(a.) More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.
(adv.) In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Example Sentences:
(1) By 1978, the reduction in incidence of measles will exceed 90%.
(2) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(3) On the other hand, the patients treated with cimetidine showed a marked, systematic increase in theophylline plasma levels, even exceeding the upper limit of its known therapeutic range in 4 cases.
(4) Dietary intakes, measured by three 24-hour recalls, revealed that protein, iron and Vitamin C generally met or exceeded the Nutrition Recommendations for age.
(5) When commercial chickens are infected in most sensitive one-day age, the virus titre does not exceed the value of 10(12) particles per 1 ml of plasma.
(6) Simple interconversion cannot account for the changes in binding that occur upon adding GMP-PNP or removing magnesium, since the increase in [R2]t exceeds the decrease in [R1]t. Moreover, the apparent amount of high-affinity complex exhibits a biphasic dependence on the concentration of [3H]histamine; an increase at low concentrations is offset by a decrease that occurs at higher concentrations.
(7) Between-lot variation exceeded that of within-lot variation in 10 of the 14 liquid antacids for which this variation could be tested.
(8) Typical kinetics of local anaesthetics are presented for various methods of regional anaesthesia informing the anaesthetist on corresponding plasma concentrations if the recommended maximum doses are exceeded and thus he gets useful information for his daily work.
(9) The total amount of variance explained in the frequency of utilization (47%) exceeded that explained by other studies of utilization of various health services by the elderly.
(10) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
(11) The mean survival period for all of them was not exceeding 12 months.
(12) Hospital noise has repeatedly been demonstrated to exceed levels recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.
(13) Average number of metaphase Ag-NOR chromosomes (calculated per diploid chromosome set) in haploid parthenogenones exceeded that in the control; in some cases all NORs were stained by silver.
(14) Strand-length effects on crosslinkage and on reassociation caused solution hybridization levels to exceed those predicted by simple theory.
(15) Although consultant hospitals are seen to have the greatest share of births at moderate and high risk, this is not sufficient to account for the whole amount by which perinatal mortality in these hospitals exceeds that in other places of delivery.
(16) This suggests his wealth exceeds the total worth of 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who was attacked for his wealth throughout the campaign.
(17) The complex was found to be unstable toward low values of pH and ionic strength, concentrations of urea exceeding 1 M, modifications of the cysteine residues, and fragmention in which the C terminal portions of either H3 or H4 are removed.
(18) Thirty-six per cent of 972 patients developed fever (temperature exceeding 38 degrees C).
(19) Moxalactam serum levels far exceeded the recommended therapeutic range.
(20) Pure sarcomas of the esophagus are exceedingly rare.
Inexact
Definition:
(a.) Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this paper a fuzzy model of inexact reasoning in medicine is developed.
(2) Even though conflict diagnosis is an inexact process, the thoughtful critique of conflict experiences can result in a better understanding of issues, and help guide a more skilled and effective response.
(3) However, a 32-base pair element that is repeated in gene 1 is present only as a single inexact copy in gene 2.
(4) Furthermore, the dating methods used can be inexact, thrown off by hundreds of years because of a fish-rich diet, for example.
(5) It is clear that the pitfalls are due to the inexact interpretation of parameters used.
(6) The critical period for exposure appears to be two to five weeks postconception, although this is clinically inexact.
(7) In previous decades, high caries rates were so prevalent that the dental profession could risk having inexact projections because overwhelming need and demand existed.
(8) A review of both past and present psychiatric literature reveals that the concept of hypochondriasis is inexact and confusing.
(9) This DVD sales forecasting is, however, an inexact science.
(10) Crack use was also associated with GUD (OR = 15.15, 95% CI = 3.27-inexact) and multiple simultaneous STDs (OR = 13.87, 95% CI = 4.62-inexact).
(11) The role of the psychiatrist is to proffer a relevant opinion while nevertheless realizing that the inexact nature of the science limits the use such an opinion may have.
(12) Peritoneal lavage is diagnostically inexact in patients with diaphragmatic rupture.
(13) The determination of the edentulous interridge dimension is at best an inexact process.
(14) In order to master fuzziness and uncertainty in solving human problems, an expert system shell SYSTEM Z-II which can handle both exact and inexact reasoning has been successfully developed.
(15) In visual valuation of the blood glucose concentrations by means of Haemo-Glucotest 20-800 with increasing blood glucose concentration an increasing inexactness is to be stated, whereas Glucosignal is characterized by more favourable parameters of quality.
(16) In the cell lines some specificities show a suggestive but inexact correlation with HLA-D locus factors.
(17) The current classification of cavitary optic disc anomalies including the morphologically related entities--optic nerve pit, morning glory disc anomaly, coloboma of the optic nerve, and retinochoroidal coloboma involving the optic nerve--is inexact and confusing.
(18) The mutagenicity of chromium as tested in the bacterial strain of Salmonella typhimurium (strain TA 104) was decreased when tested without metabolic activation with the addition of leachate (of inexact analysis) from a waste site.
(19) Botha, however, says it is an inexact procedure, with all sorts of factors which can change the process, and thus affect calculations of time of death.
(20) The imprecision arises both from data that are inexact or incomplete and from the use of ecological principles that are sometimes less than fully reliable and may be conflicting.