(n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
(n.) The property with which a woman is endowed
(n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
(n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of these findings and previous reports that complexes bound to a receptor-bearing membrane undergo additional antibody-antigen bond formation [Dower et al., Biochemistry 20, 6326-6334 (1981a) and Leslie, Protides biol.
(2) By using these data and the known structure of the combining site of protein MOPC 315 [Dwek, Wain-Hobson, Dower, Gettins, Sutton, Perkins & Givol (1977), Nature (London) 266, 31-37] the mode of binding of Tnp derivatives is deduced by ring-current calculations.
(3) (Mosley, B., Urdal, D. L., Prickett, K. S., Larsen, A., Cosman, D., Conlon, P. J., Gillis, S., and Dower, S. K. (1987) J. Biol.
(4) One method, which was recently described by Dower et al., (J Electrocardiol 1988;21:5182-7), uses modified vectorcardiographic leads and allows for the acquisition of a derived 12-lead ECG of selected rhythm strips during the recording.
(5) 262, 2941-2944; Mosley, B., Dower, S. K., Gillis, S., and Cosman, D. (1987) Proc.
(6) The contacts expected between epsilon-2,4-dinitrophenyl-L-lysine and the site on MOPC 315 IgA, on the basis of a recent model for this site [Dwek, Wain-Hobson, Dower, Gettins, Sutton, Perkins & Givol (1977) Nature (London) 266, 31--37] were not detected.
(7) The inverse transformation matrix of Dower proved to be the best method of synthesis.
Dowser
Definition:
(n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
(n.) One who uses the dowser or divining rod.
Example Sentences:
(1) Positive responses (dowsing signals) were evoked from 14 male "dowsers" by exposure to artificial electromagnetic (ac) fields.
(2) Discrimination among magnetic patterns (signatures) is hypothesized to account for the apparent ability of dowsers to find specific underground substances, notably water.