(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.
Literacy
Definition:
(n.) State of being literate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mother and Sister take over with more nuanced emotional literacy.
(2) Local church groups run family outreach programs and free literacy courses for refugees.
(3) But surely all this short-form writing is eroding literacy?
(4) Which is a monstrous statistic, especially when you start thinking about it as a statistic that measures not just literacy but also as a measure of imagination and empathy, because a book is a little empathy machine.
(5) Since World War II the literacy rate has jumped to 90%, and has received recognition by UNESCO for its efforts.
(6) Think co-ordinator Dr Carlos Gigoux said: “Think seminars really make a university what it should be - a place where you think creatively and critically and engage with society from a human and professional experience.” Runner up: Teesside University The Student’s Academic Literacy Tool (Salt) is a writing tool that helps students learn about the key stylistic features required for a high standard of academic writing.
(7) It means that children entering reception class in September 2015 are likely to be assessed using the new system, recording each child’s literacy and numeracy skills within a few weeks of their starting school.
(8) High literacy among mothers, good breast-feeding practices, low mortality due to diarrhoea, malaria, and measles, and a well-functioning rural health care system were considered to be the main contributing factors to the low infant mortality.
(9) The evaluation was conducted for children only at the end of the project because of literacy problems, but mothers were administered questionnaires pre- and postproject with 8% absenteeism at the end of the project.
(10) This coverage was low despite the relatively high literacy rate in Akpabuyo (57.8%).
(11) Low literacy is a problem in a large segment of our population.
(12) This study assesses the relationship between literacy and labour rates among the adults and children in 17 Indian states.
(13) The impact of maternal literacy status on the nutritional status of pre-school children in Parbhani was studied.
(14) Longterm gains in this area require attention to behavioral and community development issues, including reduction of the sex and parity related differentials in mortality, enhancement of the status of women, improved female literacy and employment opportunities, improved intrafamilial food distribution patterns, maternity benefits, provision of potable water, intersectoral development to strengthen health care delivery, increased community participation, expanded health services, and enhancement of the pace of development.
(15) It is expected that with increasing literacy and progress in sex knowledge the syndrome will become less common.
(16) The acquisition of information literacy and fluency will be mandatory techniques for the future practice of medicine and should be taught at the institutional level by faculty sophisticated in the use of information retrieval systems.
(17) Unlike in Mali , education is free in the camp so this is a good place to start.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nafissa with a volunteer and an employee of Intersos’s support centre for gender-based violence Unicef says 6,000 children who had never been to school have attended literacy classes at Mbera since 2013.
(18) Later, she signed up for courses in literacy, numeracy and retail at a sixth form college in Stratford, east London, working as a domestic cleaner to pay her bus fare.
(19) Changes in health service and infant mortality seem natural results of the betterment of education and literacy.
(20) Further support for such conceptualizing is found in a positive correlation between certain low literacy skills and the specific results (in 6000 examined cases) on the new drawing test.