(n.) A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.
(n.) An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.
(n.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.
Example Sentences:
(1) The data show that whenever the two half components correspond to different RTs, the resulting RT equates that of the faster component.
(2) The deep green people who have an issue with the language of natural capital are actually making the same jump from value to commodification that they state that they don’t want ... They’ve equated one with the other,” he says.
(3) Compared to the SRK II-equation the results of the new programme are much more precise.
(4) The intensity changes seen for alpha-fucose were found to follow a reversible first-order rate-equation and the rate constants obtained from different vibrational bands were found to be consistent among themselves and in reasonable agreement with those obtained by other techniques.
(5) The solution of these differential equations gives the velocity of the basilar membrane and hence other related quantities, e.g., displacement, pressure, driving-point impedance at the stapes.
(6) The tissue and an aliquot of bathing medium were counted for 3H and 14C content and the values entered into the Wadell and Butler equation.
(7) The retreating rate constants deduced from the dissolution results were well coincident with the values directly determined by the needle penetration method, suggesting good applicability of the proposed equation.
(8) The prediction equations significantly (t = 6.59, p less than 0.01) underestimated bench press performance in the more extensively weight trained subjects.
(9) I have equated nationalism with racism, xenophobia, inward-looking-ness and militarism.
(10) But Steven Brounstein, a lawyer for one of the officers, said: 'For the DA to be equating this case to a drive-by shooting is absurd.
(11) A conclusion is made that it is important to examine the eye fundus periphery and equator in patients with central vitreoretinal edematous fibroplastic syndrome.
(12) Based on a linear combination of N possible characteristic fluorescence spectra, and using N weighting functions, this method allows the integration of fluorescence intensities over the entire fluorescence spectra and the generation of n equations with N unknowns.
(13) A sound source is commonly spherical, therefore solutions are found for the wave equation in spherical coordinates, giving a precise meaning to the 'azimuthal' and 'magnetic quantum number' analogy.
(14) The data were analysed using statistical methods that yield continuous piecewise linear regression equations and allow subjects to have repeated measures which are unequally spaced and at different times for different subjects.
(15) The voltage trace is then analysed with a piece of transparent paper, on which lines corresponding to solutions of the diffusion equation convert the time axis of the voltage trace into a concentration axis.
(16) It is shown that when a constant current is applied such that a stable equilibrium and rhythmic firing are present, the following predictions are inherent in the HH system of equations: (a) Small instantaneous voltage perturbations to the axon given at points along its firing spike result in phase resetting curves (when new phase versus old phase is plotted) with an average slope of 1.
(17) Therefore, gene diffusion in energy space is described by the Focker--Plank's equation.
(18) Based on this mechanism the rate equation for the overall reaction was deduced and the various kinetic constants estimated.
(19) In this study we applied two commonly used birth weight prediction equations to a sample of 121 women with prolonged pregnancies.
(20) The degree of quenching was accurately predicted by a simple relation derived in this paper, as well as a more complex equation previously developed by Tweet, et al.
Parabolic
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Parabolical
Example Sentences:
(1) We had blind-folded subjects who were rotating at constant velocity make standardized head movements during the free-fall and high force phases of parabolic flight, and we measured both the characteristics of their horizontal nystagmus and the magnitude of their experienced self-motion.
(2) Twenty-one subjects flew aboard a KC-135 aircraft operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which performed parabolic maneuvers resulting in periods of 0-g, 1-g, and 1.8-g. Each subject flew once with a tablet containing scopolamine and once with a placebo in a random order, crossover design.
(3) There was a parabolic relationship between agent lipophilic-hydrophilic balance, measured as chromatographic Rm values, and ILSmax.
(4) The grouping structure, which prescribes the location of major tempo changes, and the parabolic timing function, which represents a natural manner of executing such changes, seem to be the two major constraints under which pianists are operating.
(5) A sigmoidal relationship, rather than the familiar parabolic relationship, best described the influence of lipophilicity on both conjunctival and corneal drug penetration.
(6) Two methods are proposed for the analysis of the resulting progress curve of nitroaniline formation in terms of zymogen-activation kinetics: a graphical transformation of the parabolic curve and transformation of the curve for nitroaniline production into a linear progress curve by the addition of a specific inhibitor of plasmin, bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor.
(7) Lineweaver-Burk plots for insulin as varied substrate were linear, whereas those for the thiol substrates were nonlinears: the plots for low molecular weight monothiols (GSH and mercaptoethanol) were parabolic; those for low molecular weight dithiols (dithiothreitol, dihydrolipoic acid, and 2,3-dimercaptopropanol) were apparently linear modified by substrate inhibition; and the plots for protein polythiols (reduced insulin A and B chains and reduced ribonuclease) were parabolic with superposed substrate inhibition.
(8) A review of previous research and hardware development, performed mostly in parabolic flight both in the Soviet Union and the U.S., reveals an interest in surgical chambers to prevent cabin atmosphere contamination.
(9) The effects of PRLs were parabolic, high doses of the hormones being less effective than low doses.
(10) Although this drive could be a consequence of a disorientation experienced by subjects undergoing parabolic flight or by astronauts, the phenomenon also supports the hypothesis of a tonic influence exerted by the otoliths on the postural and extra-ocular musculature in order to compensate for the downward pull by the gravitoinertial forces.
(11) Orally administered metoclopramide (REGLAN) at doses of 10 or 20 mg, 75 min prior to either stressful linear acceleration (parabolic flight) or cross-coupled accelerative semicircular canal stimulation in a rotating chair was evaluated for its ability to prevent emesis or nausea II, respectively.
(12) A third-order polynomial function would theoretically explain better than a linear relation or a parabolic fit the curved shape of experimentally obtained P-Q relationships.
(13) These values are situated on a look like parabolic curve (C) centered on a 26.13 mm or 27.2 mm l value according to anterior or posterior implants.
(14) The univariate analysis concerning the BMI for various age groups, the two sexes, and variable periods of follow-up has almost systematically showed a parabolic inverted J shaped relationship with minimal levels of risk for BMI values of 27-29 units.
(15) Left atrial and aortic root dimensions tended to show a parabolic relationship with birth weight, increments were reduced at higher birth weights (r = +0.92 and 0.85).
(16) Therefore, the velocity profile is "trapezoidal" rather than parabolic at all times during the pulsation period.
(17) The inhibitory activity is strongly dependent on the alkyl chain length of the alkoxy-substituent showing a typical quasi-parabolic dependence with maximum effect at 6-8 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
(18) To facilitate description of central field defects, enlargement of the central visual field by a parabolic, non-linear projection has been proposed.
(19) A highly significant reversed parabolic relationship was shown between the Rm values and the biliary excretion of the test compounds.
(20) Sections cut normal to the plane of the laminae do not show parabolic patterning.