(n.) The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.
(n.) The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart.
(n.) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
(n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
(n.) That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical and roentgenographic criteria could not discriminate between patients with and without pneumonia, confirming the findings of previous investigations.
(2) Discrimination errors were used to generate a matrix of interletter and interpattern similarities.
(3) Accuracy of discrimination of letters at various preselected distances was determined each session while Ortho-rater examinations were given periodically throughout training.
(4) For each temporal position of the independent noise, discriminability was a function of the ratio of the duration of the independent noise (tau) to the total burst duration.
(5) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(6) To determine the diagnostic and discriminative value of these subisoenzymes in polymyositis, we analyzed CK and its MM subisoenzyme forms in serum samples from 22 patients with myositis and from 23 controls.
(7) They retained the ability to make this discrimination when the coloured stimuli were placed against a background bright enough to saturate the rods.3.
(8) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
(9) Discriminant analysis was performed with the fourth child in the family as the index case.
(10) Only one part of the theory of Alajouanine and colleagues has been confirmed by our experiments for our results have shown that there is a very close correlation between semantic paraphasias and disorders of semantic differentiation whilst no correlation can be found between phonemic paraphasias and disturbances in auditory phonemic discrimination.
(11) Stimuli presented to this island could be detected and discriminated, although the subject reported he did not see them.
(12) However, as all subjects had normal hearing and maximum speech discrimination scores pre-smoking, it can only be concluded that smoking marihuana did not worsen the hearing--the experiments were not designed to see whether it would improve hearing.
(13) Therefore, a hormonal regulatory element can discriminate among closely related transcription start sites.
(14) Kup is a separate K+ uptake system with relatively little discrimination in the transport of the cations K+, Rb+, and Cs+.
(15) Thus obtained body shape variables were used in discriminant analysis in order to obtain unbiased classification probabilities of individuals having the MBS or being normal.
(16) The speed of visiting holes and the development of a preferred pattern of hole-visits did not influence spatial discrimination performance.
(17) The result shows that the great majority of children recorded considerably higher discrimination scores when the tests were performed with their individual hearing aids than with the test lists presented through the audiometer and the TDH-49 earphone.
(18) Results indicated that participants discriminated the target behavior on video but effects did not generalize to the work setting for 2 participants until they rehearsed the behavior.
(19) Discrimination was possible among these four groups on the basis of the Mahalanobis' generalized distance.
(20) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
Favoritism
Definition:
(n.) The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Oklahoma City Thunder, like most of the pre-postseason favorites, actually seemed to right themselves in Game 7 of their tougher-than-expected-series with the Memphis Grizzlies.
(2) One of my favorites, on the mission's "Participate" web page , is the "Be a Martian" virtual reality apps (web and mobile).
(3) MRI can detect as small as 10 mm lesion of hepatic tumor (less than 5 mm in favorite conditions) despite far longer acquisition time compared with CT.
(4) While Elop has critics who say he did not fix Nokia or much of anything else in his long career in tech, others are likely to point to a pedigree that would also make him the favorite here.
(5) The college football fans are interested in knowing where their favorite players are gonna go and the NFL fans want to know which players are gonna make their team better."
(6) We’ll collect all your questions using Guardian Witness and feature our favorites the night of the debate.
(7) Respondents showed in-group favoritism in trait evaluations, but this bias was unrelated to aggression.
(8) Therefore more is eaten during a meal consisting of a variety of foods than during a meal with just one of the foods, even if that food is the favorite.
(9) It was March 2015 and same-sex marriage was on the verge of becoming legal nationwide – carried by probably the swiftest change in public opinion in US history – but the Indiana governor and establishment favorite going into 2016 was standing firm.
(10) Walker also began the summer as a strong favorite in the early-voting state of Iowa, where voters seemed inherently drawn to his midwestern persona and retail politics – which have often included traversing from one county to the next on a Harley Davidson.
(11) My personal favorite part was Beyoncé had her backup singers and dancers in pantsuits.” Each celebrity who joined Clinton for her last push seemed to top the previous night, giving her closing appearances an aura of celebration.
(12) The bacterially catalyzed formation of nitrosamines in the rectosigmoid is a favorite theroy for the increased risk of colon carcinomas following ureterosigmoidostomy.
(13) My favorite response was a simple "it made me feel less alone."
(14) Entering the season the Seahawks looked like Super Bowl favorites and little happened during the regular season to suggest otherwise.
(15) The Cardinals made quick work of the fan-favorite Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS and then defeated the high priced Hollywood product that was the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
(16) Now, new employees are always warned, “Just wait until Thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays.
(17) Former senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Governor Paul LePage of Maine, favorites of the blue-collar north-east, are likely to be angling for jobs in a Trump White House, but a heartbeat away from the presidency.
(18) Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower.
(19) The sulfones are the drug of choice in the treatment of leprosy, with dapsone as the clear favorite.
(20) His favorite recording of the Ring Cycle is by Wilhelm Furtwängler, a relatively safe choice.