(v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
(v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
(v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
(v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
(v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
(v. i.) To impend.
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) Neutrons induced a dose-dependent cytotoxicity and mutation frequency in the AL cells.
(3) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
(4) Between 25 and 40 degrees C, the thermal dependencies of VR and f were approximately constant (Q10's of 1.31 and 1.36 got VR and f, respectively).
(5) Cellulase regulation appears to depend upon a complex relationship involving catabolite repression, inhibition, and induction.
(6) We also show that proliferation of primary amnion cells is not dependent on a high c-fos expression, suggesting that the function of c-fos is more likely to be associated with other cellular functions in the differentiated amnion cell.
(7) We propose that this dependence on coexpression reflects the association between the LTA::STa hybrids and LTB subunits.
(8) These results show that the pathogenic phenotypes of MCF viruses are dissociable from the thymotropic phenotype and depend, at least in part, upon the enhancer sequences.
(9) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
(10) This death is also dependent on the presence of chloride and is prevented with the non-selective EAA antagonist, kynurenic acid, but is not prevented by QA.
(11) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(12) Cyclic AMP stimulated phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of two proteins of apparent Mr = 20,000 and 7,000 that were concentrated in sarcoplasmic reticulum, but the stimulation was markedly dependent on the presence of added soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
(13) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
(14) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(15) Gel filtration of the 40,000 rpm supernatant fraction of a homogenate of rat cerebral cortex on a Sepharose 6B column yielded two fractions: fraction II with the "Ca(2+) plus Mg(2+)-dependent" phosphodiesterase activity and fraction III containing its modulator.
(16) In contrast, the effects of deltamethrin and cypermethrin promote transmitter release by a Na+ dependent process.
(17) 5 pregnant insulin-dependent diabetics were also studied.
(18) RNAs encoding a wild-type (RBK1) and a mutant (RBK1(Y379V,V381T); RBK1*) subunit of voltage-dependent potassium channels were injected into Xenopus oocytes.
(19) Photoirradiation of F1 in the presence of the analog leads to inactivation depending linearly on the incorporation of label.
(20) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
Pendant
Definition:
(n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.
(n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.
(n.) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
(n.) A pendulum.
(n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
Example Sentences:
(1) The reservoir cannula Oxymizer Pendant (Chad-Therapeutics Inc.) is a nasal prong system incorporating a pendant reservoir which stores oxygen during expiration and delivers it as a bolus at the onset of inspiration.
(2) Regarding the pendant phenyl ring, diverse substitution patterns were investigated.
(3) As the number of basic amino acids on the pendant is increased from one to five a 4.7 fold enhancement in the adsorption capacity is seen for arginine while a 9.3 fold enhancement is obtained for lysine.
(4) We evaluated this pendant conserving nasal cannula (PNC) in seven hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
(5) Two types of polycations with pendant active groups were synthesized: one is polymethacrylate containing pendant biguanide units, and the other is poly(vinylbenzyl ammonium chloride).
(6) Model building allows a structure that could stack to form a tunnel with a lipophilic exterior and hydrophilic interior and flexible internal arms formed by the pendant C-terminal glutamine residue.
(7) The calculated complex stabilities of two hitherto unsynthesized covalently constrained DTPA-derivatives and a DOTA-derivative bearing phenoxy groups as pendant arms indicate that these may form Gd(III) complexes with sufficient stability for use in magnetic resonance imaging techniques.
(8) She points to her chest, where she is wearing a post-it note, right under her heart-shaped pendant, bearing Mladic's name.
(9) The polymeric material incorporates the heparin segments as pendant moieties such that their essential functional groups and structural features for specific binding with the selective serine protease coagulation factor inhibitor antithrombin III are preserved.
(10) The photographs in this exhibition showing young Italians in north London or the Jewish woman holding the family pendant she hid in her shoe while in Auschwitz broaden our understanding of the migratory patterns that have energised Britain beyond that particular wave at a time when so much of the immigration is now from Europe.
(11) When patients do PLB they may not receive full oxygen-saving benefit of the pendant.
(12) Love and Treasure follows a peacock pendant on its path from Salzburg in 1945 to present-day Budapest and Israel, then back to 1913 Budapest.
(13) P3FFA, in which fluorines are substituted at the end of the pendant alkyl ester, showed poor mechanical properties.
(14) The apical dendrites of the normal pyramidal cells grow by monochotomous branching on random segments and have much more spines on the first order segments, the apical dendrites of the improperly oriented pyramidal cells grow by branching on pendant arcs (terminal growth model), and have fewer spines.
(15) Oligomers containing pendant isocyanate groups were synthesized from various vinyl monomers, m-isopropenyldimethylbenzyl isocyanate (TMI), and 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate (IEM).
(16) By inverting the applicator, the samples are brought into close vicinity to the gel surface and the pendant droplets expand by capillary attraction into the slits between the glass and gel with resultant even distribution across the lanes of 2.5 or 7 mm width.
(17) Mourners at the farewell for Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, who died last month aged 84 , had been asked by his son not to wear black "or carry any offensive or aggressive jewellery", and if there were any of the knuckleduster pendants that have appeared at some recent criminal funerals, they were hard to spot.
(18) Her mother, Donna, who wears a photo of Vicki on a square pendant around her neck, and 18-year-old brother, Matthew, were present at the hearing.
(19) The enzyme also degraded glucuronoarabinoxylans derived from maize cell walls to yield a major oligomeric species containing a single glucuronosyl side chain and a single unsubstituted beta 1----4Xyl pendant terminal.
(20) The viscosity measurement of the mixture of Thiokol LP-2, lead monoxide, and di-butyl phthalate was performed at the rates of shear ranged from 10(1.5) to 10(3.9) sec-1 at 20 degrees C. The viscosity of the mixture progressively increases after spatulation of the materials but yield value does not appear for the time being before setting, that is, the infinite network forming via the pendant SH groups could not take place until the most of SH groups were consumed, attributed to low concentration of poly-functional prepolymer in the liquid polymer.