(a.) Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
(n.) The number ten; a division into ten.
(n.) A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius.
Example Sentences:
(1) The flanks of the park have been dubbed "architects' row" in recognition of the new buildings that have sprung up by internationally-renowned designers such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Neil Denari.
Tenfold
Definition:
(a. & adv.) In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
Example Sentences:
(1) Measurements of the lactose repressor over a tenfold range of cell growth rates were made on protein extracts from Escherichia coli cultures grown in media with various carbon energy sources.
(2) The growth of vaccine strains was depressed at 39 degrees C to a level about 3 log10 lower than that at 37 degrees C. The difference in virus titer attained by wild strains at 37 degrees and 39 degrees C was less than tenfold.
(3) The concentration of G-CSF in supernatants from cells stimulated with both IL-1 and IL-4 was at least tenfold higher than that measured in supernatants harvested from cells stimulated with either IL-1 or IL-4 alone.
(4) Inductive influence of the fascial transplant has been measured in two patients; a tenfold increase in net collagen synthesis and deposition occurs for at least one year following transplantation of fascia to an imbricated scar recipient area.
(5) S1 nuclease protection assays revealed that transfection of full-length raf complementary DNA in the antisense orientation (AS) leads to a specific reduction (greater than tenfold) of steady-state levels of the endogenous c-raf-1 sense (S) transcript in SQ-20B cells.
(6) Heat resistance increased about tenfold in the range of 30-44 degrees C. Sporulation at 52 degrees C did not show any further increase in heat resistance.
(7) In the wild strain (Em 5297a) thiourea is tenfold more toxic on an allantoin medium than on an inorganic nitrogen medium; allantoin as well as urea counteract thiourea toxicity in the allantoin nitrogen medium.
(8) There appears to be a direct connection between this observation and the two main messages of the campaign as the employment of condoms increased tenfold during the period 1986-1988 end contact investigations revealed a decrease in the number of unknown sexual partners.
(9) In this regard, cured lung cancer patients, including those with SCLC, have a tenfold increased risk of developing a second lung cancer (Fontana 1977; Cortese et al.
(10) When [Na+] was varied, with [K+] and [Cl-] constant, there was a linear relation between PD and log [Na+], with a change of 18 mV per tenfold change in concentration.
(11) All the streptovals and streptovaricin degradation products except varicinal A showed a marked improvement (twofold to tenfold) in activity against the viral enzyme over the parent streptovaricins.
(12) About a tenfold increase in enzyme activity could be measured in the presence of 5 microM beta-estradiol or esteriol.
(13) The affinity of modified HMWKa for kaolin was tenfold less than the affinity of unmodified HMWKa.
(14) A tenfold elevation of AFP was found in the first patient.
(15) Throughout the observation period (6 months), TcR2+ cells in peripheral lymphoid organs and blood were absent in treated animals with the exception of few (less than 10%) cells with a tenfold reduced TcR2 density; peripheral TcR2-CD3+ cells, i.e.
(16) Compared with unstimulated platelets, platelets triggered by the combined action of collagen plus thrombin showed a tenfold activity increase in prothrombin activation, and a 20-fold rate enhancement in factor X activation.
(17) By 4 weeks after a single 6.3, 12.5 or 25 ng injection, seven, nine and ten out of ten vaccinees, respectively, had antibody detectable by a HAV AB assay modified to increase its sensitivity tenfold.
(18) The main finding of the study was a tenfold increase in the subsequent visit rate for asthma in the acute bronchitis group.
(19) Increasing the potassium concentration of the medium resulted in a reduction in the resting membrane potential of 60 mV per tenfold change in potassium concentration, and a diminished TSH response.
(20) Quantitative analysis of mannose and leucine incorporation showed that the mutant enzyme incorporated two- to tenfold less mannose than the normal enzyme on a molar basis.