(n.) The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
(n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
(n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
(n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
(n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
(n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
(n.) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
(n.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
(n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
(n.) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
(n.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
(v. i.) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
(v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(2) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(3) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
(4) The experiment was conducted on 3 groups of calves.
(5) And this is the supply of 30% of the state’s fresh water.” To conduct the survey, the state’s water agency dispatches researchers to measure the level of snow manually at 250 separate sites in the Sierra Nevada, Rizzardo said.
(6) Modulation of the voltage-gated K+ conductance in T-lymphocytes by substance P was examined.
(7) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(8) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared, and platelet aggregation studies were conducted directly or conducted on washed platelets prepared from PRP collected with ACD.
(9) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
(10) It is concluded the decrease in cellular volume associated with substitution of serosal gluconate for Cl results in a loss of highly specific Ba2+-sensitive K+ conductance channels from the basolateral plasma membrane.
(11) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
(12) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
(13) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(14) Studies were conducted into the relationship between arthrosis and previous trauma.
(15) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
(16) Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted at both times.
(17) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
(18) Studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of acute (24 h) thermal stress on anterior pituitary function in hens.
(19) We are currently conducting a trial to compare the ability of DHPG administered plus an anti-CMV immune globulin preparation with acyclovir to prevent posttransplant TI-CMV disease.
(20) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
Set
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Set
(v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
(v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
(v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
(v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
(v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
(v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
(v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
(v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
(v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
(v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
(v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
(v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
(v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
(v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
(v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
(v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
(v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
(v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
(v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
(v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
(v. t.) To value; to rate; -- with at.
(v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
(v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
(v. t.) To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
(v. t.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
(v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
(v. i.) To fit music to words.
(v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
(v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
(v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
(v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
(v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
(v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
(v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
(v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
(v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
(a.) Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
(a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
(a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
(a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
(a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
(n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
(n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed.
(n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
(n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
(n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
(n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
(n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
(n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
(n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
(n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
(n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
(n.) In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
(n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.
(n.) A young oyster when first attached.
(n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
(n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
(n.) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
Example Sentences:
(1) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(2) Serum samples from 23 families, including a total of 48 affected children, were tested for a set of "classical markers."
(3) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
(4) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(5) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
(6) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
(7) There was virtually no difference in a set of subtypic determinants between the serum and liver.
(8) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(9) Second, the unknown is searched against the database to find all materials with the same or similar element types; the results are kept in set 2.
(10) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
(11) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
(12) Dominic Fifield Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ravel Morrison, who has been on loan at QPR, may be set for a return to Loftus Road.
(13) When reformist industrialist Robert Owen set about creating a new community among the workers in his New Lanark cotton-spinning mills at the turn of the nineteenth century, it was called socialism, not corporate social responsibility.
(14) The denial of justice to victims of British torture, some of which Britain admits, is set to continue.
(15) In the genitourinary clinic setting, clinical diagnosis prior to biopsy was found frequently to be inaccurate.
(16) We set a new basic plane on an orthopantomogram in order to measure the gonial angle and obtained the following: 1) Usable error difference in ordinary clinical setting ranged from 0.5 degrees-1.0 degree.
(17) It is intended to aid in finding the appropriate PI (proportional-integral) controller settings by means of computer simulation instead of real experiments with the system.
(18) This alloimmune memory was shown to survive for up to 50 days after first-set rejection.
(19) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
(20) Unstable subcapital fractures and dislocation fractures of the humerus can usually be set by closed reduction.