(a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ratio of the cell yields under dual substrate conditions compared to heterotrophic conditions indicated the relative contributions of the autotrophic and heterotrophic systems to the growth of the organism.
(2) The dual-probe system incorporates a central collimated probe for monitoring activity in the LV surrounded by an annular detector collimated in such a manner as to provide simultaneous real-time monitoring of the LV background activity.
(3) Changes of circulating blood volume during isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia were investigated by the dual indicator dilution method in eighteen mongrel dogs.
(4) This Doppler echocardiographic study of patients with a dual chamber pacemaker was undertaken to assess the changes in mitral and aortic flow induced by passing from the double stimulation to the atrial detection mode.
(5) The objective was to determine whether the parent axonal impulse train elicited by dual-hair stimulation was due to a temporal combining ("mixing"; Fukami, 1980) of the impulse trains elicited in the parent axons by the same stimulation to each hair alone.
(6) Mn2+ had dual effects, stimulating the ECP release in the absence of Mg2+ and Ca2+, and inhibiting the release in the presence of these cations.
(7) Thus, monocytes may play a dual role, not only as effector cells, but also as cells that collaborate with T cells after OKT3 MoAb stimulation so as to produce PCA.
(8) Dual antigen experiments indicated that the increased localization was not specific for the antigen which stimulated production of lymphoblasts used for in vitro labelling and reinfusion.
(9) The vice chancellor of the Catholic University, Greg Craven, wrote in the Australian that stripping either dual or sole nationals of citizenship via a ministerial decision “would be irredeemably unconstitutional.
(10) Cytochemical analysis of the monocytes showed positive for peroxidase and dual esterase staining.
(11) Actin also exhibited a clear dual wave pattern of transport that coincided well with that of tubulin, indicating that both actin and tubulin were the major components of both groups IV and V.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
(12) Quantitative measurements for 5-HT in lobster larvae were performed using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with dual electrochemical detection and for proctolin using radioimmunoassay.
(13) The damage threshold during aortic valvuloplasty was determined in 12 normal swine subjected to inflation of oversized dual balloons.
(14) The relative hypermagnesaemia had a similar dual origin.
(15) It announced that it would phase out the dual currency system.
(16) This study validates the relevance of dual-wavelength fluorometry using a pH-dependent indicator to characterize in vivo normal and tumour tissues after glucose administration.
(17) Fourteen patients (60.9%) responded to dual-agent tocolysis by delaying delivery for 48 hours or more.
(18) Glutamate-induced changes in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were recorded in single rat hippocampal neurons grown in primary culture by employing the Ca2+ indicator indo-1 and a dual-emission microfluorimeter.
(19) Dual-positive CD4+CD8+ T cells (which were barely detectable in normal adults), CD4-CD8+ T cells and B cells transiently reached supranormal levels during recovery.
(20) The dual-line and polynomial regression techniques fit the data better (mean residual square deviation 0.024 and 0.031, respectively) than the single-regression line approach (0.110).
Udal
Definition:
(n.) In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.
(a.) Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial.
Example Sentences:
(1) Udall argued that the cover-up has continued until recently, pointing to discrepancies between evidence the CIA gave to Congress and an internal report by the former defense secretary Leon Panetta.
(2) Citing the razor-thin margin by which the NSA's bulk phone-records collection survived a vote last week in the House of Representatives , Wyden and Udall vowed to continue their push to curtail the programme.
(3) Earlier this week Udall released a statement saying he was "deeply disappointed" that Brennan "was unprepared to discuss the Intelligence Committee's recent report on the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program" in a private meeting.
(4) Wyden and Udall have been thorns in the side of the intelligence community, using their position on the committee, which permits them privileged access to classified briefings, to repeatedly challenge senior officials on the accuracy of their public testimony.
(5) Udall barely mentioned government surveillance on the campaign trail, choosing instead to mount a singular focus on female voters, rarely straying from two topics : contraception and abortion.
(6) With a tone at points mournful and angry, Udall, who lost his re-election last month, said “the CIA has lied to its overseers and the public”, and blasted the White House for not holding anyone “to account”.
(7) One of the Democratic Senators who is in jeopardy of losing his seat on Tuesday is Colorado’s Mark Udall, who – along with Oregon’s Ron Wyden – has been one of the only voices of accountability on this committee of rubber-stamp wielders.
(8) It may be "more convenient" for the NSA to conduct a phone-records dragnet, Udall said, but "convenience alone cannot justify" the effort.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Democratic senator Mark Udall has fallen behind Gardner in polls.
(10) Udall and Wyden would almost certainly get kicked off the intelligence committee and lose all their clearances if they were to read the still-up-for-review truth about Bush-era atrocities out loud.
(11) Democrats are seeking to repeat history and have optimistically noted a surge in ballots from young and first-time voters that could upend a Republican advantage and tip the election in Udall’s favour.
(12) Unfortunately, the compensatory stories that the Democrats tell themselves the morning after a loss this monumentally headache-enducing sound exactly like the problems Mark Udall faced.
(13) He has not donated directly to Udall’s campaign this cycle, though he did contribute to Udall’s initial run for the Senate in 2008.
(14) In Colorado, the National Republican Senatorial Committee released a video called “The Mark Udall Dynasty” that spoofs the opening credits of the hit 1980s TV show Dynasty as the narrator says: “Wealthy, comfortable and established.
(15) "The executive branch has now confirmed that the rules, regulations and court-imposed standards for protecting the privacy of Americans' have been violated thousands of times each year," said senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, two leading critics of bulk surveillance, who responded Friday to a Washington Post story based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
(16) The ability of the NSA to track such data by country appeared to undermine assurances given to Wyden and his committee colleague, Mark Udall, that the NSA was unable to even estimate how many Americans its surveillance dragnets had swallowed up.
(17) "Sen Udall hopes he and his colleagues get specific answers out of Gen Alexander on what appears to be a discrepancy between what he told the appropriations committee yesterday [Wednesday] and the information previously provided to the intelligence committee."
(18) Senate intelligence committee members Ron Wyden and Mark Udall were particularly angered by evidence provided by Snowden that Congress had been kept in the dark about the proliferation of the surveillance state.
(19) [The CIA] knowingly provided inaccurate information to the committee in the present day, which is a serious offence and a deeply troubling matter for the committee, the Congress, the White House and our country,” said Udall.
(20) But Udall did publicly reveal, in outline, a secret and hotly disputed historical examination of CIA torture by ex-CIA director Leon Panetta, which has come to be known as the “Panetta review”.