(n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
(v. t.) To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
(v. i.) To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Example Sentences:
(1) The phenomenon is conjectured to be caused by the ear's nonlinear compressive transfer characteristic or by a temporal analysis of the stimulus.
(2) We conjecture that postmenopausal and involutional osteoporosis were far advanced before the development of acromegaly, explaining the coexistence of the two conditions.
(3) Now that we know the practice is widespread among physicians in training, we can conjecture that the demand for improper reporting of diagnostic data by sonographers is likely widespread among physicians in practice also.
(4) In connection with this conjecture, the redistribution of blood flow and O2 quantity by hypothermal exposure were calculated using the same circulation model as used in normothermal embryos.
(5) However, the mechanism by which this tolerance develops is currently a matter of conjecture.
(6) A quote from Peter Greste originally stated: "… we have spent three months in prison based on substantiated allegations and conjecture …".
(7) This conjecture was, however, not supported by analyses that considered the positive control compound and a pure chemical as possible reference assays.
(8) We consider two mechanisms to obviate the diffusion limitation problem, and conjecture that at high substrate concentration, H(2)CO(3) reaches the active site by collision with the enzyme molecule, and subsequent surface diffusion to the active site.
(9) It is conjectured that these behavioral qualities may be universal for emotionally healthy individuals and that future research with larger samples may bear this out.
(10) Such specific binding of parasite proteins to immobilised Band-3 supports recent conjecture as to its role as a host receptor during parasite invasion.
(11) I examine the conjecture that the signal for this regulation is the ratio of uncharged tRNA to aminoacyl-tRNA, that this signal controls the concentration of guanosine tetraphosphate, and that the concentration of guanosine tetraphosphate controls transcription of rrn genes.
(12) However, the idiotype expression was not simply related to total immunoglobulin levels and the controlling mechanisms of idiotype expression on different isotypes remain a matter of conjecture.
(13) If the positions of the principal points of the crystalline lens are conjectured, its equivalent power and that of the eye can be calculated as described from ocular dioptrics.
(14) It’s irresponsible and unscientific to make conjectural, trumped-up allegations without deep investigation.” “The FBI is conducting an investigation to identify how and why this occurred,” the department of homeland security said in a statement on Thursday.
(15) There has been much recent conjecture over the apparent source location of the visually evoked potential, particularly in considering the lateralization found in halffield pattern reversal stimulation.
(16) Alternative explanations for its effectiveness remain conjectural.
(17) Since, in equal concentrations, menthol specifically impairs neuronal calcium currents, the results are consistent with the conjecture that in cold receptors, menthol reduces the activation of a calcium-stimulated outward current by an impeding effect on a calcium conductance, thereby inducing depolarization and a modification of bursting behavior.
(18) We conjecture that the efficacy of radioimmunoconjugates against responsive cell types may be the result of passive DNA damage by ionizing radiation and the initiation of apoptosis in response to radioimmunotherapy.
(19) But the fact that the ability to create new explanations is the unique, morally and intellectually significant functionality of "people" (humans and AGIs), and that they achieve this functionality by conjecture and criticism, changes everything.
(20) Since nafenopin pretreatment stimulates the synthesis of new liver tissue, it is presently a matter of conjecture as to whether or not the newly formed hepatocytes have the capacity to take up and excrete BP and its metabolites or whether nafenopin inhibits transport in all liver tissue.
Hypothecate
Definition:
(v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mere hypothecation, scoff politicians, rejecting the idea again in parliament yesterday.
(2) Full-blooded hypothecation would in theory dodge some of these weaknesses.
(3) We have found that nocodazole reversibly inhibits nuclear migration and can be used to induce karyokinesis before the completion of nuclear migration, resulting in spindles that are displaced toward the hypothecal end of the cell.
(4) In that package you put out this week for instance, the spending cuts to benefits are hypothecated towards childcare payments.
(5) "Funded by a hypothecated tax, the BBC feels empowered to offer something for everyone, even in areas well served by the market.
(6) In order to be able to claim it would be revenue-neutral – a kind of reverse hypothecation – a 0.3% cut in employers' national insurance contributions was made at the same time.
(7) That’s the reality, however passionately we might think this is the right solution, but certainly when Labour was in government and we did the penny on NI [national insurance] for the NHS, it was a semi-hypothecation to say it’s going to go on this specifically.
(8) The shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, said the budget leak was a “desperate attempt to cover for the fact the Government will be adopting, in full, Labor’s policy on tobacco excise.” “Labor’s tobacco excise policy was fully and independently costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office.” “Labor has never directly hypothecated the revenue from tobacco excise for schools spending.
(9) The government has also hypothecated the savings from the cuts to family tax benefits as a way to “pay” for a $3.5bn childcare shake-up that was the centrepiece of this year’s budget.
(10) NI itself started as a hypothecated tax or "contribution" to fund social security including pensions (though not the NHS).
(11) There is a whisper that the government is considering a reprise of its previous increase of National Insurance rates, hypothecated for the NHS.
(12) The last time the debate about hypothecation captured attention was back in the 1990s, when Labour was struggling to assert its economic competence.
(13) Hypothecated taxes, as economists call them (deriving from the Greek hypotithenai, meaning "to give as pledge"), are usually opposed by finance ministries because they reduce central control.
(14) He refused to confirm that the £1bn funding will come from a squeeze on tax credits, arguing that no tax raising measure is hypothecated in this exact way.
(15) This would require some general taxation but could be gradually built up with more money from hypothecated taxes associated with health and consumption of care.
(16) British taxes are not hypothecated and he might as well say mansion tax is to pay for Trident submarines, but he has “promised” it to the NHS.
(17) The Treasury would hate this hypothecated tax, but it might just focus minds enough to kickstart a rational debate over the cost, funding and provision of modern healthcare.
(18) This would be seen as a particularly radical step because it would be a form of hypothecation – allowing a stream of revenue to be directed at a particular project.
(19) But hypothecation with a purpose, looking after the country's long-term interests, building up a reserve that can, in line with strict rules ( Norway's cap on annual spending of its vast fund is just 4% a year ) provide an insurance for everyone in an uncertain future.
(20) First, tumors should grow better and be less immunogenic in certain F1 hybrids than in their syngeneic parents, owing to the hypothecated cross-reactivity of the tumor-specific transplantation antigens with F1 antigens.