(v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
(v. t.) To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
(v. t.) To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
(v. t.) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
(v. t.) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
(v. t.) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
(v. i.) To make distribution.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, as other patients who lived at the periphery of the Valserine valley do not appear to be related to any patients living in the valley, and because there has been considerable immigration into the valley, a number of hypotheses to explain the distribution of the disease in the region remain possible.
(2) The resulting dose distribution is displayed using traditional 2-dimensional displays or as an isodose surface composited with underlying anatomy and the target volume.
(3) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(4) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
(5) Using monoclonal antibodies directed against the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, we demonstrated previously that a glycoprotein with an Mr = 23,000 (gp23) had a non-polarized cell surface distribution and was observed on both the apical and basolateral membranes (Ojakian, G. K., Romain, R. E., and Herz, R. E. (1987) Am.
(6) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(7) The subcellular distribution of sialyltransferase and its product of action, sialic acid, was investigated in the undifferentiated cells of the rat intestinal crypts and compared with the pattern observed in the differentiated cells present in the surface epithelium.
(8) Sixteen patients were operated on for lumbar pain and pain radiating into the sciatic nerve distribution.
(9) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
(10) A quantitative comparison of tissue distribution and excretion of an orally administered sublethal dose of [3H]diacetoxyscirpenol (anguidine) was made in rats and mice 90 min, 24 hr, and 7 days after treatment.
(11) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
(12) The regional distribution of beta-adrenoceptor subtypes was found to be similar to that seen in the rat brain.
(13) The distribution of gelsolin, a calcium-dependent actin-severing and capping protein, in the retina of the developing and adult rabbit was studied.
(14) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
(15) Febrile reactions were not distributed randomly among the patients; those with respiratory tract infection experienced more febrile reactions during periods with infection than during periods without.
(16) Despite this alteration in subcellular distribution, the mutant polypeptide retained the ability to induce fibroblast transformation by several parameters, including the ability to display anchorage-independent growth.
(17) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
(18) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
(19) Flow cytofluorometric analysis of the strain distribution of the molecules defined by the mAb revealed that two of the antibodies (I-22 and III-5) were directed against nonpolymorphic determinants of Thy-1, whereas V-8 mAb reacted only with Thy-1.2+ lymphocytes.
(20) In contrast with oligodendrocytes, [Cl-]i in astrocytes is significantly increased (from 20 to 40 mM) above the equilibrium distribution owing to the activity of an inward directed Cl- pump; this suggests a different mechanism of K+ uptake in these cells.
Shower
Definition:
(n.) One who shows or exhibits.
(n.) That which shows; a mirror.
(n.) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
(n.) That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
(n.) A copious supply bestowed.
(v. t.) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.
(v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.
(v. i.) To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Guzmán was sent to Altiplano high-security prison, 56 miles outside Mexico City, but in July 2015, he absconded again, squeezing through a hole in his shower floor then fleeing on a modified motorbike through a mile-long tunnel fitted with lights and a ventilation system.
(2) The weather forecast in Warsaw is for some showers on Wednesday, though Roy Hodgson has expressed concern over the time it will take to repair the surface, which was relaid only last week at a cost of £115,000 and was criticised after last Friday's friendly against South Africa.
(3) As the separate facilities provision is permissive, states that authorise schools to define sex to include gender identity for purposes of providing separate restroom, locker room, showers, and other intimate facilities will not be impacted by it,” said Judge O’Connor.
(4) Anatomical results have been gratifying in that most patients are totally rehabilitated and may swim or shower without restrictions.
(5) Isotopes (153Sm, 186Re, and 166Ho) were assumed to assimilate as surface agents and the dose profiles were calculated on a microscopic scale using the Electron-Gamma Shower (EGS4) computer program.
(6) One of the biggest surprises was learning how small direct use of water for drinking, cooking and showering is by comparison.
(7) He would shower his fans with red roses at his concerts, he told the court, and give them jackets, T-shirts and other gifts.
(8) In the Russian gallery, for example, the courageous Vadim Zakharov presents a pointed version of the Danaë myth in which an insouciant dictator (of whom it is hard not to think: Putin) sits on a high beam on a saddle, shelling nuts all day while gold coins rain down from a vast shower-head only to be hoisted in buckets by faceless thuggish men in suits.
(9) Every single one of life's daily routines takes twice, if not four times, as long as it used to, from getting through the shower to putting on shoes.
(10) Aware of the thousands of homeless individuals in the city without sufficient access to shower facilities, Doniece Sandoval decided to transform a donated bus into shower suites for people who don’t have their own .
(11) It is dirty and it is cold, he can’t even have a shower.
(12) At Conquest hospital in East Sussex, call bells were out of the reach of patients and nurses said they did not always have time to shower patients or wash their hair.
(13) If I’d known the way United were going to treat me at the end I would have gone abroad when I had the opportunity.” Keane offered another insight into his personality when he reflected on a 7-1 defeat at Everton during his time in charge at Sunderland , a result that left him unable to leave his house for four days, staying in his bed for 48 hours and not even showering.
(14) Will described how patients who receive a negative test result after recovering from Ebola are showered, given a fresh set of clothes, a certificate declaring they are Ebola-free and a small amount of money for the ride home.
(15) In any case, the Brits are a notoriously lily-livered shower when it comes to workplace politics, too craven to strike – [note to non-British readers: we're a sorry servile bunch, we don't like it up us] - and as a result, poor John's failed coup has led to him becoming the most reviled union leader in British history, ahead of the excellent Bob Crow, the much misunderstood Arthur Scargill, and Gary Neville.
(16) The radical mastoid cavity can be troublesome and odoriferous, may require frequent visits to an otologist, and may interfere with swimming and showering.
(17) The former first lady’s relationship with Williams is also an important because prosecutors have said Williams was not so much a personal friend but a businessman who showered the McDonnells with cash and gifts because he wanted their help in establishing legitimacy for his tobacco-based supplement, Anatabloc.
(18) Former Lindt employee Jarrod Morton-Hoffman has described how hostages were fired at and showered in glass as they fled in the final minutes of the December 2014 siege of the Lindt cafe.
(19) Her teenage sons, who haven't read the book, tease her often, which is jolly; her mother, though distressed to find that Christian and Anastasia never seem to shower after sex, is delighted; even her father-in-law likes the book.
(20) While he was acquitted of rape, his remark that he took a shower after having sex with an HIV-positive woman to minimise the risk of infection caused fury.