What's the difference between discharge and ozone?

Discharge


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
  • (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
  • (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
  • (v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
  • (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
  • (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
  • (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
  • (v. t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
  • (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
  • (v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
  • (v. t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
  • (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
  • (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
  • (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
  • (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
  • (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
  • (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
  • (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
  • (v. t.) Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
  • (v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
  • (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
  • (v. t.) A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Veterans admitted to a 90-day alcoholism treatment program were administered the MMPI, and those who completed the program were retested before discharge.
  • (2) All patients were discharged home from two to six days after surgery (mean (SD) 3.7 (1.2) days).
  • (3) Analysis of conjugated discharges ACHs showed that they appeared predominantly periodically (87% of cases).
  • (4) On the other hand, the limbic after-discharges to the hippocampal or amygdaloid stimulation were enhanced by Z. mioga as well as chlorpromazin, but they were inhibited by diazepam.
  • (5) None of the children in the study showed clinical symptoms of acquired subglottic stenosis before discharge from hospital, and none has been readmitted for this condition subsequently.
  • (6) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).
  • (7) Of the 16 cases, 14 (88%) were diagnosed as TSS or probable TSS by the attending physician, although only nine (64%) of the 14 diagnosed cases were given the correct discharge code.
  • (8) The records of 148 geriatric patients discharged from the Royal Ottawa Hospital over an 18-month period were studied.
  • (9) We conclude that neuronal activities in the region of the retrofacial nucleus are important both in the integration of stimuli from the central chemoreceptors and in defining the discharge patterns of respiratory neurons.
  • (10) This effect of adrenalectomy on MNE excitability was further demonstrated by recording directly the neostigmine-induced repetitive neural discharges responsible for the muscle fasciculations.
  • (11) The present investigation has shown that the atrial receptors with a Paintal Type A pattern of discharge are relatively rare in both dogs and rabbits.
  • (12) Further analysis of these changes according to smoking history, age, preoperative weight, dissection of IMA, and aortic cross-clamp time showed that only IMA dissection affected the postextubation changes in peak expiratory flow rate (p less than 0.0001), whereas the decreases in functional residual capacity and expiratory reserve volume at discharge were affected by IMA dissection (p less than 0.05) and age (p = 0.01).
  • (13) At the end of the dusting period those animals treated with normally charged dust had significantly more chrysotile retained in their lungs than animals exposed to discharged dust.
  • (14) The periodic pattern was assumed as subclinical focal seizure discharges from the right anterior temporal deep structures.
  • (15) By this action, oxytocin is believed to increase the probability of successful regenerative spikes and thereby initiate electrical activity in quiescent preparations, increase the frequency of burst discharges, the number of spikes in each burst, and the amplitude of spikes in individual cells.
  • (16) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
  • (17) Before discharge, subjects rated six out of the seven content areas as "important" for learning.
  • (18) Functional status on admission measured by the Katz ADL was the most powerful predictor of functional status at discharge.
  • (19) The letters of discharge or the case records were obtained for all patients under one year for the entire period and for all patients over one year for the period 1984-1986, a total of 627 persons.
  • (20) Moreover, the majority of the 'out of phase' units showed an increased discharge during side-up animal tilt and side-down neck rotation.

Ozone


Definition:

  • (n.) A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a streng oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by he ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of nitrogen. It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which resembles that of weak chlorine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We studied the effect of a 2-hour exposure to 0.6 ppm of ozone on bronchial reactivity in 8 healthy, nonsmoking subjects by measuring the increase in airway resistance (Raw) produced by inhalation of histamine diphosphate aerosol (1.6 per cent, 10 breaths).
  • (2) Carbon monoxide accelerates the reaction as measured by nitric oxide oxidation or ozone formation.
  • (3) It is suggested that the atmosphere of Athens favours the formation of secondary direct-acting mutagens due to the oxidation and nitration of PAH by ozone and nitrogen oxides, which are more abundant in the late spring months.
  • (4) Therefore, more research of the effects of ozone on birds seems to be necessary, both from a mechanistic and an ecological point of view.
  • (5) Using this assay, we studied the effects of exposure to ozone (O3), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) on NK activity in rat lung.
  • (6) The campaign’s focus was the damage to the ozone layer caused by fluorinated gases, such as HFCs.
  • (7) Particular attention was given to both the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of ciliated cells in the nasal respiratory epithelium in response to ozone exposure.
  • (8) Results indicate also that ozone sensitivity, radiosensitivity, and mucoidy are pleiotropic properties of the lon gene.
  • (9) Endothelial prostacyclin synthesis returned to baseline levels by 12H after ozone exposure, a time point which was similar to the recovery time of unexposed endothelium treated with 0.5 uM acetylsalicylic acid.
  • (10) After ozone-exposed mice had been returned to ambient air for 10 days, ciliary regeneration occurred and, the major airways had a surface appearance approaching the normal state.
  • (11) Pulmonary fibrosis is a consequence of severe injury from some toxic agents including high doses of ozone.
  • (12) In the first experiment, rats were fed fat-free diets and exposed to ozone for 0, 1, 2, and 4 weeks.
  • (13) A mathematical model of ozone absorption, or for any soluble gas that has similar transport properties, is developed for a branching network of liquid-lined cylinders.
  • (14) Serial exposures to peak levels of ozone on several consecutive days are more characteristic of pollution episodes in the Northeast United States and may be associated with recurrent symptoms.
  • (15) The enhancement of metastasis due to ozone exposure varied with length of exposure and concentration of ozone.
  • (16) The present data indicate that the incidence of skin cancer would increase by approximately 2% for each percent ozone reduction.
  • (17) And yet, trusting the science, and with international leadership, an agreement – the Montreal Protocol – was signed within two years of the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer in the southern polar region.
  • (18) Ozonized water placed in an open dish kept up antimicrobial activity for the first 20 minutes, but after 30 minutes this activity decreased substantially.
  • (19) However, single, 40-min exposures of RTE cells to approximately 10 ppm ozone did result in approximately 40% decreases in colony-forming efficiency.
  • (20) The present studies were undertaken to examine the effects of exposing asthmatics to ozone concentrations that occur in the environment.