(a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
(n.) A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.
(n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
(n.) A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
Example Sentences:
(1) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
(2) The presence of the positive-off diagonal of the second-order kernel of respiratory control of heart rate is an indication of an escape-like phenomenon in the system.
(3) We have examined the distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive (LI) cell bodies in the medial septal nucleus (MS) and the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca (nDBB) of young (3 months) and aged (25-30 months) rats, and assessed their respective contribution to the septohippocampal pathway.
(4) Cells from a spontaneously established lineage were grown on glass coverslips that fit diagonally in a standard curvette and intracellular pH (pHi) was measured.
(5) Moderately stained neurons with two or three prominent cell processes were observed in the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca, globus pallidus, and substantia innominata.
(6) Biomechanical analysis of the crosscountry techniques has developed from rather simple 2-dimensional kinematic descriptions of diagonal stride to complex measurement of skating forces and 3-dimensional motion.
(7) injected at 13.45 h. Transection which interrupted the connection of septum (SEPT), diagonal band of Broca (DBB) and bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BST) with the preoptic-suprachiasmatic area interfered with ovulation and surge of release of all 3 hormones.
(8) The survival without infarction at 8 years was 52% in the patients with dysfunction of left anterior descending artery grafts and 89% when the diseased graft was located on another artery (right coronary, left marginal, diagonal).
(9) The atherosclerotic involvement of coronary branch vessels (first diagonal, first septal, posterior descending, left and right marginals, conus and the vessels supplying the conduction system) was investigated in 450 apparently healthy subjects aged 11-55 years who died of accidental causes.
(10) When Kristine Minde eluded Claire Rafferty at the far post she was well placed to meet Solveig Gulbrandsen’s long diagonal ball.
(11) Working in tandem with Westminster city council, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, the crown estate has pedestrianised several side streets, widened pavements, and introduced a diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus and new traffic islands at Piccadilly Circus, along with two-way traffic on Piccadilly, Pall Mall and St James's Street.
(12) The morphology, ultrastructure and synaptic relationships of the cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons in the medial septal nucleus (MS) and vertical limb of the diagonal band of Broca (VDB) in the basal forebrain of the rat were studied at the light and electron microscopic levels.
(13) The local cerebral glucose utilization was measured in the hippocampal formation 3, 21, and 90 days after bilateral lesions of the medial septal nucleus and the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca by multiple ibotenic acid injections.
(14) A similar effect was also observed when astrocytes from the immature septum, hippocampus or cerebellum were co-cultured with neurons derived from the septal-diagonal band region.
(15) Recent studies have shown that the central cholinergic neurons in the septal-diagonal band area, nucleus basalis and striatum are sensitive to the neurotrophic protein nerve growth factor (NGF).
(16) Vessel attempted: Left anterior descending (3), circumflex (4), obtuse marginal (2), diagonal (1), right coronary artery (3), and internal thoracic artery (1).
(17) Immunoreactive LHRH (irLHRH) perikarya were situated in the vicinity of the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT), i.e., in the medial preoptic nucleus and in the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca.
(18) Belgium were playing a more patient passing game now and, when Origi hit the bar with a header from Mertens’ diagonal cross, it began to look unlikely that the USA would be able to hold out.
(19) The number of matches for each diagonal over the entire known sequence are tabulated and presented as an aid to locating comparisons of greatest interest.
(20) Coronary arteriography showed stenosis of the anterior interventricular artery and occlusion of the first diagonal artery; the other coronary vessels were normal.
Slash
Definition:
(v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
(v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.
(v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.
(v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
(n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.
(n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
(n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
Example Sentences:
(1) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
(2) Supermarkets are slashing the price of cauliflower because a relatively warm start to the year has produced a glut of florets.
(3) But in April, this was reduced to 70% as ministers tried to slash the welfare bill.
(4) We write to deplore the coalition's withdrawal of support from the hugely successful school sport partnerships (" Michael Gove's plan to slash sports funding in schools splits cabinet ", News).
(5) It’s just one piece of New York’s air quality strategy, which also aims at slashing greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, says Mark Chambers, director of the mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
(6) It’s clear from our time in government that the Tories target will be slashing support for families.
(7) Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn.
(8) The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, said the new policy balanced three challenges: the need to ensure the security of the UK's energy supply, the need to build a low-carbon economy and the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
(9) Forrest noted Fortescue’s rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton had a break-even price of about US$30 a tonne, and the latter announced plans on Tuesday to slash costs at its WA iron ore mines to US$16 a tonne.
(10) The company this week announced it would attempt to slash wages at its Australian manufacturing plants.
(11) That line in the accounts reveals that costs were slashed by 32%, or £2m, to £4.3m – without which the company would have booked another loss.
(12) A leading thinktank has forecast that Britain will remain mired in recession this year, and slashed growth forecasts for almost all members of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.
(13) Detainees have seen their time allowed outside cells slashed, and been forced to undergo humiliating body cavity searches if they want to speak to lawyers, it has been claimed.
(14) Unlike many music hack days, this is a commercial contest: the winning hack – as judged by Slash, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen and investor Ben Parr – will earn its creator an autographed guitar, $1,000 and “the chance to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album”.
(15) Payet was at it again before Zaza and Antonio slashed at a couple of other presentable chances.
(16) At the same time, local authorities are being offered cash to approve house building, but the budget for affordable housing has been slashed by 50%.
(17) Amsterdam Uber drivers have been blocked in by taxi drivers and one reported having his tyres slashed.
(18) As a result, today it is slashing the cost of a Sky+ HD box by two-thirds to £49.
(19) Ofcom has slashed the £20m-plus per year cost of ITV and Channel 5 regional broadcasting licences to almost zero, in recognition of the cost of delivering public service obligations such as news and current affairs.
(20) But within North Rhine-Westphalia – which includes the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, and the industrial Ruhr region – it would appear that the CDU's arguments that the state needed to make sacrifices to slash its €180bn (£144bn) debt backfired.