(n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.
(n.) The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.
(n.) Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(2) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
(3) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(4) Noradrenaline (NA) was released from sympathetic nerve endings in the tissue by electrical stimulation of the mesenteric nerves or by the indirect sympathomimetic agent tyramine.
(5) The automatic half of both the motor which advances the trepan as well as the second motor which rotates the trepan is triggered by the sudden change in electrical resistance between the trepan and the patient's internal body fluid, at the final stage of penetration.
(6) All of the serotonergic antagonists studied had additional effects on the response of the coronary artery to electrical stimulation or to norepinephrine.
(7) Hyperosmolar buffer slightly increased the sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine as well as the cholinergic twitch to electric field stimulation.
(8) The electrical stimulation of the tail associated to a restraint condition of the rat produces a significant increase of immunoreactive DYN in cervical, thoracic and lumbar segments of spinal cord, therefore indicating a correlative, if not causal, relationship between the spinal dynorphinergic system and aversive stimuli.
(9) Electrical stimulation of afferent pathways at intensities just below threshold for eliciting action potentials resulted in a dramatic decrease in JSCP threshold.
(10) Average temperature changes observed were less than 1 degree C. The present study demonstrates that the electrically evoked response in mammalian brain can be altered by ultrasound in a non-thermal, non-cavitational mode, and that such effects are potentially reversible.
(11) Quantitative esophageal sensibility, therefore is concluded to be particularly suited to evaluation by electric stimulation.
(12) The new trabecular bone closely resembled that typically seen at electrically active implants.
(13) A second group was chronically implanted without electrical stimulation in one leg and implanted with cyclical electrical stimulation applied through the electrode in the other leg.
(14) The intermandibularis is probably present only in electric rays.
(15) Masking experiments are demonstrated for electrical frequency-modulated tone bursts from 1,000 to 10,000 cps and from 10,000 to 1,000 cps with superimposed clicks.
(16) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(17) It is suggested that intra-endothelial conduction of electrical signals from capillaries to the resistance vessels may be involved in the local regulation of blood flow in the intact heart.
(18) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
(19) Among the epileptic patients investigated by the stereotactic E. E. G. (Talairach) whose electrodes were introduced at or around the auditory cortex (Area 41, 42), the topography of the auditory responses by the electrical bipolar stimulation and that of the auditory evoked potential by the bilateral click sound stimulation were studied in relation to the ac--pc line (Talairach).
(20) It is suggested that contractile responses to electrical stimulation in isolated sheep urethral smooth muscle are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, mainly through release of noradrenaline stimulating postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptors.
Insulated
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Insulate
(p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.
(p. a.) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
(p. a.) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.
Example Sentences:
(1) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
(2) The incidence and severity of insulitis was linked to MHC but no influence of TCR genes on insulitis nor an association between insulitis and antipolar antibodies could be demonstrated in this study.
(3) BB rats develop both pancreatic insulitis and lymphocytic thyroiditis, but whereas spontaneous autoimmune diabetes is common, hypothyroidism is rare.
(4) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
(5) Called arctic packs, the insulating material consists of crude oil or diesel fuel.
(6) Matthew Fuller, 25, Rueben Barnes, 16, and Mitchell Sweeney, 22, died from electrocution and Marcus Wilson, 19, died after installing insulation batts in extreme heat.
(7) It found that on average, loft insulation decreases home gas consumption by 1.7%, cavity wall insulation by 7.8% and a new boiler by 9.2% (median figures were slightly higher).
(8) Heterozygosity for H-2nod was permissive for the development of pancreatic interstitial inflammation and peri-islet insulitis, whereas homozygosity for H-2nod was highly associated with insulitis.
(9) The probe tip was a gold-plated pin, insulated from the saliva by soft wax.
(10) "We quickly added cavity wall insulation which warmed the house, and fitted low-energy light bulbs in most rooms, reducing our electricity bill.
(11) Nicotinamide, a vitamin B group substance, has previously been shown to prevent diabetes and suppress insulitis in the NOD mouse.
(12) The NOD (non-obese diabetic) mouse spontaneously develops insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) characterized by autoimmune insulitis, involving lymphocytic infiltration around and into the islets followed by pancreatic beta (beta) cell destruction, similar to human IDDM.
(13) New laws may be needed to force private landlords to insulate and upgrade rented homes, the report says.
(14) Composite resin restoration of posterior teeth necessitates a reassessment of cavity insulation and dentine conditioning.
(15) "Before this scheme rolled out I think there were very few accidents in the insulation industry," said the commissioner, Ian Hanger QC, adding that problems occurred after an influx of people becoming installers, including a number of "shonks".
(16) Treatment with IL-1 alpha also inhibited insulitis and hyperglycemia induced by adoptive transfer of pathogenic, polyclonal CD4+8- T cells.
(17) In conclusion, there is a reasonable chance that retirement plan assets in Delaware qualified plans are insulated from judgment creditors, but the best course is to maintain adequate insurance protection and follow an aggressive prejudgment strategy in serious cases so you don't have to resolve the issue in a bankruptcy proceeding.
(18) The incidence of insulation break in this polyurethane unipolar electrode is uncommon and occurs at further stress points.
(19) Subsequent histological examination of pancreatic tissues revealed that autoimmune insulitis was prevented in E alpha d backcross and transgenic mice but not in A beta k transgenic mice.
(20) These results confirmed the presence of type C retrovirus in non-obese diabetic mouse Beta cells and suggest a role for retrovirus in the development of insulitis and diabetes in these mice.