(v. t.) To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two recent innovations in time-dose models are reviewed: the linear-quadratic (L-Q) and the variable-exponent Time-Dose Factor (TDF) models.
(2) With significant correlation, the experimental data show the statistics of the system not to be casual and Gaussian, but chaotic and persistent, with Hurst exponent <H> approximately 0.77 and fractal dimension <D> 1.23.
(3) However, the exponent N did vary with the level of effect and was in the range 0.33-0.51.
(4) The cells attached firmly, grew slowly, their growth curve showed inhibitory rate amounted to 52.87%, and cellular division exponent displayed their peak value 1.5 times less than that of MGc 80-3 cells.
(5) The Ca2+-activated K+ channel of the human red cell membrane showed single-file diffusion with a flux ratio exponent n of 2.7.
(6) In all 18 cases, power function exponents were higher for effects of dynamic displacement than for effects of dynamic force on discharge frequency.
(7) The estimated numerical coefficients (ki) for the three exponents (alpha, beta, gamma) of the basic dimensions (MLT) do not agree with those of the prevailing theories of biological similarity.
(8) The ti was substituted into the first derivative function of the three exponents to yield the kie.
(9) Concentration exponents, eta-values (the logarithmic values relating changes in rates of kill to specified changes in concentrations) and A-values (extrapolated D-values at 1% concentration), were determined.
(10) After conditioning hyperpolarizations, the log [ninfinity - nt] vs. time curve could not be fitted by a single exponent regardless of the power of n chosen.
(11) However, the data suggest significant nonlinearity in this plot, the magnitude of the exponent of the PE vs A relationship increasing by about 20% as A increases from 0.2 to 4.0.
(12) Just as Russia has long positioned itself as the defender of the “true Europe” against the alleged degenerate actual version, Russia today claims to be the chief exponent of genuine European values that it asserts the west as a whole has lost.
(13) Depending on the experimental conditions, 45Ca2+ washout in these cells was described by either two or three exponential functions, whereas 45Ca2+ uptake was described only by a two-exponent function.
(14) The M-intermediate formation (400 nm) and the L-intermediate decay (520 nm) were found to be well described by a sum of two exponents (time constants, tau 1 = 65 and tau 2 = 250 microseconds) for the wild-type bR and three exponents (tau 1 = 55 microseconds, tau 2 = 220 microseconds and tau 3 = 1 ms) for the D96N mutant of bR.
(15) Time and hence the time exponent was constant (14 days).
(16) Considerable differences were found in the value of the crack growth exponent (n) among the three ceramics.
(17) The surface mass exponents are regarded as another kind of scaling exponent, and the spectrum f(alpha) provides further detailed information about the surfaces of enzyme and protein.
(18) This exponent was larger than that seen when two series of graded heat stimuli of 120 s duration were used, indicating more sensitization despite the fact the total time of exposure to noxious heat was less.
(19) Tesco Mobile has been the leading exponent in this area.
(20) It was found that psychophysical power law governs VEP latency as well as RT with an exponent of about -0.32.
Imperil
Definition:
(v. t.) To bring into peril; to endanger.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many of the plays we produced needed time for research and development in workshop mode – this investment, the provision of time for the development and rehearsal of plays for which I have campaigned throughout my career, was a cornerstone of our work, and could not be stripped away without imperilling the creation of plays themselves.
(2) Played out against the backdrop of the 1979 hostage crisis, Argo spins the account of a joint Hollywood-CIA mission to spring six imperiled Americans from revolutionary Iran, using a fake movie production as a decoy.
(3) We need to persuade ministers that our great art galleries, from Manchester to Margate, our flourishing TV industry, our growing reputation for fashion, and all the many other achievements are imperilled if we do not invest in the arts and cultural education.
(4) Attempts to salvage patients are indicated when treatment has failed to arrest disease, when life expectancy is threatened, or when return to normal activity is imperiled.
(5) Carney said in response: “The issue would be imperiling potentially the achievement of price stability.
(6) But with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and with a wide-open presidential contest looming, the 20-week abortion ban could soon overcome the obstacles that have thus far imperiled its enactment at the federal level.
(7) Claude Turmes, the Green MEP who was the European parliament draftsman for the original renewable energy directive, warned that the UK government's stance would imperil efforts to tackle climate change.
(8) Unions can disintegrate because mistakes are made, and I would like to think the Conservatives are not going make mistakes that imperil the future of the union.
(9) The success of the D-day landings was imperilled by the marital problems of the double agent at the heart of Britain’s elaborate wartime deception operations, newly declassified MI5 files have shown.
(10) The situation demands carefully crafted solutions since it involves millions of livelihoods that are already imperilled by the dwindling of the bay’s resources.
(11) Never before had he found his holy body, under the protection of dozens of professional security guards, so imperilled.
(12) Dealing with Islamic State, Russia and al-Qaida, and maintaining Britain’s status as a country that is true to its word and punches above its weight - all of this is imperilled unless Labour and the Conservatives have a real discussion about defence spending and the foreign policy challenges the next government will face.
(13) I’d rather do it right than do it fast but obviously we can’t wait forever.” A growing list of defections had imperiled the prospect of a vote to even begin debate on the Senate legislation, which would repeal and replace major components of the healthcare law signed by Barack Obama.
(14) Enddiastolic flow reductions, based on an increased placental resistance, are provable relatively early, whereas a beginning centralization of the fetal circulation is only recognizable in a closer temporal connection with the fetal imperilment on account of pathological flowprofiles.
(15) Their comments on my research do not imperil my interpretation of it or challenge my criticism that classification judgments of acoustically analogous speech and nonsense signals do not permit interpretation, by themselves, in terms of underlying auditory-system mechanisms.
(16) Malcolm Turnbull has weighed into the case of a Brisbane hospital that is refusing to discharge a baby facing removal to Nauru, saying the government would not “imperil the health or security of any individual”, as Australia came under further international pressure over its asylum policies.
(17) Our highest-ranking soldier, Field Marshal Lord Bramall – no starry-eyed Europhile – warns that if we left, “ a broken and demoralised Europe just across the Channel ” would imperil our security.
(18) Though the protests were sparked by the electoral reform proposals, they were fuelled by concern that the existing freedoms and rights enjoyed by residents under the “one country, two systems” framework are imperilled by Beijing’s tightening grip, and that migration and closer integration with the mainland are wearing away its culture.
(19) After the successful dissection of AcP's the patients lost the feeling of illness and do not feel being imperilled.
(20) 's study imperil both their results and their conclusions regarding developmental stuttering.