(v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
(v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.
(v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Example Sentences:
(1) Outside of human resources matters, they cover changes to services; reconfiguration of services; deciphering all the rules and regulations so that people can do their jobs; interpreting the complicated rules around commissioning care; commercial deals; inquests and dealing with families; and supporting clinical staff in making the right decision in the best interest of the patient.
(2) To date, a disproportionate amount of effort may have been spent on deciphering putative intracellular regulatory mechanisms, without knowing some essential fundamental properties of the Na+-Pi-COT.
(3) Furthermore, the abundance of synaptic proteins makes the electrocyte a unique model with which to decipher the mechanisms involved in the sorting and targeting of these glycoproteins.
(4) The results of this study show that APB can be a powerful tool for pharmacologically deciphering the functional connections that exist between outer and inner retinal neurons.
(5) But one of the giants of DNA, James Watson, who won the Nobel prize for deciphering the structure of DNA in 1953, writes in the Guardian today: "To our vast relief, the publicly supported effort received not less but more money.
(6) Several features demonstrate that a unique class of ribosomes exists in this organism, and a study of these ribosomes will be important to decipher special features of translational regulation, and evolution of the organelle in the eukaryotic kingdom.
(7) Some previously unknown types of structural disorders in DNA molecule have been discovered, some repair genes isolated and their primary structure established, some aspects of radiation mutagenesis elucidated, and research into deciphering the molecular bases of neoplastic transformations of exposed cells are being successfully investigated.
(8) Reading through interpretation entails deciphering the text according to certain definite rules.
(9) To decipher the early events preceding the re-entry of somatic cells into the cell cycle, we constructed a cDNA library from 6-h-old protoplasts of Nicotiana sylvestris.
(10) By analyzing the synaptic relationships of such "darkened" dendrites, connections in the upper dorsal horn can be deciphered.
(11) Yet the headline piece of provocation was threaded in the visitors’ colours, and foreign media were quickly scrambling for the history books – and the dictionary – upon deciphering the word printed at the bottom of it.
(12) Another task was to decipher a number of metabolic signs of the phenomenon of CHD "exacerbation" in laser therapy (during 4-6 sessions).
(13) If you are not capable of being able to decipher between lobbying and fact, and if we are incapable of politicians to see both sides of the argument, then that's a fault that we have."
(14) 50% were unable to accurately explain to what the initials AIDS refer, and only 2 could decipher HIV+.
(15) PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT "A few years back you helped me decipher the logo of Paris Saint-Germain," writes Tom Haslam.
(16) The Na+, K+-ATPase isolation as a "functionally intact unit" would probably make an essential contribution to deciphering the molecular mechanism of the Na+ and K+ transport through biomembranes.
(17) Chicken prolactin receptor (cPRLR) deciphered from the cDNA sequence showed a unique double antenna structure in its extracellular domain.
(18) Many DNA sequences have been studied by X-ray crystallography with the goal of deciphering a sequence-structure code.
(19) (It's quite easy to decipher: Romanian looks like Esperanto.)
(20) Examination of the proteolytic processing and compartmentalization of the primary translation products of apolipoprotein mRNAs represents one approach to deciphering the molecular details of lipoprotein assembly.
Diplomatic
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Diplomatical
(n.) A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.
(n.) The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
Example Sentences:
(1) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(2) 'The French see it as an open and shut case,' says a Paris-based diplomat.
(3) Western diplomats acknowledge that the capture of Qusair is likely to have emboldened President Bashar al-Assad , making him less likely to consider concessions – let alone stepping down.
(4) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
(5) Diplomatic posts also bypassed the media and took the message directly to the public; for example, the Hong Kong consulate sent DVDs of a pro-biotech presentation to every high school.
(6) "It's a very open question as to whether this will come," said a diplomat in Brussels, adding that Cameron could find himself in the lonely position of being the sole national leader urging a renegotiation.
(7) "We won't cancel any of our agreements," a senior Israeli diplomatic official told reporters.
(8) "It's a dangerous sign to send and it limits our ability to find a diplomatic solution to nuclear arms in Iran," he said.
(9) Senior civil servant Simon Case joined the UK’s EU embassy in March to lead work on the new partnership with the bloc, but EU diplomats are unsure how he fits into the picture.
(10) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
(11) A new round of negotiations over the future of Iran's nuclear programme got under way on Wednesday, bringing together the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and top diplomats from the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China.
(12) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(13) Euromaidan was a delayed echo of the social unrest wave , driven by the country's economic failure; it collided with a diplomatic situation that was already fractious over Syria.
(14) Its diplomatic machinery is a little bit rusty," said Zhu Feng, of Peking University's centre for international and strategic studies.
(15) An intimate account of her last hours was given on Monday by Lady (Carla) Powell, the Italian wife of Thatcher's former diplomatic adviser Lord Powell, who had visited her often in her declining years, and whose house outside Rome the former prime minister had visited on several occasions.
(16) The interior minister, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, left a gathering of the Mexican diplomatic corps to take a call from President Enrique Peña Nieto.
(17) During previous upheavals in relations, such as over the Syrian crisis, conversations have taken place between diplomats.
(18) China INDC This would be “a key” to success of the UN climate talks, a French diplomatic official said, because the current national pledges won’t be enough to achieve the goal of keeping the rise in global temperatures below 2C between pre-industrial times and the end of the century.
(19) France was meanwhile leading a push, which diplomats said was backed by Britain, to hit more strategic military targets in Libya, beyond tactical airstrikes on Gaddafi's armour in the vicinity of cities such as Misrata and Ajdabiya.
(20) It has brought waves of Australian diplomats and functionaries implementing strategies to douse local disgruntlement at the profound social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts their operation has brought.