(v. t.) To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
(v. t.) To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
(2) Cost-effective immunoassays for the detection of amphetamines, benzodiazepines, and methadone in urine have been developed using Syva EMIT reagents and a Cobas Bio centrifugal analyser.
(3) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
(4) The first was a passive avoidance task in which the chicks were allowed to peck at a green training stimulus (a small light-emitting diode, LED) coated in the bitter liquid, methylanthranilate, giving rise to a strong disgust response and consequent avoidance of the green stimulus.
(5) To determine whether electromagnetic fields emitted by VDTs are associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion, a cohort of female telephone operators who used VDTs at work was compared with a cohort of operators who did not use VDTs.
(6) The vocalight lights up a variable number of light-emitting diodes depending upon the loudness of sounds received at a hydrophone within the suction cup.
(7) Kinetic analysis of residue and outflow curves of gamma-emitting indicators such as chromium-51-EDTA and iodide-131-thalamate from skeletal muscle gives the possibility to determine the extraction fraction and the plasma flow, and from these two values the capillary diffusion capacity can be calculated (Sejrsen 1970, preliminary report).
(8) Excellent correlation between EMIT and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been previously established.
(9) The results indicate that behavior in transition states maintained by reinforcement contingencies in the radial maze is similar to that maintained by extended chained schedules, despite the fact that some of the stimuli controlling behavior in the maze are absent at the moment behavior is emitted.
(10) The accuracy of two modified enzyme immunoassay (EMIT) methods using reduced sample and reagent volumes for determining serum tobramycin concentrations was compared with that of the standard method.
(11) Urine specimens from 93 selected subjects were run by fluorescence polarization immunoassay on the Abbott TDx; by enzyme multiplied immunoassay with two Syva EMIT assays; and by thin-layer chromatography with the TOXI-LAB system (Marion Laboratories).
(12) We have isolated a mutant of the luminous bacterium Beneckea harveyi, which requires exogenous adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) to synthesize luciferase and emit light.
(13) Comparisons of homogeneous enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) revealed that the EMIT slightly over-estimated plasma carbamazepine levels due to immunochemical cross reactivity with the epoxide metabolite.
(14) A homogeneous enzyme immunoassay (EMIT) for serum thyroxine determination has been evaluated.
(15) She ushers us into the kitchen, where a large metal pot simmering on the hotplate emits a spicy aroma.
(16) UMLBs (n = 14) had no spontaneous activity and emitted bursts of action potentials that preceded rapid eye movements by approximately 6 ms. Parameters of the burst (duration and number of spikes) were highly correlated with parameters of the rapid eye movement (duration and amplitude of the upward displacement of the eyes).
(17) However, Teryn Norris and Jesse Jenkins, of the Breakthrough Institute , argue that as the recession has deepened, Obama has been relatively silent on cap and trade emissions schemes similar to the one operating in Europe in which companies can trade permits to emit carbon dioxide.
(18) Sensitive cocultivation techniques were applied to study the radiation-induced activation of endogenous retroviral genomes in different mouse strains by the alpha-emitting radionuclide 224Radium.
(19) Eigenmannia is a weakly electric fish that emits a constant-frequency electric organ discharge (EOD).
(20) The EMIT assay was found reliable in therapeutic drug monitoring.
Opaque
Definition:
(a.) Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.
(a.) Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.
(n.) That which is opaque; opacity.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Maybe dullness is associated with psychic pain," Wallace wrote at one point, "because something that's dull or opaque fails to provide enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there, if only in an ambient low-level way, and which most of us spend nearly all our time and energy trying to distract ourselves from."
(2) It should also be realised that, in a very few hospitals, swabs which do not have an opaque marker may occasionally be used in theatre.
(3) The colors of mixtures of dental opaque porcelains and modifiers were measured with use of the CIE L*a*b* uniform color space.
(4) Type II pigment is extremely electron-opaque after staining with heavy metals to the extent that they appear practically amorphous.
(5) In conclusion, the use of metoclopramide in the postoperative period did not result in a quicker return of propulsive motility in the right or left colon as judged by the radio-opaque markers and serial abdominal radiographs.
(6) At the former site the membrane overlying the bud showed an electron opaque thickening which imparted to the mature particle an asymmetrical appearance.
(7) At that time, the universe underwent a crucial change: it went from being opaque to transparent.
(8) Our data confirm the poorer short-term orientation performance of jaundiced infants treated with phototherapy but do not indicate that covering the eyes with an opaque screen improves behavioral organization.
(9) All patients had at least one laparotomy, at which time a biopsy was obtained, radio-opaque clips were placed to define the extent of the gross tumor, and usually some form of bypass procedure was performed.
(10) Two types are present, a crystalline (clear) form and a white, opaque form with pigmentation resulting from a diene rubber.
(11) In two of these cases, pathologic findings included opaque ciliary body cysts, a ciliochoroidal effusion, retinal microaneurysms and hemorrhages, and detachment of both the sensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium.
(12) The WF-1 are originally arranged around the WF-2, as small electron opaque granules making a dark ring, to move towards the periphery of the macrogamete body with maturation.
(13) Five fish with lateral lines cut at the opercula were unable to school when wearing opaque eye covers.
(14) A combined morphological, autoradiographic, and cytochemical study at the electron microscope level has been directed towards the formation of electron-opaque granules of cultured macrophages.
(15) The intranuclear spindle of yeast has an electron-opaque body at each pole.
(16) On lecithin agar, interpretation was easier, phospholipase A was detectable, and opaque zones were visible 1 or 2 days earlier than on egg yolk agar.
(17) New light-curable adhesive opaque resins were prepared using 4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride (4-META), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), di (methacryloxyethyl) trimethylhexamethylene diurethane (UDMA) and titanium dioxide.
(18) In particular, most prototrophic strains obtained from patients with localized infection had proteins I with molecular weights varying from 35,000 to 38,000 daltons and gave predominantly opaque colonies.
(19) Resulting specimens yield an excellent view of the skeletal system and the injected vascular system without obstruction by opaque tissues or disruption by physical removal of connective tissue.
(20) Follicles greater than or equal to 5 mm in diameter were classified as clear (n=68) or opaque (n=72) based on their surface appearance.