(a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rhodamine 123-induced growth inhibition was partially reversed by treating the dye-pre-exposed infected erythrocytes with the proton ionophore carbonyl-cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, which dissipates transmembrane proton gradients.
(2) These effects of t-butyl hydroperoxide on [9,10-3H]oleic acid incorporation are not affected by dissipating transmembrane gradients for calcium and potassium.
(3) It has been possible to separate this dissipation from that associated with elongation factor Tu function.
(4) A mutation from one state into another in such system ('bioids') involves an amplification of different 'kinds of information', as 'stochastic' (noise into dissipative structures), 'molecular' (autocatalysts), and 'stoichimetric' information.
(5) A comparison with the same transient input terminal input, the fraction of input charge dissipated by various branches in the neuron model is illustrated.
(6) Therefore, at least 75% of maximal import inhibition observed in the presence of F1 beta 1-32 + 2 and F1 beta 21-51 + 3 does not result from dissipation of delta psi.
(7) The surreal air of calm surrounding Spain's bond market shows no signs of dissipating.
(8) In the present studies, Cl replaced the much less permeant anion methanesulfonate (Mes) either (a) at constant [K], in which increased [K][Cl] permits net KCl and water flux across internal membranes, or (b) at constant [K][Cl] (choline substitution), in which the imposed gradients and diffusion potentials should dissipate slowly.
(9) Similarly, the formation of spatial dissipative structures by coupling of a transport process with an interfacial reaction was investigated as a simple experimental example of symmetry breaking.
(10) In contrast, prior depolarization of the cells using varying concentrations of KCl in the external medium, which dissipated the electrochemical gradient for chloride efflux, resulted in a corresponding prolongation of the transient calcium response to vasopressin and angiotensin.
(11) The ATPase activity and H+ translocation are critically dependent upon the presence of chloride, which suggests that chloride influences H+ translocation by dissipating the H+ gradient and acting at the catalytic site of the ATPase.
(12) Her support dissipated in a fruitless search for a site.
(13) This excess risk was dissipated when selected covariates were added to the model.
(14) The patient is allowed to do functional exercises 24 hours after reduction with the aid of the spring stepping roller, which not only helps dissipate swelling in the early stage but also remold the articular facet.
(15) The results show that there is considerable variation in the rate and pattern of dissipation of the various components of the experimentally produced haematoma.
(16) This was probably caused by either dissipation of membrane potential or damage to the vesicle membranes.
(17) The theoretical function described coherences between recording sites of small separation for linear, non-dispersive, dissipative waves moving on an infinite homogeneous plane medium, and driven by spatio-temporally noisy inputs.
(18) In the same study, it was shown, using a 9-amino acridine fluorescent pH probe, that completion of the first stage was characterized by increase in H+ permeability such that the H+ gradient between sperm head and medium was dissipated.
(19) However, when vesicles were loaded with both KCl and NaCl the height of the overshoot was considerably decreased indicating a Na+-K+-dependent dissipation of the intravesicular to extravesicular chloride gradient.
(20) With less space to dissipate water within the network, it is forced into the main channel.
Intemperate
Definition:
(a.) Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
(a.) Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
(1) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(2) Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also libelous.
(3) Fatal CHD, on the other hand, was strongly associated with registration for intemperance.
(4) Source: EUMETSAT The rain blame If the weather has turned intemperate, so has the argument about who is to blame.
(5) The targets of Karzai's often intemperate outbursts were equally frustrated, dubbing the president "feckless" and "unreliable", briefing that he was "paranoid" and possibly abusing prescription drugs.
(6) Over a supper of brill, roast beef, and lemon parfait, the leaders, not having to take a quick decision, seemed to chill a bit, taking the heat out of the increasingly intemperate exchanges that have marked the past few weeks.
(7) The consequences of alcoholic intemperance and economic problems on CHD mortality and morbidity were studied among the participants in a large primary preventive trial.
(8) His friend, Samuel Johnson, was a Tory and, according to Boswell, regularly "attacked the Americans with intemperate violence of abuse".
(9) But in Barton's case, one wonders how much his intemperateness has been detrimental to his football and to his progression in the game.
(10) The association of condoms with sexual intemperance, along with concerns about their efficacy, helped to support the idea that abstinence was the only acceptable prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease.
(11) "He is an immensely personable, warm man, although his language at times, on issues such as gay marriage, can be intemperate," she said.
(12) At the extremes of this debate we have seen at times language or actions that are intemperate.
(13) When I ask if his public attacks on Blatter and Fifa might have been rashly intemperate, his tone is nonchalantly defiant.
(14) Subjects registered with the Board of Social Welfare were categorised with respect to increasing load of alcoholic intemperance.
(15) We've tried to conduct this debate in a sensible manner especially at a time when the economy's still pretty weak and for him to use such intemperate language really is unacceptable."
(16) When asked about the social media backlash from the public, Lee said: "I don't think you should judge the programme by the extreme reaction represented by a handful of very intemperate tweets."
(17) The quality of discourse will inevitably deteriorate and the intemperate trends we are already seeing in much of Europe will proliferate.
(18) A multivariate analysis was performed, controlling for smoking, systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol, which showed that the association between intemperance and fatal CHD was independent of these factors.
(19) There has been intemperate and extreme comment from both sides on social media and in online commentary.
(20) One clue is in the stunning helicopter rescue performed by Simone Moro, Steck's climbing partner, whose intemperate language provoked the confrontation at Camp 2.