(a.) Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).
(a.) Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock.
Example Sentences:
(1) Possible integration of the clastic binding processes into other, better-recognized processes at the receptors is considered.
(2) Pyruvate was metabolized through a clostridial-type clastic reaction.
(3) Semiempirical (CNDO) molecular orbital calculations, based on a previously investigated morphine-receptor clastic-binding system, were performed using a series of ethyl and propyl amines as models for the analgesic receptor.
(4) An in vitro system for isolated dentinoclasts is described in which clastic cells which are not contemporaneously engaged in resorption are gently rinsed from the surface of actively resorbing root dentin.
(5) Behavioral changes included marked apathy, inertness and hypersomnia, together with occasional clastic agitated episodes and verbal and gestural stereotypies and soliloquies.
(6) A clostridial-type clastic reaction was utilized by the spirochete to degrade pyruvate to acetyl-coenzyme A, CO(2), and H(2).
(7) This study demonstrates a relationship between the biochemical properties of the extracellular matrix of a cartilaginous model of long bone and the fusion of mononuclear clastic elements into multinucleate chondroclasts.
(8) Animal viruses, predominantly enteroviruses, were detected in shallow water at bottom depths and in clastic marine sediments.
(9) Failure to express either clear zones or ruffled borders by cells cultured on collagen-coated coverslips was interpreted to reveal that collagen itself is not capable of, but requires the mineral component of hard tissue for, producing morphologic resorbing structures in clastic cells.
(10) It was concluded that the direct effect of steroids on clastic cells may be one of inhibition (the degree of which depends on the nature and dose of the steroid) whereas, in vivo, systemic administration may cause more secondary effects (such as PTH stimulation) to compete with this inhibition.
(11) Sanitary, chemical, bacteriological and toxicological characteristics of water and clastic deposits in the area of water abstraction systems used for economic and drinking purposes near a large inhabited locality are presented.
(12) The spirochete utilized a clostridial-type clastic reaction to metabolize pyruvate to acetyl-coenzyme A, CO(2), and H(2), without production of formate.
(13) In addition, the results indicated that the enzymes of strain 82 involved in the clastic split of pyruvate to formate and acetate are inactivated by exposure to 46 C and that the lactic and glycerol dehydrogenases are more heat-labile than those in E. coli.
(14) Production of H(2) by S. maxima may occur through a pyruvate clastic system similar to that present in coliform bacteria.
(15) A clastic analysis was made on the base of a factorial model of Newcastle disease in this country for the 1970-1979.
(16) The atrophy is accompanied either by normal or increased bony trabecularization, together with increased osteoblastic and -clastic activity.
(17) The spirochetes used a coliform-type clastic reaction to metabolize pyruvate.
(18) Cell-free extracts of Clostridium perfringens were found to contain all the enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of glycolysis in addition to lactic acid dehydrogenase and the pyruvate-clastic system.
(19) Osteoclasts colonized and resorbed fully mineralized dentin, whereas clastic cells were not observed on unextracted demineralized dentin and predentin.
(20) Possible alternative explanations of the facts which led to the clastic binding hypotheses are offered.
Rock
Definition:
(n.) See Roc.
(n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
(n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
(n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
(n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
(n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
(n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
(v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
(v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
(v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
(v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
Example Sentences:
(1) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(2) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
(3) The Ibiza Rocks hotel is aimed at a young clientele who'd never make it into the VIP section of Pacha.
(4) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects “The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be respected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
(6) One species (the goldfish) has an extensive fundus circulation while the other (the rock bass) has a minimal one.
(7) You can tell them that Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock solid, given our strong capital and risk position.
(8) Rocking the hepatocyte-splenocyte cultures changed the elution profile from linear to convex.
(9) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
(10) Russell is a former director of Northern Rock while Crosby is the former chief executive of HBOS.
(11) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
(12) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
(13) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(14) The involvement of one of South Korea’s most powerful men has rocked the country’s business world, as it signalled that prosecutors were prepared to use the full force of the law against the head of a company whose revenues are equivalent to a fifth of the country’s GDP.
(15) Emotional reactivity of patients with endogenous depression and healthy test subjects towards classic and rock music was compared.
(16) The Volkswagen Group has announced €1bn (£750m) of spending cuts at its core VW division to help pay for a product overhaul following the emissions testing scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest carmaker.
(17) Loss-making Northern Rock is axing another 680 jobs as it cuts costs in preparation for a return to the private sector after being nationalised in February 2008 .
(18) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
(19) Just about.” That one went over like a sublime Chris Rock riff.
(20) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.