(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.
Thor
Definition:
(n.) The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
(2) I have no idea what it would take to kill Thor; nor for that matter does Loki.
(3) The Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator's bosses at Marvel are also bringing sequels to Thor and Captain America to the big screen over the next year, a fact which would also appear to clash with Whedon's clarion call for originality.
(4) The awards were announced by Rush and Thor star Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
(5) 'I couldn't imagine a worse scenario than not enjoying being Thor, because it's gonna consume a good 10 years of my life' Hemsworth, a gentle giant who seems both grateful and gracious, talks passionately about Thor, with no winking and no weariness.
(6) Thor Marvel has already made the change in the comic books, revealing earlier this year that Thor’s long-term love interest Jane Foster has become the new female Thor after picking up the hammer Mjolnir and finding herself more worthy of it than the son of Odin himself.
(7) "Apart from anything else, with Superman returning to a cinematic landscape that now also has that other god-alien Thor, not to mention Iron Man, Hulk – hell, all the Avengers – it wasn't a daft move to avoid any winks to his inherent absurdity," he writes.
(8) He duly obliged and the crowd was treated to the first look at Age of Ultron, starting with a witty interchange between the Avengers as each, enjoying a drink and dressed in civilian clothing, tries to lift Thor’s hammer.
(9) He still undid the holster on his thigh, took out Mjølnir – he had named his Glock after Thor’s hammer – and crossed the road.
(10) Oddly enough, Thor (in which Chris Hemsworth plays the Nordic god, come to save us all from Christopher Ecclestone) does pass, since it features a scene in which Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings discuss nuclear physics.
(11) Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki expedition was a product of the European enlightenment’s belief in progressive learning.
(12) Cellular sensitization to human myelin A1 protein, peptide L (residues 1-116), peptide T (residues 117-170), and petide Y (residues 154-170) was studied using the Thor-Rocklin MIF assay system.
(13) Bettany, who until now has voiced Tony Stark’s computerised assistant Jarvis, said: “I used to turn up in a dark room for 45 minutes and get a bag of cash and now I have to work for my money.” When Hemsworth was asked what he would still like to do as Thor, he said: “Turning into a woman” – a reference to the pre-Con decision by Marvel Comics to trumpet its upcoming next iteration of the god of thunder as a woman.
(14) Back to article (2) Pacific Rim, Thor: The Dark World and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
(15) Chris Hemsworth, AKA Thor, God of Thunder, crown prince of Asgard, calls me from the M25.
(16) Robin van Persie eventually tuned into him and took Robben’s fine through-ball in his stride but was denied by Hannes Thor Halldorsson, before Robben himself passed up a chance, nodding wide when it looked easier to convert Daley Blind’s cross.
(17) Twelve months ago, Chris Hemsworth, the actor who plays Kevin, was in every multiplex as Thor , he of the unreconstructed chivalry and massive mallet.
(18) And I realised, I ain't Thor without the costume and the hammer."
(19) This thing is starting to get old … Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Captain America in The Avengers In fact, the rise of superhero movies signals the triumph of the neurotic over the maverick.
(20) The comic, launching in October, is billed by Marvel as "one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the 'big three' of Captain America, Iron Man and Thor".