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Comma


Definition:

  • (n.) A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
  • (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "We had a manifesto – and I'm going to put some inverted commas around it – that was produced in 2010.
  • (2) The most common ARs were electrolyte disturbances (23.5% of patients), extracellular volume depletion (9.0% of patients) and hepatic comma (3.6% of patients).
  • (3) If a phrase that expresses a comment about a noun can be omitted without substantially changing the meaning, and if it would be pronounced after a slight pause and with its own intonation contour, then be sure to set it off with commas (or dashes or parentheses): "The Cambridge restaurant, which had failed to clean its grease trap, was infested with roaches."
  • (4) Small spheres, rods and bodies the shape of a comma were common; larger beaded structures were somewhat rarer.
  • (5) Hemoperfusion with activated charcoal is indicated in intoxications and in hepatic comma because the charcoal absorbs toxic substances.
  • (6) We also found that in the presence of EDTA, GPIIb-IIIa dissociates into two similar comma-shaped subunits, each containing a portion of the globular head and a single tail.
  • (7) In contrast with these results, in kidneys fixed 4-6 d after anti-laminin IgG-HRP injection, basement membranes of vesicle, comma, and S-shaped nephrons were unlabeled, indicating that they were assembled after injection.
  • (8) They should also be able to write extended sentences and use commas.
  • (9) They are mostly located in the soft tissues of the fingers, resembling points, commas or dashes.
  • (10) The COMMA-D cell line was unique compared to the other cell lines with respect to several characteristics.
  • (11) This mass is often comma shaped on the transverse scans and lacks good definition of its inferior margin on longitudinal scans.
  • (12) The role of ongoing protein synthesis in mediating the posttranscriptional effects of hormones on casein gene expression in the COMMA D mouse mammary epithelial cell line was investigated using the protein synthesis inhibitors, cycloheximide and anisomycin.
  • (13) The effect of VIP and its related peptides on cAMP production has been characterized: 1) in long term culture of normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC); 2) in immortalized and transformed ST cell lines established from normal HMEC after genomic insertion of the large T oncogene of SV40; 3) in the spontaneously immortalized HC-11 cells, a clone isolated from the mouse mammary epithelial cells COMMA-1D, described to exhibit normal morphogenesis in vivo and functional differentiation in vitro.
  • (14) Details for the preparation and partial purification of culture supernatant fluids of Vibrio cholerae (V. comma) 569B which retain rabbit ileal loop fluid-accumulating activity are presented.
  • (15) The mammary outgrowth lines were designated DIM-1, DIM-2, DIM-3, and DIM-4 to indicate their origin from the mammary cell line COMMA-D. DIM-1, DIM-2, and DIM-3 were classical hyperplastic alveolar outgrowth lines that possessed high tumor-producing capabilities and rapidly evolved by transplant generation (TG) 6 into ovarian hormone-independent populations.
  • (16) A nonrestrictive relative clause is set off by commas, dashes or parentheses, as in "The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous."
  • (17) Thus the singular heterogeneity of the erythrocytes in sickle cell disease may be indicative of the factor(s) responsible for the diagnostic comma sign.
  • (18) Others were rich in organelles, including Golgi apparatus, granular endoplasmic reticulum, comma and dumb-bell shaped dense bodies and centriole or basal body: these cells were numerous in the three smaller specimens but almost absent from the largest.
  • (19) The other 4 cell lines, COMMA-F, COMMA-T, MOMA-1, and MOMA-2, produced neither normal nor neoplastic outgrowths.
  • (20) The lesions were characterized histologically by relatively well-circumscribed tumor-like nodules composed of a proliferation of teardrop or comma-shaped islands of squamous epithelium.

Pause


Definition:

  • (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
  • (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
  • (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
  • (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
  • (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
  • (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
  • (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
  • (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
  • (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
  • (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
  • (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
  • (2) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
  • (3) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
  • (4) The aim of this study was clarify the physiopathological mechanisms underlying atrial pauses as well as to evaluate the sensitivity of sinoatrial conduction time (SACT) directly measured on SNE and of SACT estimated with the indirect Strauss method with respect to the detection of SSS.
  • (5) Nucleotide incorporation kinetics were determined and sequence specific pausing was analyzed by primer-extension.
  • (6) Similar responses were obtained with gated noise bursts and by pauses in a series of clicks.
  • (7) High voltage stimuli were always effective, while when the pulse amplitude was reduced to 3.8 volt stimuli were uneffective except when occurring after extremely long asystolic pauses.
  • (8) The students received cues-pause-point training on an initial question set followed by generalization assessments on a different set in another setting.
  • (9) This comparison shows that: (1) evaluation of sleep states by CPG technique is only reliable for quiet sleep and (2) there was a significant difference in the number of pauses, the evaluation with PSG being systematically higher than with CPG.
  • (10) A short direct repeat sequence (AGGAGC), resembling the sequence shown to cause DNA polymerase alpha to pause, and sequences capable of forming hairpin loops were both present at the 5' and 3' break-points of the deletion.
  • (11) "The performance of Italy and France kind of puts Ireland's heroic non-qualification in context," suggests Sean DeLoughry, giving everyone pause for thought.
  • (12) SW: Yes she bloody did, did you not hear that pause?
  • (13) In the pulsed mode, impulse duration and pause duration were varied between 50 and 500 ms. Total duration of coagulation was 30 s in all cases.
  • (14) Van Gaal’s team can enjoy the two-week pause in action.
  • (15) During prolonged diastolic pauses, programmed atrial contractions were induced at progressively increasing coupling intervals.
  • (16) But even away from this disaster, facts about the industry's cost and scope to meet Europe's energy needs should be enough to give nuclear supporters pause.
  • (17) The maximum postoverdrive pause ranged from 680 to 1600 ms with an average of 1100 ms plus or minus 190 (10).
  • (18) On a dreich November evening in Gourock, a red-coated mongrel is wandering between the seats in a room above a pub, pausing to sniff handbags for hidden treats.
  • (19) The building that is happening in Qatar should be paused and they should have a fair and open competition."
  • (20) The results suggest that Cues, Pause, Point procedures may offer some potential for replacing delusional responding with appropriate responding to social stimuli.

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