(n.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated
(n.) One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
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.
Represent
Definition:
(v. t.) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
(v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
(v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
(v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
(v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
(v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
(v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
(v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since fingernail creatinine (Ncr) reflects serum creatinine (Scr) at the time of nail formation, it has been suggested that Ncr level might represent that of Scr around 4 months previously.
(2) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(3) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
(4) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(5) King also described how representatives of every country at this month's G7 meeting in Canada seemed to be relying on an export-led recovery to revive their economies.
(6) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(7) However, ticks, which failed to finish their feeding and represent a disproportionately great part of the whole parasite's population, die together with them and the parasitic system quickly restores its stability.
(8) The results also suggest that the dispersed condition of pigment in the melanophores represents the "resting state" of the melanophores when they are under no stimulation.
(9) Typological and archaeological investigations indicate that the church building represents originally the hospital facility for the lay brothers of the monastery, which according to the chronicle of the monastery was built in the beginning of the 14th century.
(10) 119 representatives of this population were checked in their sexual contacts; of these, 13 persons proved to be infected with HIV.
(11) Measurement of urinary GGT levels represents a means by which proximal tubular disease in equidae could be diagnosed in its developmental stages.
(12) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
(13) The penicillin-resistant Enterococcus hirae R40 has a typical profile of membrane-bound penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) except that the 71 kDa PBP5 of low penicillin affinity represents about 50% of all the PBPs present.
(14) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
(15) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(16) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
(17) Because of the short detachment interval, and the absence of underlying pathology or trauma, the recovery process described here probably represents an example of optimum recovery after retinal reattachment.
(18) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
(19) These two types of transfer functions are appropriate to explain the transition to anaerobic metabolism (anaerobic threshold), with a hyperbolic transfer characteristic representing a graded transition; and a sigmoid transfer characteristic representing an abrupt transition.
(20) The blockade of H2 receptors is the primary action of these drugs; however, they possess also secondary actions which may represent untoward effects but in some cases may be actually useful (increase in prostaglandin synthesis, inhibition of LTB4 synthesis, etc.)