(v. t.) Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid.
(v. t.) Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.
(v. t.) Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc.
(v. t.) Consistent; logical.
(n.) That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.
(n.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable.
Example Sentences:
(1) Between 25 and 40 degrees C, the thermal dependencies of VR and f were approximately constant (Q10's of 1.31 and 1.36 got VR and f, respectively).
(2) By 24 hr, rough endoplasmic reticulum in thecal cells increased from 4.2 to 7% of cell volume, while the amount in granulosa cells increased from less than 3.5% to more than 10%; the quantity remained relatively constant in the theca but declined to prestimulation values in the granulosa layer.
(3) The norepinephrine values remained constant on the three days.
(4) At the same time the duodenum can be isolated from the stomach and maintained under constant stimulus by a continual infusion at regulated pressure, volume and temperature into the distal cannula.
(5) Rise time and fall time constants have been quantified for describing kinetics of response.
(6) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(7) The stopped-flow technique was used to measure the rate constants for the reactions between the oxidized forms of peroxidase with luminol and the following substrates: p-iodophenol, p-bromophenol, p-clorophenol, o-iodophenol, m-iodophenol, luciferin, and 2-iodo-6-hydroxybenzothiazole.
(8) The family comprises at least three variable (V) gene segments, three constant (C) gene segments, and three junction (J) gene segments.
(9) This value is about 30 times higher than the association constant for guanine-cytosine base pair formation under the same experimental conditions.
(10) There is a relationship between the duration of stimulation (t) and the total heat production (H) of the type H = A plus bt, where A and b are constants.
(11) Naloxone injection into those rats exposed to constant illumination significantly increased hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin compared to saline injected controls.
(12) [5alpha-(3)H]5alpha-Androst-16-en-3-one (5alpha-androstenone) was infused at a constant rate for 180min into the spermatic artery of a sexually mature boar.
(13) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.
(14) We previously established that the binding constant (Ka) of this receptor site for the chemically synthesized model AGE, 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H- imidazole-butyric acid (FFI-BA), on cells of the mouse macrophagelike cell line RAW 264.7 is identical to that for AGE proteins.
(15) On the other hand, if we correct for the population of HMM with degraded light chain 2, the difference in the binding constants in the presence and absence of Ca2+ may be as great as 5-fold.
(16) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
(17) Stability of kinetic constants for a long period of time is demonstrated.
(18) The association constants K'A, KN, and K'N in the scheme (see article), were determined for the magnesium salts of ADP, adenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate AMP-P(NH)P, and PPi.
(19) As total pancreatectomy markedly reduces the pancreatic hormone level, leading to a mortal hypoglycaemia, we attempted to maintain plasma glucose within the normal range by constant I.V.
(20) Utilizing a range of operative Michaelis-Menten parameters that characterize phenytoin elimination via a single capacity-limited pathway, a situation assuming instantaneous absorption (case I) is compared with the situation in which continuous constant-rate absorption occurs (case II).
Constat
Definition:
(n.) A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other constatations are made in disseminated intravascular coagulation, periarteritis nodosa, accelerated nephrosclerosis, hemolytic uremic syndrome in puerperium, and these suggested possible relationship between the various conditions.
(2) Inhibition of phagocytosis by indoacetate and cytochalasin B resulted from depression in both Vmax and Michaelis constate (Km).
(3) To know if this heritage is really a dotation or an empoisoned gift, is an important question that we are going to study in light of experimental data and constatations of clinical pharmacology.
(4) In this case a large ectropion was constated on both sides, which was in this form not described before.
(5) Renovasography was performed after constatation that renal echinococcus was in question.
(6) Myofibroblasts, usually present during cicatrization after scalpel, were lacking in our material; this constatation should explain the relative slowness of cicatrization after CO2 laser.
(7) Our study is based on two constatations: 1) Hyperinsulinaemia, a possible atherogenic factor, is frequent under continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion.
(8) It is possible that the last constatation may contribute: a) to localize more exactly the topography of dopaminergic pathways, b) to approach the respective parts of the cortical and subcortical structures in the programming of the movement.
(9) The repetitive theophyllin injections (during 5 days) confirms this constation.
(10) Among 40% of married men of wedded couples, who have a barren matrimony for years and, in the first instance, no pathologic parameters by clinic investigation, reduced Prostaglandin-E-parameters could be constated by an accurate investigation.
(11) The following constatations were made: the tumor growth is fast in a chondrosarcoma and the lesions are continuous; in a same case, we can assist to tumoral invasion signs and bone reparation signs.
(12) This study leads to the following constatations: In all the young embryos of this species, their appears anlagen of anterior and of posterior limb-buds.
(13) These constatations must be taken in account particularly on a therapeutic point of view for hypertensive subjects for which the treatment must be adjusted.
(14) These constatations bound the utilisation of this counter at least as far as the newborn's hematology is concerned.
(15) In their effort to study the role of the venous system in encephalic blood drainage, the authors were confronted with anatomical constatations which differed considerably from the initial descriptions.
(16) In view of the pathologic constatations and the therapeutic response, the final diagnostic was epiduro-vertebral actinomycosis.