(n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
(n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Example Sentences:
(1) These included bringing in the A* grade, reducing the number of modules from six to four, and a greater attempt to assess the whole course at the end.
(2) Low birth weight, short stature, and mental retardation were common features in the four known patients with r(8).
(3) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(4) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(5) A 61-year-old man experienced four bouts of pancreatitis in 1 year.
(6) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(7) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
(8) Four cytotoxic antibiotics, bikaverin, duclauxine, PSX-1 and vermiculine, were examined with respect to their interference with glycolysis and respiration and their possible ionophoric or cytolytic activity.
(9) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
(10) During the study period four family outbreaks and seven recurrences of infection were observed.
(11) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
(12) Binding data for both ligands to the enzyme yielded nonlinear Scatchard plots that analyze in terms of four negatively cooperative binding sites per enzyme tetramer.
(13) Even so, amputation of fifteen extremities and four other major excisions were required in twelve patients.
(14) Four of the 39 ticks in our colony were infected with a spirochete; presumably, Borrelia crocidurae.
(15) Four other independent LCMV-GP2(275-289) specific H-2Db-restricted CTL clones also expressed V alpha 4 and V beta 10 gene elements.
(16) The hospital whose A&E unit has been threatened with closure on safety grounds has admitted that four patients died after errors by staff in the emergency department and other areas.
(17) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
(18) We investigated whether these peptides also affect the sleep EEG in humans when given intravenously by comparing polysomnographically the effects of four boluses of (1) placebo, (2) 50 micrograms GHRH or (3) 50 micrograms SRIF administered at 22.00, 23.00, 24.00 and 1.00 h to 7 male controls.
(19) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
(20) In 14 of the patients the imaging results were checked against the histological findings of a subsequent thymectomy, which revealed four thymomas and (with the exception of one normal thymus) hyperplastic changes in all the others.
Quadrennial
Definition:
(a.) Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
(a.) Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of its functions is organizing a quadrennial international cancer congress.
(2) The Perugia Division of Cancer Research (DCR) owes much to HLS because he was always ready with advice and help of every nature and because the Perugia Quadrennial International Conferences on Cancer (PQICC) had their beginning through his will and always enjoyed his authoritative approval and aid.
(3) But in most countries where watching the game of football is a regular occurrence rather than a quadrennial diversion, they understand – unlike Americans – that its purpose is to incite and, in part, appease the bloodlust of the disenfranchised masses.
(4) Quinn's real chance came when the Board in 1985 gave her a new assignment: updating ICN's history, the result being ICN--Past and Present, which was launched at the 19th Quadrennial Congress in Seoul in 1989.
(5) By 2009, the equivalent stage of the next quadrennial World Cup cycle, that figure had climbed to more than $1bn.
(6) The authors delivered this paper at one of the Special Interest sessions in Tel Aviv at the Quadrennial Congress and stimulated the audience to much thought.
(7) Australia is being assessed before the universal periodic review , a quadrennial assessment of countries’ human rights record by the UN human rights council.
(8) She was also the keynote speaker at ICN's 19th Quadrennial Congress in Seoul, Korea, 28 May-2 June 1989, described by Korean Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon in his address at the opening ceremonies as the "festival of peace and friendship for nurses the world over".
(9) In my opinion, this equates to a possible situation where only a tiny minority of the most gifted, talented and motivated children compete in a single quadrennial competition.
(10) The pattern for 2016 looks very similar to 2015, but with the bonus of the maxi-quadrennial events of the visually stunning Rio Olympics, the Uefa Euro football championships and, of course, the US presidential election to boost marketing investments, as usual by up to 1% or so,” he said.
(11) The quadrennial survey continues to provide useful information on an easily identifiable and traceable patient population, but the process would be greatly simplified by the adoption of a "universal" reporting system such as that used in Europe.
(12) The flaws highlighted by Clinton in the country’s energy infrastructure, including pipeline spills, rail car explosions, and the exposure to cyber-attacks, mirror the findings of the first-ever quadrennial energy review conducted by the Obama administration and released in April.