., Furlong, S. T., & Caulfield, J. P. (1986) J.
  • (4) And the final furlongs, Miliband's ideas were subjected to the searching gaze of the chancellor.
  • (5) Other changes to next year's race which have already been announced include a new position for the start, about half a furlong closer to the first fence.
  • (6) For this match he tried another, making four changes to the side that flopped so meekly at Crystal Palace last week , omitting Darnell Furlong, dropping Adel Taarabt to the bench and sending Shaun Wright-Phillips back to cold storage.
  • (7) Amino-terminal sequences derived from purified rabbit and human paraoxonase proteins suggested that the signal sequence is retained, with the exception of the initiator methionine residue [Furlong et al.
  • (8) Ross Furlong, an online public relations expert, said Brown's tweets could help Labour despite the fact that she does not use them for campaigning purposes.
  • (9) Furlong suspects that the idea of using Twitter did not come to her from public relations: "The PR world is still trying to work out what to do with Twitter.
  • (10) Jacob led over the last on Ulis De Vassy but was headed by Quaddick Lake inside the final half-furlong.
  • (11) Nevertheless, the deal is good news for investors, for chemical engineers and crucially, for our low-carbon future,” said Andrew Furlong, director of policy at the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
  • (12) The second approach took advantage of the fact that ISVPs grow in cells treated with NH4Cl, whereas intact virus does not grow under these conditions (L. J. Sturzenbecker, M. Nibert, D. Furlong, and B. N. Fields, J. Virol.
  • (13) 8.09pm BST 23 min: Brian Furlong wasn't exaggerating a great deal when he said the pitch was water-logged.
  • (14) Updated at 10.07pm BST 8.03pm BST 18 min: "We've 2 "You're the ref" scenarios so far tonight," writes Brian Furlong.
  • (15) The heights of 89 horses were measured at the withers before and after half a furlong of trotting exercise.
  • (16) These genes encode components of the high affinity ribose transport system in Escherichia coli, and together with the sequences of rbsB (Groarke, J.M., Mahoney, W.C., Hope, J.N., Furlong, C.E., Robb, F.T., Zalkin, H., and Hermodson, M.A.
  • (17) A Ticking Off Jamie Furlong Street photography project - A Ticking Off by Jamie Furlong Photograph: Jamie Furlong You can't tell what the father and son are doing, but their shadows tell you a lot more.
  • (18) "There's a lot of thought going into the restriction of publicity around her," says Furlong.
  • (19) "Although the content is deliberately not party political, she is effectively pressing voter flesh online, as she did in person at the Glenrothes byelection to great effect," Furlong said .
  • (20) Research carried out by Alasdair Forsyth and Andy Furlong at the University of Glasgow in the last 10 years has shown that students from lower socio-economic groups are more likely than their more advantaged peers to change courses, drop out because of debt or repeat a year, and less likely to achieve a degree or progress to post-degree study.

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