(n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
(n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
(n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
(n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
(v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) This result was confirmed by atomic absorption spectroscopy, which indicated a stoicheiometry for copper and manganese of approx.
(2) Serum copper concentration also was measured in dams and kids in a control herd that had no history of ataxia.
(3) Copper therapy was applied to 7-day-old mutant mice.
(4) Several derivatives and analogs of the recently reported antiproliferative and antitumor agent trans-bis(salicylaldoximato)copper(II) (CuSAO2) have been prepared and tested for antiproliferative activity against L1210 leukemia cells in vitro.
(5) Accumulation of copper was not detected in the brain or small intestines of LEC rats until 13 mo.
(6) The potential use of ancrod, a purified isolate from the venom of the Malaysian pit viper, Agkistrodon rhodostoma, in decreasing the frequency of cyclic flow variations in severely stenosed canine coronary arteries and causing thrombolysis of an acute coronary thrombus induced by a copper coil was evaluated.
(7) The affinity of haFGF for copper was also confirmed to be higher than that of hbFGF using a copper affinity HPLC column.
(8) In the present study, maternal and fetal zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca) status has been studied in Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Wistar rats.
(9) This study provides evidence for a maternal yolk factor associated with increased tolerance and resistance of larvae to copper.
(10) With copper-ion catalysis, ligands inhibit competitively.
(11) No decisive numerical criterion was found that could be used to separate normal from abnormal copper concentrations because of this continuous array.
(12) No clear population trends were seen in dental disease incidence except for cemental caries which were found among Copper and Bronze Age remains.
(13) At 2 months of age there were no major differences in growth or health detected in infants fed the different copper intakes.
(14) In order to determine the specific action of cadmium on bone metabolism, the effect of cadmium on alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker enzyme of osteoblasts, was compared with that of other divalent heavy metal ions, i.e., zinc, manganese, lead, copper, nickel and mercury (10 microM each), using cloned osteoblast-like cells, MC3T3-E1.
(15) However, two observations suggested that surface epithelial loss alone was not sufficient to trigger the proliferative response to DOC: intracolonic instillation of DOC followed by removal of the DOC solution at 1 h, at which time surface epithelial loss was maximal, did not result in an increase in ornithine decarboxylase activity or [3H]dThd incorporation into DNA when these parameters were assessed at 4 h or 12 to 48 h, respectively; phenidone, an antioxidant and radical scavenger, and bis[(3,5-diisopropyl-salicylato) (O,O) copper(II), a lipophilic agent with superoxide dismutase activity, abolished the DOC mediated proliferative response but did not prevent the early loss of surface cells.
(16) Retinal changes should be reversible by short term systemic copper administration.
(17) Wilson disease is due to a genetically determined impairment of copper excretion from liver into bile resulting in copper overload of the organism.
(18) Arachidonic acid was also increased in plasma and liver phospholipids in low copper rats.
(19) These results suggest that HVE cells are more susceptible to concentration-dependent copper cytotoxicity than HAIN-55 cells are, and that copper could induce vascular endothelial injury, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.
(20) Cadmium and copper content was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry from four tissue types; young blade, old blade, young stipe and old stipe.
Pinchbeck
Definition:
(n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
(a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Games are increasingly complex systems that offer a variety of different experiences," says Dan Pinchbeck, an experimental game designer and lecturer in creative technologies.
(2) Emma Pinchbeck, the group’s executive director, said: “The energy sector is changing.
(3) It’s been a really really good night for women in games,” says Pinchbeck.
(4) As game design lecturer Dan Pinchbeck explains: "Tim Willits, the creative director of id Software, has talked about this as a central idea in his studio's designs: overwhelm the player, but give them the firepower to get out.
(5) "A shorter final act is often used to give a sense of acceleration towards climax," says Pinchbeck.
(6) Charles Pinchbeck, head of West End development at Jones Lang LaSalle, which handled the sale, said it showed “continuing international confidence in the London market”.
(7) Charles Pinchbeck, head of West End development at JLL, said the agent had received 60 inquiries from potential buyers before the formal announcement yesterday, and numerous more since then, from both UK and overseas firms.
(8) Studio head Dan Pinchbeck said: “We should be doing everything we can to call for continued inclusion in such programmes post-Brexit, or for our government to provide alternative support for our world-class media industry.” According to pre-referendum surveys , the UK games industry was largely against Brexit.
(9) For Dan Pinchbeck and Jess Curry, founders of the Chinese Room , the success of Rapture was a genuine surprise.
(10) But I feel like in the end we actually got credit from both.” As for shocks on the night: “I’m very surprised The Witcher 3 didn’t get anything,” says Pinchbeck.
(11) Music is integral to the process.” Pinchbeck continues: “I don’t know of any other studios that create concept music as well as concept art.