(a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
(a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
(a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.
(a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
(v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
Example Sentences:
(1) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
(2) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(3) These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels.
(4) However, there was no statistically significant difference in mean areas under the LH and FSH curves in the GnRH-treated groups.
(5) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
(6) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
(7) The reproducibility of the killing-curve method suggests that at least two different concentrations should be used and that a decrease in viable counts below 2 log10 after 24 hours does not exclude a synergistic action.
(8) The curve of mitoses peaked at the same time as that of TK activity but was only 68% as extensive.
(9) The effect of these drugs was estimated from the cell growth curve and DNA histogram determined by flow cytometry.
(10) However, there was not a relationship between the contraction curve of the gallbladder and the bile flow into the duodenum.
(11) The total "dose" to the tissue of individual metabolites was determined by the area under the curve (AUC).
(12) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
(13) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
(14) They were more irregularly curved and consisted of various substances.
(15) The duration of action correlated with the elimination half-life of the drug (r = 0.87; P less than 0.003) and area under the plasma concentration curve (r = 0.72; P less than 0.03).
(16) The slope of the thermal inactivation curve of enterotoxin A in beef bouillon (initial pH 6.2) was found to be approximately 27.8 C (50 F) with three different concentrations of toxin.
(17) A relatively new method of estimating that date and constructing a corresponding Kaplan Meier curve is presented.
(18) To know the relation between the signal intensity and sodium concentration, sodium concentration--signal intensity curve was obtained using phantoms with various sodium concentrations (0.05-1.0%).
(19) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
(20) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.
Hance
Definition:
(v. t.) To raise; to elevate.
() Alt. of Hanch
Example Sentences:
(1) 15 cases of contact dermatitis to Primula obconica Hance are reported, 14 female and 1 male.
(2) et Zucc., Z. armatum DC., Z. simulans Hance, Z. avicennae (Lam.)
(3) But in an email sent to another photographer excluded from the event on 8 April, and CCed to Whitmill, Hance wrote: “Following instructions this morning from Cameron’s office, I have been asked to limit the number of photographers present … to just one person – namely Mark Hemsworth.” Campaigning in Witney this week, Peedell borrowed a line of Labour leader Ed Miliband’s and called on the prime minister to debate him on the NHS “any time, any place, anywhere”.
(4) Saavadra and Anderson (Saavedra, R. A., and Anderson, G. R. (1983) Science (Wash. D.C.) 221, 291-292) refuted the arguments of Morin and Hance (Morin, M. E., and Hance, A. J.
(5) We report the effects of abscisic acid and auxin (alpha-naphthalene acetic acid) on regulation of enzyme synthesis during senescence of leaf sections of Rhoeo discolor Hance.
(6) It is known that procollagen production is unaffected by the growth state of cells [Breul, S. D., Bradley, K. H., Hance, A. J., Schafer, M. P., Berg, R. A. and Crystal, R. G. (1980) J. Biol.
(7) Bike Batman, however, is the only user Hance knows who goes a step further and meets offenders in person.
(8) The fatty acids associated with phospholipids of cell membranes, and particularly their degree of unsaturation, contribute to the fluidity of their structure and hance determine many of their biological properties.
(9) If you try to get cops involved, nine times out of 10, they just aren’t available to help,” said Hance, who noted that many cycling advocates in the Bike Index’s networks across the US try and help locate thieves on behalf of victims they may not know.
(10) The protective effect of "San-fang-feng" derived from the root of Echinops grijsii Hance on CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity has been studied.
(11) A new diterpenoid quinone, named sapriparaquinone (1) was isolated from the root of Salvia prionitis Hance.
(12) He claimed that Hance had told him in a meeting that it “hardly mattered” whether other candidates attended because the important thing was “getting Cameron”.
(13) Clive Peedell: a party to save the NHS Read more According to Hance, the only contact with the Conservatives “was to do with security implications so that they could mount the appropriate defence of David Cameron”.
(14) Despite emailing to point out his existence a fortnight before the 10 April event, and noting that his details appeared on the first result of a Google search for ‘Witney candidates 2015’ , Peedell was informed by Nick Hance, the church organisation’s vice-chair, that it was now “too late to include you”.
(15) However, preparations of LDH5 from human placenta and from HeLa cells were later shown to exhibit some of the properties ascribed to LDHk9 and the identify of LDHk as a unique isozyme was questioned (Morin, M. E., and Hance, A. J., (1983) J. Biol.
(16) He’s done some amazing things,” said Bryan Hance, co-founder of Bike Index.
(17) Hance insisted that Cameron’s team had been “at pains to point out that they were not going to interfere”.
(18) Primin, the allergen of Primula obconica Hance (primrose) proved to be the most effective one of all quinones tested in this and the preceding studies.
(19) The fetus, however, did not have evidence of a neural tube defect but had scalp defects which were presumed to have allowed the leakage of AFP from the fetus into the liquor amnii and hance into the maternal serum.
(20) The amplified DNA sequence used in this study occurs within the gene encoding for the mycobacterial 65 kDa heat shock protein (Hance et al.