(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.
Sinusoid
Definition:
(n.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.
Example Sentences:
(1) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
(2) Time-qualified data series were analysed by means of chronobiological procedures in order to validate the circadian rhythm and to correlate the sinusoidal profiles.
(3) Electrophysiological studies were performed to determine whether or not ethanol potentiates the inhibitory effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons responding to horizontal sinusoidal rotation using alpha-chloralose anesthetized cats.
(4) At 2 h after injury sinusoidal enlargement of the axons was evident.
(5) The structural causes of zone dilatation have been described in Poulsen's disease: sinusoids are empty and dilated, with detritus-filled dilated perisinusoidal spaces.
(6) These parameters can be measured by subjecting the catheter to sinusoidally varying pressures at a wide variety of frequencies to obtain the frequency response.
(7) We studied the effect of symmetric, biphasic sinusoidal electromagnetic fields (EMF) (20 Hz, 6 mT) on the differentiation of normal human skin fibroblasts (HH-8), normal human lung fibroblasts (WI38), and SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts (WI38SV40) in in vitro cultures.
(8) The threshold functions differ from those observed in patients with scala tympani electrodes, primarily at low sinusoidal frequencies and long pulse widths.
(9) This experimental model excludes the interference of subjective factors, such as erotic stimuli and libido on erection, and it seems that androgen deficiency has a direct effect on the neurophysiology of the erectile tissues resulting in a higher tonus of the detumescence factors, which can be explained by an incomplete relaxation of the sinusoidal smooth muscle.
(10) Anticollagen type III antibody stained hepatocytes and thin connective tissue fibres, while anticollagen type I antibody stained thicker fibres and some sinusoidal cells but not hepatocytes.
(11) If this time waveform is derived from repeated bursts of sinusoidal tone, the second mechanism might be the sole pitch mechanism.
(12) The responses of afferents were further studied using sinusoidal and trapezoidal stimuli aligned as closely as possible with the orientation of their response vector.
(13) Visual response latencies and rise times of X and Y ganglion cells recorded in the optic tract of anaesthetized, paralyzed cats were measured during repeated stimulation with sinusoidal gratings.
(14) The fully developed wreath around the Graafian follicle consists of sinusoidal capillaries.
(15) In cirrhosis, positive staining may be related to the transformation of hepatic sinusoids into true capillaries and thus be a marker of the severity of physiological disturbance in the liver.
(16) The fine structural characteristics and phagocytic properties of peroxidase-positive and peroxidase-negative cells in rat hepatic sinusoids were investigated.
(17) Stimuli used to activate the cells orthodromically were graded innocuous and noxious mechanical stimuli, including sinusoidal vibration and thermal pulses.
(18) The three mesenchymal cell types of the sinusoidal wall possessed the centriole in common within the Golgi complex, but only the fat-storing cell was provided with the single cilium.
(19) We have compared the responses of simple cells to laterally moving sinusoidal gratings and to stationary temporally-modulated gratings.
(20) Subsequently, microvilli on sinusoidal surfaces were disrupted or lost.