(n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
(n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
(n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
(n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.
(n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.
(n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
(n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.
(n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
(n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
(n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
(n.) A territorial division or district.
(n.) To move around; to revolve around.
(n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
(v. i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Variables included an ego-delay measure obtained from temporal estimations, perceptions of temporal dominance and relatedness obtained from Cottle's Circles Test, Ss' ages, and a measure of long-term posthospital adjustment.
(2) These findings suggest that conditioned circling is mediated by a bilateral involvement of the mesotelencephalic dopaminergic systems.
(3) The circle rate correlated with the extent of mural invasion.
(4) Single-stranded circles did not form if a limited number of nucleotides were removed from the 3' ends of native molecules by Escherichia coli exonuclease III digestion prior to denaturation and annealing.
(5) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
(6) Single-stranded linear DNAs were prepared by separating strands of duplex molecules or by cleaving single-stranded circles at a unique restriction site created by annealing a short defined oligonucleotide to the circle.
(7) Rolling-circle replicating structures which represent late stage lambda DNA replication can be detected among intracellular phage lambda DNA molecules under recombination deficient conditions as well as in wild-type infections.
(8) One of these models, the cognitivo-behavioural approach developed by Beck since 1963, seems to be gaining a renewed interest in psychiatric circles, especially in North America.
(9) With Schirren's circle the obtained mean value was even higher (+ 52%) in comparison to the "real" volume by Archimedes' principle with a random mean error of 19%.
(10) In the beginning the only patient and his family circle are able to do something.
(11) In earlier studies with the SV40-transformed hamster cell line Elona two different types of DNA amplification could be identified: (i) Bidirectional overreplication of chromosomally integrated SV40 DNA expanding into the flanking cellular sequences ("onion skin" type) and (ii) highly efficient synthesis of extremely large head-to-tail concatemers containing exclusively SV40 DNA ("rolling circle" type).
(12) A week after the New York Film Critics Circle gave the movie its top award, a liberal political commentator wrote: "I'm betting that Dick Cheney will love [the film, which is] a far, far cry from the rousing piece of pro-Obama propaganda that some conservatives feared it would be."
(13) TRP1 RI circle (now designated YARp1, yeast acentric ring plasmid 1) is a 1,453-base-pair artificial plasmid composed exclusively of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosomal DNA.
(14) Thus did Dominic Cummings, former special adviser to Michael Gove , deliver to his prime minister what is, in certain Tory circles, the most crushing of insults.
(15) Two of Miliband’s inner circle – his director of strategy Tom Baldwin, and speechwriter Marc Stears – had suggested that the party seek out £3 supporters before 7 May in an attempt to engage people with the Labour party.
(16) Geometrical stimuli (48 6-item arrays of familiar forms, e.g., circle), tachistoscopically presented in the right or left visual field, were more accurately perceived in the right than left visual field by 15 college students.
(17) Both larval stages had an inner circle of 6 labial papillae, an outer circle of 6 labial papillae and 4 somatic papillae, and lateral amphidial pits.
(18) This vicious circle should be broken rather by finding optimal conditions than by a middle course determined by experimental requirements, economical frames and general notions about what may be good for the animal.
(19) Dimeric and oligomeric circles were present in the kDNA of the blood and intracellular stages in much greater proportion than in culture epimastigote stages.
(20) In spite of the relatively large sample and the given number of variables the problem of the vicious circle might occur.
Parabola
Definition:
(n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus.
(n.) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major variation in these patterns can be modeled by families of parabolas with a single degree of freedom.
(2) The relation between concentration and absorption in an eight step calibration series is well described by a parabola of the 2nd degree.
(3) It was shown that the women used a parabola with a larger margin over the top of the hurdle than the men: A lower parabola would shorten the hurdle step, and would require the lengthening of the three interhurdle steps.
(4) Three to eight parabolas were averaged for subjects in each posture; the mean for each posture was calculated.
(5) It was found that the velocity profile of the FITC labelled RBC in straight microvessels was blunt as compared to a parabola.
(6) The "excitability ratio" is the first derivative of the response parabola and as such becomes a linear function of the actual arterial CO2 partial pressure.
(7) The equation of the resulting parabola, corresponding to the upper frontal arch, can be applied to every maxillary dimension.
(8) This increase is satisfactorily expressed by a cubic parabola.
(9) A not previously described relationship between HbA2 and total Hb was demonstrated and probably conformed to a second degree parabola.
(10) The shape of protrusive condyle path was like a section of parabola curved forward and downward.
(11) Evaluations of the arterial and venous bleeding were conducted at 3 rates x 3 parabolas, and capillary bleeding was evaluated with 5 parabolas x 2 methods (pig's foot and sponge).
(12) The flow velocity profile in the venule seems to deviate slightly from the Newtonian parabola.
(13) The concentration of factor VIIIa can be obtained from the quadratic coefficient of the equation describing the parabola.
(14) Pointing accuracy improved movement-to-movement but not parabola-to-parabola, indicating that prolonged exposure is needed for sustained adaptation.
(15) A "reference parabola" is introduced making the fluid pressure concept more understandable.
(16) Transcranial Doppler data with accompanying acceleration information were analyzed in three segments in each parabola.
(17) The following objectives are addressed in this study: 1) to discuss present techniques and two new radiographic measurement systems; 2) to establish mean, standard deviation, and normal range values for these measurement systems; 3) to determine if these measurements vary with foot size; and 4) to use the results to establish general guidelines for metatarsal parabola reconstruction.
(18) Reaction patterns of 90 cortical neurons to acetylcholine approximated by two parabolas have been divided on simple and complex.
(19) Each parabola included a period of 1.8 Gz, then approximately 20 seconds of weightlessness, and finally a period of 1.6 Gz; the cycle repeated almost immediately for the remainder of the set.
(20) The constant delta C model is explored and a physically more realistic model is advanced which allows for a temperature-dependent delta C which changes sign at some temperature within the range of stability of the native protein; delta G(T) then has the form of a skewed parabola.