(v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
(v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
(v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
(v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
(v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
(v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Example Sentences:
(1) If ascorbic acid was omitted from the culture medium, the extensive new connective tissue matrix was not produced.
(2) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(3) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
(4) During capillary growth when endothelial cells (EC) undergo extensive proliferation and migration and pericytes are scarce, hyaluronic acid (HA) levels are elevated.
(5) This method, which permits a more rapid formation of anastomoses, has been used to form Roux-en-Y jejunojejunostomies without extensive complications in six patients.
(6) The curve of mitoses peaked at the same time as that of TK activity but was only 68% as extensive.
(7) Our results show that large complex lipid bodies and extensive accumulations of glycogen are valuable indicators of a functionally suppressed chief cell in atrophic parathyroid glands.
(8) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
(9) Mitoses of nuclei of myocytes of the left ventricle of the heart observed in two elderly people who had died of extensive relapsing infarction are described.
(10) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
(11) Pint from £2.90 The Duke Of York With its smart greige interior, flagstone floor and extensive food menu (not tried), this newcomer feels like a gastropub.
(12) Extensive proliferation has been shown to accompany the de novo generation of LAK cytotoxicity.
(13) Extensive sequence homologies and other genetic features are shared with the related oncogenic virus, human papillomavirus type 16, especially in the major reading frames.
(14) Binding of I to plasma proteins was extensive but was less than that of 5-chlorosalicylic acid.
(15) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
(16) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
(17) Furthermore, the local interneurons make extensive efferent synaptic connections with unidentified neurons in the terminal medulla.
(18) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(19) The mechanical forces involved in neurite extension have begun to be quantified, and interactions between the actin and microtubule systems are being further characterized.
(20) Concurrent with this change in the level of enforcement of RBT was an extensive publicity campaign, which warned drinking drivers of their increased risk of detection by RBT units.
Extensional
Definition:
(a.) Having great extent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The extensional elastic modulus of neonatal RBC was 18% smaller and the rate of elastic deformation was 25% longer compared with adult cells (p less than 0.05).
(2) Extensional strain energy, lower in density, was concentrated at the equator.
(3) The curve of function C = f(N), including the extensional line, is an isosceles triangle.
(4) The time dependence of small elastic extensional RBC deformation by micropipette aspiration has been analyzed.
(5) This dramatic increase in diffusion coefficient indicates that extensional failure involves the uncoupling of the lipid bilayer from the membrane skeleton.
(6) Near the posterior pole of the eye, the upward and downward extensional strains on the retina should be reasonably balanced.
(7) The data pairs of force versus band deflection were analyzed according to the theoretical work of Libai and Simmonds (1983) to obtain the flexural and extensional rigidities of the band.
(8) In response to this stress, RBC membranes became stiff as evidenced by increasing extensional rigidity.
(9) Viscous dissipation in the peripheral protein structure (cytoskeleton) dominates the dynamic response of the cell to extensional forces.
(10) The extensional behavior of tendon is closely linked to the directional organization of the collagen fibers in the tendon.
(11) In an integrated model the statistical aspects of data (macro data) are represented, together with the intensional and extensional views of the variables involved in statistical tables.
(12) The viscoelasticity of the treated cells was tested using micropipette techniques to measure the membrane shear elastic modulus (mu) and the time constant for extensional shape recovery (tc); mu represents the "static rigidity" of the cells, and the product mu.tc was taken as a measure of their "dynamic rigidity".
(13) To characterize material properties determining RBC deformability, we measured membrane extensional (shear) and bending elastic moduli, the time constant for elastic recovery from extensional deformation and hemoglobin viscosity (ie, cytoplasmic viscosity) of neonatal and adult RBCs.
(14) Dynamic rigidities for both extensional and folding deformations are important factors in the distribution of flow in the small microvessels.
(15) Along with these changes in extensional strains, there were significant negative transverse shearing deformations during ischemia.
(16) To model this possibility, we used micromechanical manipulation to examine the static extensional rigidity and inelastic or plastic behavior of normal RBCs exposed to phenazine methosulfate (PMS), an agent that generates superoxide from within the cell.
(17) Ghosts, prepared by hypotonic lysis at 0 degrees C and resealing at 37 degrees C, were subjected to: measurement of the time constant for extensional recovery (tc); measurement of the membrane shear elastic modulus (mu) via three separate techniques; determination of the membrane viscosity (eta m) via a cone-plate Rheoscope.
(18) Analysis of rationale statements strongly suggested that three major strategies were employed by individual subjects in the establishment of object classes: an intensional, an extensional, and a mixed intensional-extensional strategy.
(19) This value occurs for a cell with a thickness, surface area and volume comparable to those of observed erythrocytes assuming a curvature elastic modulus of 1.5 X 10(-11) ergs and an extensional elastic modulus of 6.6 X 10(-3) ergs cm-1.
(20) The extensional and bending moduli of neonatal RBCs were slightly smaller (10% and 16%, respectively) compared with adult cells.