(v. t.) To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(2) The Ta loop was a smooth, elongated ellipse in configuration and showed clockwise rotation in all planes, as did the P loop.
(3) This study was designed to examine the effect of the storage configuration of skin and the ratio of tissue-to-storage medium on the viability of skin stored under refrigeration.
(4) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
(5) It was concluded that the detachment of the oxaloyl residue from oxaloacetate and its replacement by a proton proceed with inversion of configuration at the methylene group which becomes methyl during the hydrolysis.
(6) The distribution of the amino acid pairs, i, i + 1 in alpha-helical configurations does not differ from the random pairing.
(7) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
(8) Because of the wide range of human nasal anatomic configurations, some people sniff odorants against comparatively high resistances.
(9) The principal variables influencing a particular configuration and their effects are indicated.
(10) The peculiar configuration of the pneumocephalus is attributed to the partial obliteration of the subarachnoid space due to the increased intracranial pressure.
(11) In a triple tier configuration, females concentrated 66% of their travel on the top tier.
(12) In addition to descriptions of variants of the root appearance for hairs removed from follicles in the three classical growth phases, several other commonly occurring root configurations are described and illustrated with photomicrographs.
(13) A new simplified technique for evaluating the internal pudendal artery and the penile vessels is described using a new catheter configuration with a very short 90 degrees-angled tip.
(14) Both amino acids were found to have the L-configuration by GC analysis on a chiral column and alanine was assigned to be the N-terminal amino acid by Edman degradation.
(15) In normal kidneys fixed by perfusion with tannic acid and glutaraldehyde, glomerular slit diaphragms have been reported to consist of highly ordered and isoporous substructures with a zipper-like configuration.
(16) The curved configuration of the cervico-thoracic vertebral column embedded in long spring-like muscles is interpreted to function as a shock absorber.
(17) In the cell-attached (CA) configuration, the presence of isoguvacine (3-5 microM) in the pipette solution triggered the opening of channels displaying multiple current levels.
(18) The effective direction in this stimulus configuration is opposite to the preferred direction of individual cells for movement of an object.
(19) Separation and recombination experiments, employing a variety of tissue configurations in organ culture, were performed to determine the extent to which the epithelium of the maxillary process influences the viability of the underlying mesenchyme during organogenesis.
(20) A stem cell line has been obtained with cell culture, having a germ cell character and a yolk sac configuration.
Purpose
Definition:
(n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
(n.) Proposal to another; discourse.
(n.) Instance; example.
(v. t.) To set forth; to bring forward.
(v. t.) To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
(v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
(2) The purpose of these studies was to better understand the molecular basis of chromosome aberration formation after mitomycin C treatment.
(3) The purpose of the present study was to report on remaining teeth and periodontal conditions in a population of 200 adolescent and adult Vietnamese refugees.
(4) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(5) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
(6) These patients had undergone selective and bilateral simultaneous IPS sampling for diagnostic purposes or for neurosurgical indications.
(7) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(8) The committee reviewed the history, original intent, current purpose, and effectiveness of meetings held on the unit; when problems were identified, suggestions for change were formulated.
(9) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
(10) For this purpose a test consisting of 135 picture cards was devised.
(11) For this purpose the blood flow velocity in the internal carotid artery, basilar cerebral artery and the anterior cerebral artery was measured by pulsed Dopplersonography before and 5-10 min after i.v.
(12) The purpose of our study was to determine the effect of HVPC on edema formation in frogs.
(13) The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pretreatment with indomethacin on the refractory period to hypertonic saline-induced bronchoconstriction.
(14) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
(15) It delimitates the restrictive conditions in which such methods could be used for clinical but not research purposes.
(16) Benzyloxycarbonylarginine p-nitrophenyl ester and other activated esters of N-a-sustituted arginine salts may be useful reagents for introduction of trypsin-labile protecting groups into peptide fragments for purpose of polypeptide semi-synthesis.
(17) The purposes of this study were to assess the career development needs of entering medical students as measured by the Medical Career Development Inventory and to examine gender differences in responses to the inventory.
(18) For this purpose, five queries may contribute to programming the most suitable surgery.
(19) The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the signaling behaviors of female Long-Evans rats varies over the estrous cycle.
(20) The purposes of this study were to locate games and simulations available for nursing education, to categorize these materials to make them more accessible for nurse educators, and to determine how nursing's use of instructional games might be enhanced.