(a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.
(n.) The interval of an octave.
Example Sentences:
(1) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(2) Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and contrast ascending venography were performed on the sixth to eighth postoperative days.
(3) This is the eighth reported case of malignant schwannoma arising in the intracranial trigeminal nerve.
(4) George Osborne’s eighth budget is unlikely to be a radical affair , as the state of the public finances and the upcoming EU referendum limit the chancellor’s room for manoeuvre.
(5) Ethyl oleate-hydrolyzing activity was about one-eighth of the synthesizing activity.
(6) In one normal ear, ten noise trauma ears, 11 Meniere disease ears, and 24 eighth nerve lesion ears to reflexes or reflex decay that were suggestive or retrocochlear lesions were observed.
(7) A modified version of the National Adolescent Student Health Survey (NASHS) was administered to 3,803 eighth- and tenth-grade public school students during the fall of 1988.
(8) In a third study, 4 fertile women with approximately normal cycles were given daily doses of 5 mg of ethinyl estradiol from the twenty-first to the twenty-eighth day of the cycle during 2 cycles.
(9) Plasma samples were obtained after the first and eighth doses.
(10) The eighth group did not receive any dietary constituent in the water and was designated as the control group.
(11) He pointed out that the eighth amendment of the US constitution “prohibits the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain through torture, barbarous methods, or methods resulting in a lingering death”.
(12) At the eighth week, however, effect of the VLCD and the supplemental LCD in terms of weight reduction did not differ significantly.
(13) Component 4 principally reflects the second volley of activity within the eighth nerve terminals, and outflow from the ipsilateral superior olivary complex ascending in that lateral lemniscus, with a possible contribution from activity in the contralateral CNC.
(14) We were trying to come back,” Jeter said of the eighth.
(15) The maximum allowable residual artifact is one eighth the amplitude of the capture window.
(16) Replicable robust potentials were readily obtained from a recording electrode on the eighth nerve less than half a second after as few as 15 stimulations.
(17) The entire amino acid sequence of the alpha subunit (Mr 64,000) of the eighth component of complement (C8) was determined by characterizing cDNA clones isolated from a human liver cDNA library.
(18) A spine-tingling roar rolled off the Kop after an eighth consecutive league win lifted Liverpool above Manchester City and Chelsea with perfect timing.
(19) Saido Berahino started on the bench for the eighth straight game with Anichebe given his first Premier League start since May.
(20) On the other hand, the step-test has shown on the eighth day a reduction of the heart rate during recovery.