(n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
(n.) Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
(n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
(n.) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(2) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(3) Glycosyl ceramide concentration was determined by gas-liquid chromatography of the trimethylsilyl ethers of the methyl glycosides.
(4) Ether extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and various chlorinated and non-chlorinated compounds were detected, e.g.
(5) 1 Rats were convulsed once daily for 7 days by exposure to the inhalant convulsant agent, flurothyl (Indoklon, bis (2,2,2-trifluouroethyl)ether).
(6) No impurities in the technical grade ether influenced the responses.
(7) Depletion of extracellular Ca2+ by EGTA [ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N'N'-tetraacetic acid] attenuated both [Ca2+]i increase and superoxide production induced by particles.
(8) It was presumed that thymohydroquinone is excreted as ethereal sulfuric acid conjugate in man.
(9) The authors have carried out an experimental study of an insufficiently explored problem of the diffusion capacity of the ethers of cholesterol through the skin and the possibility of their intra-articular transport with cholesterol ether of the oleic acid marked 1,2(3)H taken as an example.
(10) Chelation of extracellular calcium with ethyleneglycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)N,N,N',N' tetraacetic acid (EGTA) did not abolish the increase in calcium.
(11) The UE and KE fractions were then separated by silicic acid column chromatography with a stepwise elution method using ether-hexane.
(12) The enzyme appears to be highly specific since D-dopachrome, alpha-methyldopachrome, dopaminochrome, adrenochrome methyl ether and deoxyadrenochrome are not substrates.
(13) After introduction of surgical anesthesia with general agents such as ether and chloroform, a large number of deaths due to anesthetic toxicity were reported.
(14) Data of ether-extracted total fat content versus data of fat marbling planimetry correlated well with r = 0.9.
(15) When the enzyme is inactivated with 16alpha-[2-3H]bromoacetoxyestradiol 3-methyl ether, amino acid analysis of acid hydrolysates reveals 3-carboxymethylhistidine and 1,3-dicarboxymethylhistidine.
(16) In addition these methods of estrogen treatment potentiated the ether-induced increase in plasma prolactin in the morning (9.00-11.00) beginning on week 2 and continuing for 3-8 weeks.
(17) Studies of structure-transacylation relationships for a series of acylhydroxamic acids of chlorinated biphenyl ethers and their related compounds by rat liver N-arylacylhydroxamic acid-dependent N-acyltransferase (AHNAT) are described.
(18) The biologically inactive phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate methyl ether (10 nM) had no effect on 45Ca2+ uptake.
(19) Steroids were extracted with ethyl ether, and cortisol was purified by gel column chromatography prior to assay.
(20) The method comprised adsorption on Extrelut column from alkaline plasma, elution with diethyl ether-methylene chloride, evaporation in the presence of 0.01 M hydrochloric acid and injection of the acid solution onto a mu Bondapak C18 column, using acetonitrile-0.025 M potassium dihydrogenphosphate as mobile phase and ultraviolet detection at 210 nm.
Telluride
Definition:
(n.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.
Example Sentences:
(1) • Gone Girl picked for opening slot at New York film festival • We predict how Venice, Toronto and Telluride will split the 2014 world premieres
(2) Counts from the tumor and contralateral flank were recorded with a manipulatable, cadmium-telluride crystal gamma detector at 24, 48, and 72 hours following injection.
(3) In Colorado, the Telluride film festival has already ended – though that festival, which prides itself on its informality, rolls joints not carpets.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Watch a roundup from the Telluride film festival.
(5) The blood flow rate in subcutaneous adipose tissue was measured on the lower legs of 11 patients with chronic lower-leg venous insufficiency and ulceration and in eight age-matched control subjects for 12-20 h, under ambulatory conditions, using the 133Xe wash-out technique with portable Cadmium telluride (CdTe(Cl)) detectors.
(6) Over the next 4-hour study period, myocardial Tc-MIBI activities were continuously monitored in both the left anterior descending (LAD) (normal) and left circumflex (LCx) (ischemic) coronary artery (ischemic) zones using miniature cadmium telluride radiation detectors and serial gamma camera images were acquired when necessary.
(7) Room Facebook Twitter Pinterest Emma Donaghue’s novel was never going to make for an easy film to watch, and yet despite the grim nature of the material – a mother and son confined by a kidnapper – Lenny Abrahamson’s adaptation managed to win over critics and audiences at Telluride, largely thanks to Brie Larson’s raw performance as a woman abducted and raped at a young age.
(8) A sodium iodide detector with a fibre-optic link was used at first, but a cadmium telluride system has provided a more durable, reliable and sensitive sterilisable probe.
(9) And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards Read more Sandwiched between the Venice and Toronto festivals, both of which also screen Oscar-hopeful fare (Venice recently premiered Tom Hooper’s new bid for hardware, The Danish Girl , which next screens at Tiff), Telluride boasts fantastic Oscar odds: six of the last seven best picture winners premiered at the festival – four of them (Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech, Argo, 12 Years a Slave) were world premieres.
(10) The sure bets Steve Jobs Facebook Twitter Pinterest Steve Jobs had everything going for it going into Telluride.
(11) Speaking at the Telluride film festival , where his Aaron Sorkin-scripted biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is winning largely rave reviews, Boyle said that those in the movie industry had a responsibility to examine the import of people such as Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook creator who was the subject of Sorkin’s 2010 hit, The Social Network.
(12) Likely major nominations: Picture, actress (Brie Larson), supporting actor (Jacob Tremblay), screenplay Promising newcomers: Anomalisa Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telluride film festival day two: Suffragette, He Named Me Malala and Anomalisa.
(13) Spotlight Facebook Twitter Pinterest Following a strong showing at Venice, Tom McCarthy’s bracing account of the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer prizewinning investigation into a massive child molestation cover-up within the local Catholic archdiocese earned similarly rave notices at Telluride.
(14) A high resolution cadmium telluride probe was used in conjunction with standard bone imaging methods in two cases of facial asymmetry.
(15) Son of Saul Facebook Twitter Pinterest Another major hit with critics at Cannes , where it won the runner-up prize to the Palme d’Or, Son of Saul stopped by Telluride to devastate audiences and build momentum.
(16) This year’s battle began with Venice offering a first look at Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl , while Telluride gave a kickstart to Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic .
(17) Left ventricular function, as reflected by ejection fraction, was continuously monitored with a computerized cadmium telluride detector after the intravenous injection of technetium-labeled red blood cells.
(18) The construction, physical characteristics, software and some clinical applications of a computerized dual cadmium telluride (CdTe) detectors system for continuous cardiac monitoring are described.
(19) Left ventricular function was continuously monitored during exercise and recovery with a computerized cadmium telluride detector following the intravenous injection of technetium-labeled red blood cells.
(20) The continuous ventricular function monitor with a miniature cadmium telluride detector is able to measure EF reliably.