What's the difference between desiderata and desiderate?
Desiderata
Definition:
(n. pl.) See Desideratum.
(pl. ) of Desideratum
Example Sentences:
(1) Chronoergohygiene defines a field of study set on optimizing the work timing compared to the desiderata of human physiology in order to improve the working conditions.
(2) A brief overview is made of the criteria currently applied for establishing causation in occupational cancer epidemiology, and further criteria or 'desiderata' are proposed.
(3) Twenty-five journals representing diverse research areas were evaluated from 1968 to 1974 to assess the extent to which operant techniques were applied for therapeutic, rehabilitative, and educative purposes and the degree to which methodological desiderata of applied behavior analysis were met.
(4) Desiderata of science and uniqueness are therefore opposed--and they are irreconcilable because absolute knowledge is either non-existent or unattainable.
(5) Some desiderata for future research on these theories are proposed.
(6) The desiderata for selecting a specific geographically defined community are suggested together with a discussion of practical applications.
(7) The desiderata for the sanitary safety of haemodialysis units are summed up.
(8) A technique has been developed in New Zealand White rabbits to fulfil these desiderata.
(9) Xylitol appears to be the only known cariostatic natural carbohydrate which meets most of the desiderata for a sweetener in the human diet.
(10) This emphasized the need for further analyses when making other internal comparisons in order to accommodate more of the 'desiderata' listed.
(11) The desiderata of morbidity statistics may be summarized as reliability, representativeness, and relevance to current health problems.
(12) We recognise that there are limits to the capacity of a curriculum to encompass all desiderata, and that a balance must be struck between ambition and practicality.
(13) It has been established that sustained emotional arousal can accompany the psychosocial stimulation induced by the social interaction of members of a social group as they compete for desiderata, such as food and water.
(14) Through the Federal German Government's incentives (1976-1985) brought about considerable experience with community based psychiatric services many desideratas and shortcomings stood the reformist efforts: above all, the needs of long term patients remained unmet.
(15) Vacuum aspiration combines the desiderata of speed, a smaller loss of blood, reduced anesthesia, and a greatly reduced rate of postoperative complications.
(16) Even so, when viewed in terms of contemporary methodological desiderata, most of the work is fairly unimpressive.
Desiderate
Definition:
(v. t.) To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Example Sentences:
(1) Desiderization was complete both after a fifteen minute exposure in 1% Na2S2O4 in 0.1 M acetate-HCl buffer (pH 4.5) and, if an acid method is preferred, after twelve hours in 5% oxalic acid.
(2) It would be therefore desiderable to complete the histological examinations with enzymatic and immunologic examinations performed during the treatment of the patient and thus try to gain a basis for a prognostic evaluation.