(p. p. & a) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
(p. p. & a) Composed or made; -- with of.
(p. p. & a) Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
(p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
(v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
(v. t.) To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
(n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
Example Sentences:
(1) The estimated DNA compaction ratio (approximately 3-fold) is consistent with a significant degree of nucleosome unfolding in the hyperstimulated BR genes.
(2) DNA compactization by protamines and histones HI is discussed in terms of the results obtained.
(3) At S-L clefts, paranodal-nodal regions, and Schwann cell nuclei, the axonal areas were smaller and the NF densities were higher than at compact myelinated regions.
(4) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
(5) Laminin was already present on the cell surface at the 2-cell stage, while nidogen was first detectable on compacted 8- to 16-cell stage morulae.
(6) Both types of molecules are compact and globular in shape and apparently contain beta-pleated sheet conformation.
(7) The tail region appeared to be cleaved off, making the head region less compact.
(8) Qualitatively the cell aspirator collected epithelial cells which were better preserved morphologically, but also a larger number of compact cell clusters.
(9) The ultrastructural study of nucleoli and ribonucleoprotein-containing structures in human seminiferous tubules revealed that the nucleoli of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells exhibited a tripartite structure consisting of: a fibrillar center, a compact granular portion, and a reticular portion containing both pars fibrosa and pars granulosa.
(10) Compaction of the morula is a prerequisite for subsequent differentiation of the mouse embryo.
(11) Most double-helical segments were reactive to cobra venom ribonuclease to some degree; the exceptions were the five "long-range" helices that are probably compactly folded within the structure.
(12) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
(13) Based on these results we propose that the linearization of the DNA elution dose-response curve observed after chromatin decondensation reflects a reduction in the degree of chromatin compactness in the nuclear complexes that leads to a relatively uniform distribution of the DNA on the filter and reduces trapping of elutable material in the compact nuclear structures otherwise present.
(14) Cleavage to the compacted and cavitating stages was achieved in 78% and 69%, respectively, of human embryos cocultured in 24-48 hour human ampullary subcultures as compared to 50% and 33%, respectively, for embryos grown in culture medium alone.
(15) These observations strongly suggest that (i) GCN4 specifically recognizes the central base pair, (ii) the optimal half-site for GCN4 binding is ATGAC, not ATGAG, and (iii) GCN4 is a surprisingly flexible protein that can accommodate the insertion of a single base pair in the center of its compact binding site.
(16) In fact, the large scattering angle we chose, theta = 135 degrees, allowed us to assemble a very compact source-detector device.
(17) A monoclonal antibody to the cell adhesion molecule, E-cadherin, which mediates mouse embryo compaction, completely blocks compaction induced by these activators of PKC.
(18) At rostral levels, one third of the tracts are loosely built forming a king of curtain, while they become more compact at caudal levels.
(19) This shows that the compaction of chromatin associated with transcriptional inactivation does not require phosphorylation of H3 and suggests that the level of basal phosphorylation of H1 is not correlated with the intensity of transcription or DNA replication.
(20) After 8 days of incubation, SM subdivides into superficial (compact) and deep (disperse) sublaminae.
Mirror
Definition:
(n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
(n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
(n.) See Speculum.
(v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the concentration of thrombin or fibrinogen was altered systematically, mu T and mup were found to mirror each other except when the fibrinogen concentration was increased at low thrombin concentrations.
(2) The results mirrored clinical improvements in 209 patients (97%).
(3) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
(4) These differences in central connectivity mirror the reports on behavioral dissociation of the facial and vagal gustatory systems.
(5) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
(6) Application of a mirror at the serosal surface opposite to the probe, resulted in an average increase of the output signal by 50% using the large fibre diameter probe, whereas no increase was observed with the small fibre probe.
(7) Regions of interest representing the angioma, perifocal and remote tissues, contralateral mirror regions, and standard brain regions were analyzed.
(8) But in each party there are major issues to be dealt with as the primary phase of the contests slips gradually into the rear-view mirror.
(9) Seven patients had usual atrial arrangement and 1 had mirror-image arrangement.
(10) The external and internal rear-view mirrors of automobiles should be positioned within the binocular field of vision.
(11) There was also an OBE for Daily Mirror advice columnist and broadcaster, Dr Miriam Stoppard , while Dr Claire Bertschinger , whose appearance in Michael Buerk's 1984 reports from Ethiopia inspired Bob Geldof to organise Live Aid, was made a dame for services to nursing and international humanitarian aid.
(12) The hypothesis that this instability would lead to more errors and longer decision times for distinguishing left-right mirror-image figures was not supported.
(13) Taken together, her procedural memory on learning tasks, such as "Tower of Hanoi" and mirror drawing, was intact.
(14) However, the external muscle fibers of the ventricles ran clockwise from base to apex toward the center of the vortex, which had a striking resemblance to the normal rather than the mirror image pattern.
(15) Mr Murdoch joined News Corp in 1994, starting his career cleaning presses at the Mirror newspaper in Sydney.
(16) "Sometimes it's just a practical matter of not having anyone around to shoot you and that's why I always took my own pictures in mirrors for WIWT.
(17) Paul Vickers, the legal director of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror, said the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) – announced on Monday – was being fast-tracked in an attempt to kill off accusations that big newspaper groups are conspiring to delay the introduction of a new regulator backed by royal charter.
(18) In a third experiment, animals were trained 16 days in the same maze configuration and at day 17 they were exposed to the mirror image of the radial maze.
(19) One person’s snapshot can be another’s distorting mirror.
(20) Her behaviour with her European counterparts mirrored her treatment of the Tory grandees.