(n.) The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
Example Sentences:
(1) Possible reasons for the previous discrepancies between direct and isotopic methods are discussed, as are the effects of protein binding, sample handling, and storage conditions on oxalate values in plasma.
(2) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
(3) It is suggested that some of the discrepancies in investigations of the relation between water hardness and mortality-rates from cardiovascular disease may be attributed to genetic influences.
(4) The author points out a remarkable discrepancy between the concept of work in the practice of psychoanalysis, especially in the concept of the working alliance (Greenson), and the concept of work included in the dreamwork.
(5) Thus the anomalous behaviour of the ICA1 and the Nova 8 was due to a discrepancy between the standard built-in algorithm and the characteristics of our serum pools.
(6) These discrepancies may be explained, in part, by the demonstration that TTX augmentation requires relatively low TTX concentrations (10(-6)-10(-8) M) and is not demonstrable at higher concentrations, requires submaximal LHRH concentrations (10(-10)-10(-9) M), and requires exposure of cultured cells to 17 beta-estradiol.
(7) It has been argued that this discrepancy might be the consequence, at least in part, of differences in patient selection.
(8) The discrepancy between left versus right latencies increased significantly in the secondary task condition for two patients in the neglect group but not for the other two.
(9) An innovative approach to treatment planning is described in which a planned dose distribution is evaluated in terms of prescribed limits of acceptability, and any discrepancies (referred to as "regions of regret") are displayed in the form of a contour diagram in which colors are used to represent different types and degrees of regret.
(10) In the cat soleus muscle which is exclusively composed of slow motor units the discrepancy between the sum of individual tensions and the tension on combined stimulation of several motor units was found to be much less than previously reported for slow motor units of peroneus longus.
(11) Discrepancies were found in 55 cases (24%) (44 F- and 11 F+).
(12) This apparent discrepancy was resolved by performing parallel experiments using purified human serum albumin samples and serum.
(13) Minor discrepancies of classes III and IV were found in 63 (30%) and 101 (47%) cases, respectively.
(14) The discrepancy can be explained by a heterogeneity in liposomes prepared by sonication.
(15) In some cases the discrepancy was as much as 50 percent.
(16) Significant diagnostic discrepancies (errors unrecognized and directly related to or associated with the cause of death) were determined.
(17) These differences in the myelination of the proximal and distal nerve most probably account for the discrepancy between the results reported here and those provided by a previous study (Tiao and Blakemore, '76) concerned with the structure of the optic nerve in this species.
(18) Discrepancies found in uncorrected measurements could be correlated with morphology of the nuclei concerned.
(19) These results suggests that there is a discrepancy between reductions in hepatic bile acids and those in the hepatic microsomal mixed function oxidase system after biliary decompression.
(20) There was a relationship between the number of large discrepancies and reading achievement.
Nuance
Definition:
(n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mother and Sister take over with more nuanced emotional literacy.
(2) Study of the clinical characteristics of depressive state by hemisphere stroke with the use of symptom items of Zung scale and Hamilton scale showed that patients in depressive state with right hemisphere stroke had high values in symptom items considered close to the essence of endogenous depression such as depressed mood, suicide, diurnal variation, loss of weight, and paranoid symptoms, while patients in depressive state with left hemisphere stroke had high values in symptom items having a nuance of so-called neurotic depression such as psychic anxiety, hypochondriasis, and fatigue.
(3) But he thinks the issue of parenting is more nuanced than the government has portrayed it.
(4) When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and, setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor, and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white... Further - and this is a stroke of his sensitive, pawky genius - he contemplates his momentarily displaced furniture and the nuance of enchanting strangeness: It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories ...
(5) There is a degree of solidarity, but is has to be nuanced because even within families, you have this sense of jealousy, and the levelling concept.
(6) He is the one who had to transmit exactly what I had said to the referee and there are intricacies and nuance in the language where you have “Por qué” and “Porque”, and you have the word “negro” as it is used in the Spanish language and how it can be used in English.
(7) Today, we have come to a broader and more nuanced understanding of this age-old imperative: how to better balance the development needs of a growing world population – so all may enjoy the fruits of prosperity and robust economic growth – with the necessity of conserving our planet's most precious resources: land, air and water.
(8) That’s the danger of replacing the political discourse with a purely moralistic approach: politics allow for nuances and mistakes; morality doesn’t.
(9) When Abbott won the Lodge and confirmed he lacked the nuance to lead, Turnbull found a way to be part of the team while sending the signal to the public that things would be very different if only their wishes were fulfilled and it was he who had the top job.
(10) The success of Capote paved the way for bigger and more nuanced parts for Hoffman, his turn as the villain in Mission: Impossible III (2006) notwithstanding.
(11) Perhaps you must actually live in eastern Europe to appreciate the nuances.
(12) Important nuances of the operative technique as well as pre- and postoperative management are described.
(13) From time to time a more nuanced English voice could be heard in the debate.
(14) First, the issue of submissions, as with similar questions about gender and salary negotiations or gender and career management, is nuanced, complicated and as mediated by gendered expectations and behavior as anything else.
(15) Voters looking for further nuance might have been left a little underwhelmed, not least by the expectation that world-famous analytic philosophers tend not to rely on anything as touchy feely as intuition.
(16) The distinction of fine diagnostic nuances is quite helpful but requires well integrated epileptological and EEG experience.
(17) Investors are intensely focused on monetary policy worldwide, reacting dramatically to any nuance, and another bout of volatile trading is the last thing European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi needs.
(18) There is more scope for debate on Labour’s position on membership of the European Union and Nato, with Corbyn initially sounding sceptical about both but adopting a more nuanced position over the course of the leadership campaign.
(19) Because few individuals in the primary care practice of pediatrics have many patients with lead poisoning, it may be difficult to understand the nuances of management.
(20) But Clinton sought to distance herself from the populism of her two rivals, seeking to portray herself as a more nuanced but practical politician who was willing to see complexity where they saw simplicity.