(a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
(a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.
(a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.
(a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.
(a.) Perfect; complete.
(a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
(a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
Example Sentences:
(1) By hybridization studies, three plasmids in two forms (open circular and supercoiled) were detected in the strain A24.
(2) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
(3) Circular muscle strips from the opossum esophageal body obtained 3-5 cm above the esophagogastric junction were suspended in organ baths for measurement of isometric tension.
(4) Noradrenaline decreased the phasic contraction amplitude of the circular muscle and exerted a stimulant effect on the tone which suggested an existence of two alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes.
(5) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
(6) Circular dichroism (CD) spectra indicating different local orientation of oxazolone, when coupled to L or D side chain-terminating amino acids, support this suggestion.
(7) The alpha-helical content of the free form of the lipoprotein was measured from the circular dichroism spectrum of the lipoprotein in 0.01% sodium dodecyl sulfate and found to be 87%.
(8) Parameters affecting assembly of these complexes were sequences in circular DNA templates, sizes and sequences of linear DNA templates, temperature and incubation time.
(9) The mechanisms underlying the biphasic response (BR) of the circular muscle of the guinea pig ileum (CMGPI) to bradykinin (BK) have been examined.
(10) The distribution and lateral mobility of VDCCs on CA1 hippocampal neurons have been determined with biologically active fluorescent and biotinylated derivatives of the selective probe omega-conotoxin in conjunction with circular dityndallism, digital fluorescence imaging, and photobleach recovery microscopy.
(11) The structure of the Z-helix antigen was confirmed by circular dichroism (CD) and U.V.
(12) Dustin Benton Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship, Green Alliance Creating a circular economy will take action in three areas: the economy, policy and politics, and innovation.
(13) Anastomotic devascularization has been incriminated in the development of post-operative complications (fistula, stenosis) of circular stapling.
(14) If people approach it in the right way and we show that this is a development agenda – it’s competitiveness, it’s jobs – then why wouldn’t it be adopted.” Read more like this: How much do you know about the circular economy?
(15) When the method proposed by Trela (1975) is applied, thin layers of the petrous crest are chiselled out until the common crus of the superior and posterior semi-circular becomes apparent.
(16) A comparison of the conformation of Folch-Pi apoprotein in organic solvent and in aqueous solutions has been made by ESR, infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopy studies.
(17) In the group of malignant schizophrenia, irrespective of the stage of the disease and in the group of circular forms there was a definite drop in the activity of cytochromoxidase, succinatedehydrogenase and MAO, while as the activity of the ATP-ase and peroxidase was increased.
(18) Circular cuts which surgically isolated the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) from the remainder of the brain did not prevent copulation 4 to 24 h later, but did block reflex ovulation.
(19) Monodispersed N- and C-protected linear homo-oligomethionines (n = 2- -7) are studied by measurements of circular dichroism in the vacuum ultraviolet region.
(20) The first stage is characterized by circular disturbances of conditioned activity, vegetative shifts of compensatory character and intensification of individual characteristics of behaviour.
Mass
Definition:
(n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
(n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.
(v. i.) To celebrate Mass.
(n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
(n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
(n.) A large quantity; a sum.
(n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
(n.) The principal part; the main body.
(n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
(v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report that sperm from psr males fertilizes eggs, but that the paternal chromosomes are subsequently condensed into a chromatin mass before the first mitotic division of the egg and do not participate in further divisions.
(2) Blood samples were analysed by mass spectroscopy and gas chromatography.
(3) Bilateral symmetric soft-tissue masses posterior to the glandular tissue with accompanying calcifications should suggest the diagnosis.
(4) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
(5) The clinically normotensive cases had greater left ventricular mass than the normotensive controls (p less than 0.02).
(6) CT scan revealed a small calcified mass in the right maxillary sinus.
(7) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(8) The increase in red blood cell mass was associated with an elevation in erythropoietic stimulatory activity in serum, pleural fluid, and tumor-cyst fluid as determined by the exhypoxic polycythemic mouse assay.
(9) The groups were matched with regard to sex, age and body mass index.
(10) Based on the deduced amino acid sequence, rpL8 has a mass of 28,605 Da, a pI of 11.97, and contains 9.6% Arg and 11.9% Lys.
(11) All masses had either histologic confirmation (n = 11) or confirmation with other imaging modalities (n = 4).
(12) A neonate without external malformation had undergone removal of a nasopharyngeal mass containing anterior and posterior pituitary tissue.
(13) All patients with localized subaortic hypertrophy had left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass or posterior wall thickness greater than 2 SD from normal) with a normal size cavity due to aortic valve disease (2 patients were also hypertensive).
(14) By means of computed tomography (CT) values related to bone density and mass were assessed in the femoral head, neck, trochanter, shaft, and condyles.
(15) This can be achieved by sincere, periodic information through the mass media.
(16) However, the effects of such large-scale calvarial repositioning on subsequent brain mass growth trajectories and compensatory cranio-facial growth changes is unclear.
(17) Ether extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and various chlorinated and non-chlorinated compounds were detected, e.g.
(18) The spikes likely correspond to VP3, a hemagglutinin, while the rest of the mass density in the outer shell represents 780 molecules of VP7, a neutralization antigen.
(19) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
(20) The masses were solitary and located in the retroperitoneum (five cases), mediastinum (one case), and axilla (one case).