(n.) The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.
(n.) Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.
(n.) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
(2) The monoclonal antibody (mAb), SY38, binds to a cytoplasmic domain of synaptophysin.
(3) Therefore, neither of these two regions of the Tat protein appear to be discrete activation domains.
(4) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
(5) A domain containing a CA repeat, similar to ones found in other late, cAMP-induced Dictyostelium genes, is required for cAMP-induced and developmental expression.
(6) Blocking the heparin-binding domains of fibronectin inhibited osteoblast attachment by 40-45%, which is complementary to inhibition results previously obtained with the RGDS tetrapeptide.
(7) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
(8) The relevant phase diagram shows different macroheterogeneous phases and microstructured domains.
(9) We have examined the in vitro membrane assembly characteristics of a variety of leader peptidase mutants and found that domains required for insertion in vivo are also necessary for insertion in vitro.
(10) Combination of domain substitutions to generate the [Glu107,123]bFGF and [Arg19,Lys123,126]bFGF mutants did not show any additivity of the mutations on biological activity.
(11) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
(12) The peptides, which were synthesized using a FMOC solid phase procedure and purified by HPLC, consisted of residues 6-25 from the putative aqueous domain, residues 22-35, which overlaps the putative aqueous and transmembrane domains, and residues 1-38 and 1-40 representing nearly the full length of beta-AP.
(13) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
(14) Synthetic DNA corresponding to the hydrophobic domain of cytochrome b5 was enzymatically fused in-frame to cloned DNA corresponding to the C-terminus of the Escherichia coli enzyme, beta-galactosidase.
(15) In this paper the domain of validity of the unlabelled and labelled minimal models of glucose disappearance is studied.
(16) In vivo labeling with 32Pi showed that plectin was the target for cAMP-independent protein kinases which phosphorylated 18-kDa domains at the end(s) of the molecule.
(17) In contrast, the enzymic domain of the colicin (T2) remained in the aqueous phase and was recovered in a highly active form as a consequence of its dissociation from the immunity protein.
(18) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).
(19) Its features are consistent with observed structural dimensions and the molecular periodicities related to transcription, replication and matrix attachment domains.
(20) The three major RNA domains, as defined by secondary structure, appear to exist as autonomous structural units in three dimensions, for the most part.
Wheelhouse
Definition:
(n.) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.
(n.) A paddle box. See under Paddle.
Example Sentences:
(1) 1.17am BST Cardinals 0 - Dodgers 0, bottom of 1st Lance Lynn pus a 1-0 fastball right in the wheelhouse but Carl Crawford can only lift it to center field - John Jay is waiting, and has it, which, by the way is no longer a foregone conclusion following his dismal performance last night.
(2) Sergeant Mark Leader and Captain Jody Wheelhouse assaulted Mohammad Ekhlas, 48, with a boot.
(3) He fears it will lead to deteriorating services in rural areas Paul Wheelhouse MSP (@PaulWheelhouse) Yet to meet any constituent who thinks it's in interest of rural communities for Royal Mail to be privatised -Tories & Lib Dems will rue day September 12, 2013 8.30am BST It's all the European Union's fault, according to UKIP's Nigel Farage : Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) Royal Mail privatisation is a direct result of EU directives.
(4) Paul Wheelhouse, Scotland’s energy minister, said: “Our position on island wind is both consistent and very clear – we must do all we can to enable our island communities to benefit from this substantial resource, large enough to meet 5% of total UK electricity demand, provide a significant boost to decarbonising our electricity supply, and would be worth up to £725m to local economies.” SSE and EDF are among the companies hoping to build windfarms on the islands.
(5) Alerted by worried passengers, the captain left his small wheelhouse on the top deck and climbed down to the engine bay, stepping over the huddled shapes of people sleeping.
(6) But this is the wheelhouse of the mayor of a modern megacity: a strange balance between issues of global importance and fripperies like openings, baby-kissing tours and pie-eating contests – and if you happen to be Boris Johnson, performing the Mobot from time to time.
(7) He was subjected to violence and transported to a nearby base where he was assaulted by Leader and Wheelhouse.
(8) These people are working hard delivering the services we all need and they shouldn’t be made to feel lesser mortals because they cannot afford to buy a house.” High on the hill at Hoprigshiels, with a piper in full flow playing Scotland the Brave, Wheelhouse hailed the scheme as a pacesetter, as he smashed a bottle of whisky against the base of one turbine to inaugurate the project last month.
(9) The chief campaign committee is called the wheelhouse, after the room from which a ship is steered.
(10) Captain Jody Wheelhouse, from 45 Commando, Arbroath, Scotland, admitted the same offence at an earlier hearing.
(11) But as I stood in the wheelhouse of expedition cruise ship Stella Australis, the perfect storm of a dawn shore excursion, followed by a bellyful of cooked breakfast – plus a “warming” mug of hot grog – conspired to leave me feeling a little nauseous.
(12) Government to float Royal Mail on stock exchange 'in the coming weeks' Updated at 10.44am BST 8.32am BST The privatisation has also been criticised by Paul Wheelhouse MSP , a member of the Scottish Nationalist Party in the Scottish Parliament.
(13) Paul Wheelhouse, the Scottish environment minister, insists he will not allow environmental protection to suffer, but said the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the official body which protects water quality, is under pressure to speed up its approval system for new sites to help increase production.
(14) Those in the wheelhouse say the Lib Dem vote is holding up in the party’s fortress seats, as long as Labour supporters vote tactically to keep the Tories out.
(15) Wheelhouse was sentenced to dismissal with disgrace, while Leader was dismissed.
(16) What is happening here is a ‘first’ – relieving housing pressure by harnessing the wind for the benefit of everyone,” enthuses Scotland’s energy minister, Paul Wheelhouse.
(17) The environment minister, Paul Wheelhouse, said there was "a particular risk associated of a high tide of up to 4.5 metres (15ft) on eastern coastal areas" in the early hours.
(18) And, unlike in England, Wheelhouse insists that onshore windfarms are similarly supported rather than discouraged, in a drive to ramp up generation from renewable sources.