(a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
Example Sentences:
(1) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(2) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(3) The ability of autoregulate blood flow in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit is critical to prevent cavitation and air embolism.
(4) To explain some of these results a theoretical model is presented to demonstrate that while short circuiting can block the passive ionic movement, it will cause an increase in the energy consumption of the system and introduce certain important changes in the ionic barriers and e.m.fs.
(5) DNase I microspheres were then introduced into the extracorporeal circuit which resulted in an acceleration of degradation of acid precipitable 125I-nDNA.
(6) A wide range of development possibilities for the printed circuit microelectrode are discussed.
(7) Our results were consistent with the modern anesthesia standard in closed circuit t.i.
(8) One hour after terminating the extacorporeal circuit, the C.O.P.
(9) These effects are not accompanied by significant changes in the transmural electrical potential difference or short-circuit current.
(10) Evidence is reviewed suggesting that this latter system may involve a corticostriatal circuit.
(11) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
(12) To eliminate pacing stimulus afterpotential and detect an evoked response, a hardware feedback circuit and a software template matching algorithm were used to produce a triphasic charge-balanced pacing pulse.
(13) Four blood filters included in the extracorporeal circuit were removed one by one at 30-minute intervals.
(14) In the ECMO patient, cardiac stun syndrome and electromechanical dissociation can be confused with low circuit volume, pneumothorax, or cardiac tamponade.
(15) The transport system was analyzed in terms of an equivalent circuit model comprising a proton motive force (PMF), an active conductance (LH) in series with the pump, and a parallel or passive conductance which may be ignored in this preparation.
(16) The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit.
(17) Polymethacrylate coated charcoal was inserted in the dialysis circuit before the dialyzer.
(18) Since our system is adjusted with square waveforms and composed of a simple analog circuit, it can be compensated easily in real time.
(19) The circuit training exercise program, therefore, appears to be an effective method for improving the fitness level of alcoholic patients.
(20) Thus, neurons of the habenula and interpeduncular nucleus are under the direct and indirect influence of septal neurons within the limbic forebrain circuit.
Noncommittal
Definition:
(n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) He's more noncommittal, as a Muslim, about Obama's promises to open dialogue between Islamic leaders and America.
(2) I’m usually Labour” is an ominously noncommittal doorstep refrain: Jeremy Corbyn’s name often follows.
(3) Mention of the Lib Dems was met with noncommittal shrugs, as if you might just about bring yourself to back them, knowing it was little more than a futile protest vote.
(4) The author discusses the signs and symptoms appearing in the course of so called noncommittant squints.
(5) The chief executive, Ron Gourlay, has been publicly appreciative but noncommittal on Di Matteo's prospects, with the manager claiming still to be relaxed and focused on his immediate task as his contract ticks down towards expiry.
(6) Results of these analyses show that guidelines are too often formulated in a noncommittal way and that there is a need for a more functional registration system to link information about the clinical working diagnoses, the bacteria isolated and the sensitivity to the antibiotics used.
(7) Bassa was noncommittal about the offer, adding that it was still considering a "formal response", but said the proposals would be considered by shop stewards and ultimately by members.
(8) Andy Thornton, chief executive of the Citizenship Foundation, said: "So far responses from the Department for Education to our enquiries have been noncommittal and focus mainly on the coalition's proposals for a 'national citizens service'."
(9) Noncommittant squints are divided into squints caused by paresis or by a total paralysis of the motor muscles.
(10) This picture has all the traits of a well-rounded photograph: there are the jack rabbits on the fence, which make it look as if there is movement; the car that’s really dead, including the tumbleweed to one side and the beat-up old licence plate; the sky is totally noncommittal; the horizon is mute.
(11) She is, at first, similarly noncommittal about what she thinks of conversations around the burqa in the UK.
(12) Nomura analyst Rick Sherland had downgraded the company to a neutral – or noncommittal – stock recommendation on its disappointing stock performance.
(13) Two years into a five-year deal and recently appointed captain of Lazio, Biglia was noncommittal upon being asked if his promotion meant he would be staying at the club.
(14) But as a declaration of a military objective, it is slippery and noncommittal.
(15) Their Labour councillors refused to discuss the matter until after June 2004's council elections; when the council broke its silence, it was either noncommittal or brazenly enthusiastic about the Vardy proposal.
(16) The behaviour of these neoplasms has prompted the suggestion that these tumours be designated carcinomas rather that noncommittally tumours or neoplasms (Batsakis and Regezzi, 1977).
(17) Lamar McKay, the president of BP's US subsidiary, was also noncommittal about the plan during testimony before Congress earlier yesterday.
(18) Shortly after my first child was born, I attended a job interview where I responded to a casual question about my domestic circumstances with a revealingly noncommittal answer: "I live with my girlfriend – at the moment."
(19) And [the protagonists] were portrayed as Jews, so that was portrayed as a good thing?” I grunted noncommittally, which he took as a signal to move on to his critique of Django Unchained.
(20) For it, the author prefers the descriptive and diagnostically noncommittal acronym "BSAP".