(a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
(a.) Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
(a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(2) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
(3) Moreover, the most recent combined application of the rat interstitial cell testosterone (RICT) bioassay and a novel multiple-parameter deonvolution model has allowed investigators to dissect plasma concentration profiles of bioactive LH into defined secretory bursts, which have numerically explicit amplitudes, locations in time, and durations, and are acted upon by determinable subject- and study-specific endogenous metabolic clearance rates.
(4) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
(5) Regressional analysis of relations between loads and the level of inbreeding in the Adyg population showed the explicit interrelation between the load of autosomal-dominant diseases and the Fst correlation coefficient being 0.89.
(6) As of July 1987, 10 states have prohibitory laws, five states have grandmother clauses authorizing practicing midwives under repealed statutes, five states have enabling laws which are not used, and 10 states explicitly permit lay midwives to practice.
(7) But for the mid Atlantic, the models showed that only human-driven global warming could explain the increase in saltiness – the first time such an explicit link has been made between climate change and salinity.
(8) We report the use of a technique for developing guidelines which explicitly seeks to identify areas of agreement and disagreement, and focuses on the reasons that particular decisions were made and the causes of disagreement.
(9) Charge conservation analysis explicitly includes the gating charge when applied in the laboratory frame.
(10) Requesting physicians explicitly identified "no money" or "no insurance" as the primary reason for transfer in 89 per cent of 164 cases in which these data were recorded.
(11) And he failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses to a maximum of a year's salary or double that if explicitly backed by shareholders - proposals which even his own MEPs have backed – until the very last minute.
(12) Our model is a development of previous models, but differs in several respects: the overall activity is assumed to be dependent on the error level, the effect of errors in the translating system, giving rise to additional errors in the succeeding generation of products, is explicitly included as a special term in our model, and scavenging enzymes are assumed to break down and eliminate products with a loose structure.
(13) The level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of common and emergency disorders needed by nonophthalmologists is assessed and then translated into explicit objectives that specify the levels of mastery to be learned.
(14) 1) Without Explicit Action, We Could See More than 4°C of Warming.
(15) Neuronal models in temperature regulation are primarily considered explicit statements of assumptions and premises used in design of experiments and development of descriptive equations concerning the relationships between thermal inputs and control actions.
(16) Control animals were given comparable periods of stimulus presentations, explicitly unpaired.
(17) Assuming that unrecognized or inadequately corrected hypovolemia results in higher mortality and morbidity rates, we developed a systematic approach to resuscitation that would: 1) identify criteria to aid in the recognition of hypovolemia and ensure the expeditious correction of this defect without interfering with diagnostic workup and management; 2) define criteria to prevent fluid overload which may jeopardize the patient's course, and 3) express these criteria in an explicit, systematic, patient care algorithm, ie, protocol, useful to both the resident and the practicing physician.
(18) The Liberal Democrats fought the 2010 election in explicit opposition to free schools and academy plans.
(19) This paper describes a simple procedure designed explicitly for investigating the adequacy of cohort size at the planning stage of a study.
(20) It explicitly guides the decision maker in determining the crucial variables in a clinical decision, and permits both objective data and personal preferences to play a part in decision making.
Lime
Definition:
(n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
(n.) The linden tree. See Linden.
(n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
(n.) Birdlime.
(n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
(v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
(v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.
(v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
(v. t.) To cement.
Example Sentences:
(1) In labelled acidic waters, the 26Al was present predominantly in low molecular weight forms, whereas in labelled limed waters the major fraction of 26Al was present in a high molecular weight form.
(2) That diary was published in 2005 by Limes, a serious Italian magazine, which did not identify the cardinal.
(3) When treated after exposure to ribonuclease, the colonies fluoresced lime-green.
(4) Adult Persian lime trees grafted on Citrus macrophylla and C. volkameriana were used, planted on a groundwater-affected red ferrilytic soil in the La Habana Province.
(5) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
(6) Alfalfa plants of a resistant, a susceptible and a highly susceptible strains were grown in unlimed soil at pH 5.8 and in limed one at pH 6.9 and inoculated by the pathogens of vascular wilt, Corynebacterium insidiosum and Verticillium albo-atrum.
(7) Most obvious differences can be found for Cd: While the concentrations of soluble Cd in anaerobically digested sludge only increase at pH values lower than pH 4, the solubility of Cd in precipitation sludge and limed sludges already show rapid increases at pH values lower than 7.
(8) While it is still hot, juice the lime into a cup and stir in the granulated sugar (which will not dissolve completely).
(9) A solution – injecting the graves with a lime solution to speed up decomposition – was eventually discovered by a graveyard worker, who charged the Norwegian authorities $670 per plot.
(10) The soda lime capacity is 25 litres (approximately 20 kg).
(11) 3 First squeeze lime juice over the fruit, then dip it into the flavoured salt.
(12) The frequency of micronucleated cells (MNC) derived from exfoliated human oral mucosal cells has been measured to assess genotoxic damage in chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) and tobacco with lime (T).
(13) This fruit possesses a taste-modifying substance that causes sour foods--e.g., lemons, limes, or grapefruit--to taste sweet.
(14) The results obtained in R. tigrina have been discussed in relation to the increased calcium deposits in the paravertebral lime sacs and to the possible enhanced secretion of the parathyroid glands.
(15) "I do a mean ceviche with it – coconut milk, lime juice and chilli.
(16) Lime Street was closed off by police as the demonstrations continued.
(17) He also produced this effect in some of his sculptures, for example Untitled (Funerary Box for a Lime Green Python) (1954), where a pair of solemn-looking palm leaves gives the work a consciously ritualistic tone.
(18) Grab a table if you're arriving late enough for the restaurant section to have emptied, and make the barman get his big grinder out by ordering a mandarinha – Beija-Flor cachaça, mandarin syrup, lime juice and black pepper.
(19) Once it's a deep golden colour all over, transfer to a dish and season with a squeeze of lime or lemon juice, coarse sea salt, plenty of hazelnut butter (the butter will need a good stir, because the solids will settle to the bottom) and a grind of black pepper.
(20) The amount of Ni extracted by ammonium acetate was reduced by 36% in the limed metal soil compared with the unlimed metal soil.