What's the difference between compound and rational?

Compound


Definition:

  • (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
  • (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
  • (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  • (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  • (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
  • (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
  • (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
  • (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
  • (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
  • (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
  • (3) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (4) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
  • (5) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
  • (6) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
  • (7) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
  • (8) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
  • (9) Mitonafide is the lead compound of a new series of antitumor drugs, the 3-Nitronaphthalimides, which have shown antineoplastic activity in vitro as well as in vivo.
  • (10) We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages.
  • (11) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
  • (12) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
  • (13) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
  • (14) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
  • (15) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (16) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (17) All three compounds were also very similar in their effects on [3H]5HT release from superfused rat striatal slices.
  • (18) A new compound, 5-bromo-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)furnan (IIc), is prepared in a similar way.
  • (19) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
  • (20) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.

Rational


Definition:

  • (n.) A rational being.
  • (a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
  • (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.
  • (a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
  • (a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our data suggest that a rational use of surveillance cultures and serological tests may aid in an earlier diagnosis of FI in BMT patients.
  • (2) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
  • (3) We are the generation who saw the war,, who ate bread received with ration cards.
  • (4) The yeasts amounts used did not protect the test animals from the kidney infiltration with lipids and cholesterol; 12 g of yeasts per 100 g of the ration promoted elevation of sialic acid content in the blood plasma.
  • (5) Spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions may be the only way of revealing very rare events but they present great difficulties of rational interpretation.
  • (6) The rational surgical methods of treatment in 85 patients with suppurative hepatic echinococcosis penetrating into the abdomen cavity are presented.
  • (7) Knowledge of these lesions could form the basis for establishing a useful and rational therapy for such cases.
  • (8) It seams rational to proceed to an earlier total correction in these cases when well defined criteria are fullfilled, as the mortality figures of the palliative and corrective procedures have a tendency to reach each other: (3,2 versus 5,7%).
  • (9) --The influence of the digestibility of the energy in the ration on the energetic retention effect of BFC is small.
  • (10) The length of delay is determined by unconscious, non-rational processes, and other factors beyond her control.
  • (11) But it can be a more rational and better developed approach to long-term care based on the experience and knowledge we have gained in the past 50 years.
  • (12) The authors further show how test results can be used rationally by clinicians by so-called threshold analysis.
  • (13) The aetiology remains at present uncertain and therefore rational therapeutic strategies are difficult to plan.
  • (14) The origin of these substances is unknown, but these findings provide a rational basis for trials of benzodiazepine-receptor antagonists in the management of this disorder.
  • (15) We reviewed our experience with 245 thyroidectomies to define the spectrum of hypocalcemia, elucidate the mechanisms of hypocalcemia, and formulate a rational basis for its management.
  • (16) The data obtained can be useful when choosing a rational method for the therapy of gastric scretory disorders.
  • (17) Willie Spies, its legal representative, said: "Rationality has to return to the debate.
  • (18) A 35-kg Duroc pig died 3 days after eating a ration containing aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, and G2.
  • (19) In a Europe (including Britain) where austerity has become the economic dogma of the elite in spite of massive evidence that it is choking growth and worsening the very sickness it claims to heal, there are plenty of rational, sensible arguments for taking to the streets.
  • (20) The resolution of the cellular events which underlie the development of pancreatitis in combination with the introduction of new therapeutic agents may enable a rational and safe protocol to be developed for the support of patients with pancreatitis.