What's the difference between demonstration and sunk?

Demonstration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
  • (n.) An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.
  • (n.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.
  • (n.) (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.
  • (n.) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.
  • (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (2) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
  • (3) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
  • (4) Of the patients 73% demonstrated clinically normal sensibility test results within 23 days after operation.
  • (5) Lucy and Ed will combine coverage of hard and breaking news with a commitment to investigative journalism, which their track record so clearly demonstrates”.
  • (6) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (7) Competition with the labelled 10B12 MAb for binding to the purified antigen was demonstrated in sera of tumor-bearing and immune rats.
  • (8) Using monoclonal antibodies directed against the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, we demonstrated previously that a glycoprotein with an Mr = 23,000 (gp23) had a non-polarized cell surface distribution and was observed on both the apical and basolateral membranes (Ojakian, G. K., Romain, R. E., and Herz, R. E. (1987) Am.
  • (9) These results demonstrate that increased availability of galactose, a high-affinity substrate for the enzyme, leads to increased aldose reductase messenger RNA, which suggests a role for aldose reductase in sugar metabolism in the lens.
  • (10) Intravesical BCG is clearly superior to oral BCG, and controlled studies have demonstrated that percutaneous administration is not necessary.
  • (11) We have previously shown that serotonin is present in secretory granules of frog adrenochromaffin cells; concurrently, we have demonstrated that serotonin is a potent stimulator of corticosterone and aldosterone secretion by adrenocortical cells.
  • (12) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
  • (13) The results demonstrated that K2PtCl4 was bound to a greater degree than CDDP in this system with 3-5 and 1-2 platinum atoms respectively, bound per transferrin molecule.
  • (14) These studies, in addition to demonstrating that the placenta contains TRH deamidase activity, suggest that losses of fetal TRH through the placenta are not large.
  • (15) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (16) Western blot analysis of these mitochondria using an antibody against carnitine palmitoyltransferase II purified from beef heart demonstrates a 68-kDa protein, which under ischemic conditions apparently is decreased by 2 kDa.
  • (17) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
  • (18) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
  • (19) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
  • (20) Histological studies of nerves 2 years following irradiation demonstrated loss of axons and myelin, with a corresponding increase in endoneurial, perineurial, and epineurial connective tissue.

Sunk


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Sink
  • (p. p.) of Sink
  • () imp. & p. p. of Sink.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When we trained on it, my heart sunk,” Coleman said after his side began their Euro 2016 campaign with a nervous victory.
  • (2) 5 reconstructions of the posterior bony canal wall were moderately sunk in.
  • (3) In the sixth frame of the evening he sunk a magnificent long red and careered on his way to a 131 clearance to extend his lead in the match to 9-5.
  • (4) "While the country is sunk in misery, families are ruined and children are growing up in poverty, this guy turns up and we pay €91m for him.
  • (5) A later investigation suggests the boat was sunk by a torpedo launched from a North Korean submarine.
  • (6) On the left, meanwhile, we feel our way towards a progressive alliance much more timidly, even when we know we’re sunk without it.
  • (7) There's little question that the objections to its pro-torture depictions and CIA propaganda were what sunk the film.
  • (8) In fact Miliband was more Blairite than Blair in opposing Cameron’s referendum wheeze, since Blair had conceded the principle over the EU’s aborted constitution, sunk by French and Dutch voters in 2005 who gave him a get-out card.
  • (9) He failed to recover from a disappointing opening eight holes and on the par-five 9th Woods slightly overshot the green with his second shot, sending his chip from the first cut well left of the pin.He sunk the remaining putt to card his first birdie of the day but then pulled his tee shot at the 10th well left and played the back nine one over par, starting with two bogeys before clawing back to finish tied for sixth place.
  • (10) Chinese investors have sunk about $38bn (£29bn) into everything from prime London real estate to banks and football clubs since 2005, according to figures from the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation.
  • (11) The teams were tied, 43 each at the half, and there was virtually nothing to separate them at the three-quarter mark, either: San Antonio entered the final 12 minutes protecting a one-point advantage despite a purple patch from James, who sunk two three-pointers in a minute.
  • (12) Suárez was a target for photographers after he sunk his teeth into the Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in April, an act that resulted in a 10-match ban from the Football Association and, he has now confirmed, prompted him to reconsider his future in English football.
  • (13) It would be foolish for Facebook, which only started in 2004, to try to go up against that sunk cost.
  • (14) The night before the vessel, al-Awda ("The Return") was due to sail, it was blown up and sunk in Limassol harbour, Cyprus — with no loss of life or political embarrassment.
  • (15) In supermarkets, profitability has sunk from [margins of] 5% to 2% in five years and now we face significant new cost pressure.
  • (16) In antimicrobial test, each sample (one fourth inch in diameter) sunk in the broth that had been innoculated with periodontopathic bacteria showed growth inhibitory activity after 48 hr anaerobic incubation.
  • (17) It was a tough kick, we weighed up the options, we wanted to go for the win, the two driving mauls before we made some good ground and we thought if we got in a good position we could go for a win.” Wales are bobbing in pool of death while England are not sunk just yet | Eddie Butler Read more So it goes.
  • (18) Submarine danger: I don't think there will be much of that, they are concentrating on the invasion scheme, and besides, no passenger ship has been sunk for ages.
  • (19) Two tibial components have sunk and have been revised at The London Hospital.
  • (20) "It hasn't quite sunk in yet," Lewis said afterwards.