(a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
(a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
(a.) Determined; resolved.
(a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
(n.) A thing defined or determined.
Example Sentences:
(1) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(2) A definite relationship between intelligence level and the type of muscle disease was found.
(3) Definitive neurological deficits occurred in 0.09%, transient deficits were observed in 0.45%.
(4) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(5) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(6) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.
(7) These findings lead to a definite diagnosis of chronic hypervitaminosis A.
(8) Currently there are no IOC approved definitive tests for these hormones but highly specific immunoassays combined with suitable purification techniques may be sufficient to warrant IOC approval.
(9) In the process, the DfE's definition of extremism has shifted from actual bomb-throwers to religious conservatives.
(10) This new way of thinking is reflected in the 1992 AAMR definition of what mental retardation is (Luckasson et al., 1992).
(11) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
(12) Problem definition, the first step in policy development, includes identifying the issues, discussing and framing the issues, analyzing data and resources, and deciding on a problem definition.
(13) The value of benefit-risk, benefit-cost, and cost-effectiveness analyses lies not in providing the definitive basis for a decision on vaccine use or evaluation.
(14) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
(15) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
(16) Bone age has been analyzed mixed-longitudinally in a subsample of 370 patients (660 observations) and showed a slight retardation at all ages between 6 and 13 yr. Development of pubic hair of 91 subjects analyzed cross-sectionally was definitely retarded when compared to adequate reference data.
(17) The patient was a forty-five-year-old female who had been troubled by obstinate Raynaud's phenomenon for ten years before the definite diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension was made.
(18) However, there is no definitive report showing that FGF exists in the thyroid.
(19) Four of 18 patients showed no change over the twenty-four hours while 7 patients showed some variation without definite diurnal pattern.
(20) No histological changes in the intestines were observed in the fasted poults whereas definite lesions were observed in the BCDCV-inoculated poults.
Unquestionable
Definition:
(a.) Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.
(a.) Not inviting questions or conversation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, in spite of its excellent activity and unquestionable effectiveness, rifampicin should be used with caution in severe staphylococcal infections.
(2) The curiously double nature of the virgin in this tale, her purity versus her duplicity, seems unquestionably related to the infantile split mother, as elucidated by Klein--a connection explored in an earlier paper.
(3) The validity of ASI in diagnosing these problems was unquestionable, but the cross-cultural significance of some problem areas is doubtful.
(4) The survey demonstrated the frequency of the unquestionably positive sera: 79.4% of the studied sera.
(5) Cigarette smoking is unquestionably the leading contributing factor.
(6) But while she unquestionably adds colour to Westminster, the outspoken MP has also shown a repeated facility for self-sabotage.
(7) It is unquestionable that people coming from inside Syria are ... in need of international protection,” she said.
(8) The Coordinating Council on Medical Education is unquestionably a significant attempt to demonstrate public accountability.
(9) The syncope occurred in a state of acute drunkenness in 14 cases and was unquestionably due to the absorption of medicines in 6 cases.
(10) The same phenomenon is observed in other countries and particularly the USA, where surveys show unquestionable disappointment among internists with the quality of their working life arising from concerns over a private life-invading profession, low income, increasing administrative burdens and loss of clinical decision-making autonomy.
(11) While its impact on retail is unquestionable, from user reviews of products through to its persistence in developing a slick, global department store, Rayner points out that there has also been plenty of pain for Amazon’s gain.
(12) His membership of Nigeria's superwealthy scene is unquestionable.
(13) The report also pointed to “unquestionable” failings that allowed Salah Abdeslam , the only surviving member of the November Paris attack team, to flee from France by car to his home country of Belgium hours after the attacks.
(14) An English parliament, wherever it was based, would still be dominated by the economic imperatives of the City of London, meaning that market-based solutions will continue to be unquestionably followed, no matter what their implications for our communities.
(15) Even though its clinical diagnosis is difficult, radiology plays a decisive role with US, CT, MR imaging and, above all, angiography; the latter, together with liver biopsy, generally provides with an unquestionable diagnosis.
(16) Three histological criteria (necrotizing vasculitis of the small vessels, perivascular infiltration with numerous eosinophils and extravascular granulomas) enable this anatomico-clinical syndrome to be identified, but the granuloma component is frequently missing and the existence of borderline states, notably with periarteritis nodosa, is unquestionable.
(17) The cyclic expression of CD45RC isoforms on both immature and mature CD4 T cells and the fact that the low molecular weight isoform was found in the periphery on both RTE (unquestionably naive) and antigen-experienced CD4 T cells, makes it unlikely that this isoform uniquely identifies memory T cells, at least in the rat.
(18) Of unquestionable therapeutic value was the use of magnesium for the treatment of 2 episodes of severe ventricular extrasystoles with "torsades de pointe".
(19) Casino Royale is arguably his best book, and when eventually it was filmed with Daniel Craig in 2006 (there had been a sad, jokey, non-canonical version in 1967), it was unquestionably the closest the movie series has come to capturing the spirit of Fleming's early work.
(20) Commenter Chumbaniya responds: The answer here is yes, unquestionably.