(v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
(v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.
(v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
(v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
(v. t.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
(v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, when cross-linked to anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies a markedly enhanced proliferation of the corresponding subpopulation is observed.
(2) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
(3) The quaternary structure of ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli was investigated, with the use of purified B1 and B2 proteins and bifunctional cross-linking agents.
(4) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(5) The mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is anomalous since the undenatured, cross-linked proteins have the same Stokes radius as the native, uncross-linked alpha beta gamma heterotrimer.
(6) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(7) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
(8) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(9) Plasma for beta-endorphin assay was preincubated with sepharose-bound anti-beta-lipotropin to remove beta-lipotropin that cross-reacted with the beta-endorphin RIA.
(10) In crosses between inverted repeats, a single intrachromatid reciprocal exchange leads to inversion of the sequence between the crossover sites and recovery of both genes involved in the event.
(11) Further purification of ZAB by filtration through Sephadex G-100 gave a preparation (ZAB2) which contained the common antigen as shown by the cross-reactivity of anti-ZAB2 rat serum with seven stains of N. gonorrhoeae.
(12) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(13) No reversions to wild-type levels were observed in 555 heterozygous offspring of crosses between homozygous Campines and normals.
(14) No cross reactions were found between bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer viruses.
(15) Seven patients were treated with combination chemotherapy, consisting of CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) or MOPP (chloromethine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone), in some cases followed by non-cross-resistant second line chemotherapy, if no complete response was attained.
(16) [125I]AaIT was shown to cross the midgut of Sarcophaga through a morphologically distinct segment of the midgut previously shown to be permeable to a cytotoxic, positively charged polypeptide of similar molecular weight.
(17) Blood was cross-matched preoperatively in 47.7% of patients and 90% of this blood was either not administered or given as a delayed nonurgent procedure.
(18) Conjugational recombination in Escherichia coli was investigated by monitoring synthesis of the lacZ+ product, beta-galactosidase, in crosses between lacZ mutants.
(19) Crossed immunoelectrophoresis and sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation of the patient's plasma showed his prothrombin to be qualitatively indistinguishable from normal prothrombin by these techniques.
(20) Eighty micrograms of the topically active parasympatholytic drug ipratropium were applied intranasally four times daily in 20 adults with perennial rhinitis and severe watery rhinorrhoea in a double-blind controlled cross-over trial.
Highway
Definition:
(n.) A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors used a linear multivariate regression to evaluate the effects of distance from the highway, age and sex of the child, and housing condition.
(2) The plan allows for the highway to be reopened in emergencies.
(3) PCB residues occurred only in snakes collected near a heavily-traveled highway.
(4) Of the 11 people in custody, five were arrested while driving on a remote highway on Tuesday afternoon , three were arrested in separate incidents outside the refuge that evening, and three more subsequently turned themselves in at FBI checkpoints just outside the refuge.
(5) Sheep placed near a highway and fed with forage from an uncontaminated area showed an increase of lead levels in the blood, comparable to that of the previous experiment.
(6) Ronald Johnson, the Missouri highway patrol captain drafted by the governor to take over security in the town and calm the situation down, blamed “premeditated criminal acts”.
(7) The judge noted the “seriousness of these offences and impact on road traffic, particularly given the number of fines previously issued against BT by TfL for similar offences.” Firms undertaking work anywhere in London need a permit before digging up the roads, allowing highway authorities to coordinate work to minimise disruption.
(8) Cape Town was conceived with a white-only centre, surrounded by contained settlements for the black and coloured labour forces to the east, each hemmed in by highways and rail lines, rivers and valleys, and separated from the affluent white suburbs by protective buffer zones of scrubland,” he says.
(9) Work is progressing on a north-south highway between Durban, South Africa, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
(10) Tuesday’s arrests on a remote highway outside the wildlife refuge, which activists have occupied since 2 January, had left the remaining protesters leader-less and debating whether to continue the occupation or retreat .
(11) Soil lead levels were found to decrease significantly in all traffic areas as distance from the highway increased.
(12) Thirty miles up the highway there was another reason for Republican confidence: the Tea Party.
(13) However, commenting on the resurgence of police clashes with protesters, Captain Ron Johnson, of the Missouri highway patrol, which was handed responsibility for policing the protests on Thursday, admitted he was worried that the release of the information would cause renewed tensions.
(14) But the security barriers Israel has built since 2000 have divided what was a fairly contiguous swath of territory into what El-Ad called “bubbles”: areas separated by gates, walled highways leading to Israeli settlements, and checkpoints.
(15) Cars, furniture, books, dishes, TVs, highways, buildings, jewellery, toys and even electricity would not exist without water.
(16) Along with Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, he brought the music of the dirt farms, the sweat shops and the lonesome highways into America's – and later the world's – living room.
(17) It’s clear that more creative methods will have to be employed to beef up highway funding in the future.
(18) In 1984, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) began a cohort mortality study of 4,849 workers to follow up concerns with the health and safety of highway maintenance workers (HMWs).
(19) Police said thousands of officers were guarding streets across the nation and checking passengers on highways.
(20) The Los Angeles police department, California highway patrol, firefighters and the coastguard conducted a search, while cargo vessels slowed during their passage through the main channel so as to minimise disturbance.