What's the difference between fluorescent and translucent?
Fluorescent
Definition:
(a.) Having the property of fluorescence.
Example Sentences:
(1) The assembly reaction is accompanied by characteristic changes in fluorescence emission and dichroic absorption.
(2) Such an increase in antibody binding occurred simultaneously with an increase in the fluidity of surface lipid regions, as monitored by fluorescence depolarization of 1-(trimethylammoniophenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
(3) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(4) The sensitivity of an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (screening test) for the detection of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined by using 128 serum specimens and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A50 column chromatography to separate IgM from IgG class antibodies.
(5) Absorbance or fluorescence measurements may be used for detection.
(6) In the present study, 125 oesophageal biopsies obtained under direct vision at endoscopy from 22 patients with Barrett's oesophagus were systematically studied using fluorescence and peroxidase antiperoxidase single and double-staining immunocytochemical methods employing highly specific antibodies to localize the following peptide-containing cell types in Barrett's mucosa: gastrin, somatostatin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, motilin, neurotensin and pancreatic glucagon.
(7) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
(8) Furthermore, experiments with the fluorescence-activated cell sorter revealed increased forward light scatter from resting exudate PMN compared to blood PMN.
(9) Sulphuric acid fluorescence is used for quantitation and specificity is achieved by the addition of tritiated oestrone to the urine hydrolysate.
(10) At the light-microscopic level, adrenergic fibres were identified due to their formaldehyde-induced fluorescence.
(11) Equilibrium and kinetic studies of the interaction of gene 32 protein of T4 phage with single-stranded fd DNA were performed monitoring the changes in protein fluorescence.
(12) The drug is extracted from serum or urine with ethyl acetate, separated by TLC, and determined by fluorescence quenching densitometry.
(13) In all these subjects, fluorescent staining and G-banding on chromosomes from cultured leukocytes confirmed their karyotype.
(14) Vital staining of neuroblastoma cells with acridine orange produces a bright intracellular red-orange fluorescence most probably due to the occurrence of RNA.
(15) Time-resolved tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy shows global correlation times broadly in agreement with the NMR results, but with an additional faster correlation time [approximately 600 ps].
(16) The specific fluorescence was affected following reserpine or 6-hydroxydopamine treatment; however, the rewarming process restored fluorescence only in the reserpine-treated tissue.
(17) I evaluated use of the fluorescence polarization technique to measure neocarzinostatin, a proteinaceous antitumor antibiotic, and its antibody, in serum.
(18) In the analysis of background fluorescence, the principal components were, as for the two-step technique, autofluorescence and propidium spectral overlap.
(19) Luminal and myoepithelial cells have been separated from normal adult human breast epithelium using fluorescence activated cell sorting.
(20) The influence of exogenous gangliosides on the structure of the viral envelope was studied using fluorescent and photoactivatable phospholipids incorporated into the viral membrane.
Translucent
Definition:
(a.) Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
(a.) Transparent; clear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Inexperienced physicians are often unable to immediately identify these translucencies as air enclosures in the intracranial cavity.
(2) An area of translucence around a dense zone, appearing more clearly with traction, is suspicious.
(3) The pearly skin of these subjects becomes more translucent and the detail extra-perfect.
(4) It was concluded that the CPC coating is superior to the PPG coating since no cracking surface develops, it is translucent, and it provides a more effective athrombogenic surface.
(5) The performance capabilities of the instruments were tested on various shades of opaque and translucent dental porcelain surfaces.
(6) With the translucent occluder, retest threshold variability was 18.8% less and sensitivity was increased by 0.7 dB.
(7) Ifind it hard to get excited about slimy, translucent, near‑flavourless egg whites, but I can't bear to throw them away.
(8) Because of its low filler particle percentage, microfilled composite resins--traditionally recommended for anterior restorations--are extremely translucent.
(9) The cell bodies were surrounded by a basal lamina, while the cytoplasmic extensions investing the nerve endings were surrounded by an envelope consisting of alternating electron dense and electron translucent layers containing material that stained with PAS and Alcian Blue.
(10) Formation of neointima and transformation of mesenchymal cells into the endothelial ones are studied using scanning and translucent electron microscopy and autoradiography.
(11) The parent conidium and later the proximal germ tube showed progressive vacuolation and the cytoplasm became largely occupied by electron-translucent material.
(12) To examine the significance of fetal nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation in the prediction of abnormal fetal karyotype.
(13) Clinically, cytomegalovirus retinitis is characterized by lesions, usually in the posterior pole, that take the form of fluffy white infiltrates with irregular, translucent, granular appearing margins.
(14) Through dexterous operation of the Shinkai6500's mechanical arms by pilot Sasaki-san, we quickly began collecting samples of rocks, the hot fluids from the vents, and the creatures thriving around them: speckled anemones with almost-translucent tentacles, and the orange-tinted shrimp scurrying among them.
(15) In contrast, the flat-mound and translucent-mound mutants, which aggregate normally, produced very few spores.
(16) The mature resting sporangium (RS) wall of Coelomomyces dodgei (Chytridiomycetes; Blastocladiales) consists of three principal layers: (I) an outer pigmented layer (1.8-2.2 microns) that contains polysaccharide, (II) a middle electron translucent layer (1.3-1.6 microns) comparatively free of polysaccharide, and (III) an inner layer (125 nm) rich in polysaccharide that surrounds the meiospores.
(17) Zone I consisted of osteoblasts adjacent to the bone surface and a supraosteoblast layer of smaller, compact cells, Zone II was a relatively translucent zone with numerous capillaries and Zone III consisted of cells intermingled with collagen fibrils.
(18) Within these small translucent colonies, mutational events occur which give rise to the normal resistant type colonies.
(19) Films are presented for tracking on a translucent screen after reflection from a galvanometer driven mirror.
(20) The plaques were translucent to opaque and varied in size and shape, from multiple isolated islands to bizarre patterns involving more than half the corneal surface.