(a.) Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
(a.) Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
Example Sentences:
(1) A commensurate rise in both smoking and adenocarcinoma has occurred in the Far East where the incidence rate (40%) is twice that of North America or Europe.
(2) Human urine or male mouse plasma could substitute for purified EGF, yielding growth commensurate with the levels of EGF in these biological fluids previously measured by others using radioreceptor and radioimmune assays.
(3) The use of a reasonably sensitive and specific case definition commensurate with available diagnostic resources should facilitate AIDS surveillance in developing countries.
(4) The average mitochondrial volume is increased fourfold in the peripheral and midzonal regions with a commensurate decrease in the number of mitochondria per cell.
(5) Poor readers did not resemble younger children in their awareness of variables that affect memory but exhibited knowledge commensurate with that of good readers in the same grade.
(6) The specific activity of BLM hydrolase was 70% higher in the resistant subline, commensurate with a 50% increase in protein content in these cells.
(7) In all groups, plasma NE, CDI, and NE pressor dose were reduced in parallel (by 35 to 75%; P less than 0.05 to less than 0.001), and the relation between stepwise increasing plasma NE and BP changes during NE infusion was commensurably displaced to the left (P less than 0.01).
(8) Public transport costs have risen commensurately with fuel prices, while traders are preparing for price hikes across the board.
(9) The PTPases identified exhibit high affinities for substrates and high activities in cells, which is commensurate with the PTPases being important in vivo in controlling or reversing autophosphorylation-induced regulatory or signalling events.
(10) The left ventricular weight to systolic blood pressure ratio was equivalent in all three groups, so that the reduction of left ventricular mass in diltiazem-treated rats was commensurate with the reduction of blood pressure.
(11) The net alanine formation in ischemia was approximately a stoichiometric glutamate decrease; the increase in the tissue malate content corresponded to the aspartate----oxaloacetate----malate anaplerotic flux, the succinate production being commensurable to alpha-ketoglutaric acid formation in the alanine aminotransferase reaction.
(12) Meanwhile, new recruits to the workforce were told they had to get a degree – and a shedload of debt – to get ahead, only to come out and find there weren't the commensurate jobs for them.
(13) The probable role of the precentral and postcentral insular areas and their related paths to the contraction of the muscles (sometimes called the agonists) on the side of an extremity in the direction of movement of that extremity and the commensurate relaxation of the muscles (sometimes called the antagonists) cooperating with them on the other side of the extremity is discussed.
(14) The report acknowledges these communities' concerns about a midwifery project, notes problems in determining accurate perinatal data for these locales, and indicates the need for comprehensive maternal-child care which is commensurate with these peoples' customs and beliefs.
(15) The P100 latency in both CBVEP and GVEP was prolonged before L-dopa therapy, usually commensurate with the degree of motor disability.
(16) After a 72-h preincubation, IGF-I cell binding remained increased 2-fold with commensurate enhancement of IGF-I-stimulated [3H]AIB uptake.
(17) Gel filtration of pairs of PS and LS from four individuals revealed IgM, IgA, and IgG to elute in positions commensurate with pentameric IgM, secretory IgA, and monomeric IgG.
(18) Statistical analysis with the use of several statistical techniques for between- and within-drug group comparisons revealed that pimozide and fluphenazine were equally effective in maintaining control of symptomatology of chronic schizophrenics at a level commensurate with or better than that provided by their previous medication.
(19) The presence of branching with or without a commensurate increase in the polarity of the 5(6)-substituent adjacent to the benzimidazole ring (alpha-position) resulted in a loss of activity.
(20) Drug prescriptions per capita in the United States have more than doubled since 1950 without a commensurate improvement in health.
Proportionate
Definition:
(a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
(v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The total population, however, will increase with decrease of either of these two factors, whilst the number of diseased will also increase proportionately.
(2) These changes were associated with proportionate alterations in IL-6 mRNA accumulation.
(3) Because the contour length of these loops was proportionate to the DNA content of the superinfecting lambda phage, it was concluded that the fibers contained DNA condensed 6.5-fold in blocks of about 250 base pairs.
(4) Although serum total LDH activity was not altered, the LD5 isoenzyme was proportionately higher in the HCH isomers treated animals.
(5) Source: Mediacells (Or view the map at OpenHeatMap ) At the other end of the scale, a number of countries will see proportionately few new buyers - suggesting that the remaining featurephone owners are declining to upgrade to more powerful phones.
(6) Now we need parliament to step in to fix what should have been fixed a long time ago.” In relation to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the IPT found that “email communications ... were lawfully and proportionately intercepted and accessed ...
(7) This is a decline of 58% from the 2 week level, and the decrease is proportionately similar in the corticospinal area and the dorsal funiculus proper.
(8) Analyses of body composition indicated DHEA-treated animals had proportionately less body fat and therefore more body water, protein and ash than controls.
(9) The lowest incidence of hypoglycemia was observed in the group with severe proportionate retardation (weight deficit for age > 30%; length deficit for age > 15%).
(10) Trends were analyzed over 7 years (1979-85), and results were discussed from three aspects: number and rates for comorbidity of injuries and accidents with alcohol-related diagnoses, percent of alcohol involvement for injuries and accidents, and proportionate morbidity for alcohol-related and nonalcohol-related injuries and accidents.
(11) Activated partial thromboplastin time was prolonged, and factor II coagulation activity and factor II antigen were proportionately decreased in cord plasma in both groups.
(12) However, large- (1A) and intermediate- (2A) sized arterioles dilated proportionately more in TR than in SED rats during 1- to 8-Hz muscle contractions, even though the passive mechanical properties (circumference-passive wall tension relationships) were similar between groups.
(13) We believe that listening to staff and empowering them to improve and contribute means there is likely to be a proportionate improvement in our patients' experience.
(14) Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers Read more In line with the findings of the royal commission, Cavanagh said the increased number of Indigenous people in custody would likely lead to a proportionate increase in custodial deaths.
(15) The responses of the former were proportionately greater.
(16) 12.52pm GMT: Talks about the concept of a just war: the use of proportionate force, not harming civilians.
(17) The size of the TNBS-accessible radiolabeled PE pool increased proportionately with a second stimulation; however, a subsequent labeling of the cells with TNBS after brief warming increased the TNBS-accessible pool in control cells only.
(18) After VE, cardiac output increased proportionately more in AC (69% vs. 27%); however, the absolute increases were not different.
(19) Although smoking was associated with selective induction of the formation of 3-methylxanthine and 1-methyluric acid, the effect of cimetidine was nonselective and the proportionate inhibitory effects of cimetidine on theophylline metabolism did not differ with age or smoking status.
(20) This resulted in proportionate increases in the content of these lipid constituents compared with that of triacylglycerol in the nascent VLDL.