(n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state.
(n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
(n.) Laughing gas.
(n.) Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(2) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
(3) Blood samples were analysed by mass spectroscopy and gas chromatography.
(4) Optimum rates of acetylene reduction in short-term assays occurred at 20% O2 (0.2 atm (1 atm = 101.325 kPa] in the gas phase.
(5) Glycosyl ceramide concentration was determined by gas-liquid chromatography of the trimethylsilyl ethers of the methyl glycosides.
(6) Early recognition is facilitated by monitoring of arterial blood gas levels for hypoxemia.
(7) "There is … a risk that the political, trade, and gas frictions with Russia could lead to strong deterioration in economic relations between the two countries, with a significant drop in Ukraine's exports to and imports from Russia.
(8) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
(9) Ether extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and various chlorinated and non-chlorinated compounds were detected, e.g.
(10) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
(11) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
(12) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(13) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
(14) The corresponding hydrides, mono-n-butyltin hydride, di-n-butyltin hydride, tri-n-butyltin hydride, monophenyltin hydride, diphenyltin hydride triphenyltin hydride, are detected by electron-capture gas chromatography after clean-up by silica gel column chromatography.
(15) Airway closure (CV), functional residual capacity (FRC) and the distribution of inspired gas (nitrogen washout delay percentage, NWOD %) and arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) was measured by standard electrodes in eight extremely obese patients before and after weight loss (mean weights 142 and 94 kg, respectively) following intestinal shunt operation.
(16) They were like some great show, the gas squeezing up from the depths of the oil well to be consumed in flame against the intense black horizon, like some great dragon.
(17) The existence of 5alpha-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol in the androstanediol fraction could be demonstrated by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
(18) A pilot study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of gas in the puerperal endometrial cavity and to determine whether this finding has any relationship to the mode of delivery or to the development of puerperal endometritis.
(19) Inner Ear Decompression Sickness (IEDCS)--manifested by tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and hearing loss--is usually associated with deep air or mixed gas dives, and accompanied by other CNS symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS).
(20) Subjects underwent measurement of lung volumes, arterial blood gas analysis and an incremental bicycle exercise test.
Liquefy
Definition:
(v. t.) To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
(v. i.) To become liquid.
Example Sentences:
(1) About 35 million were egg-laying hens that provided 80% of the eggs for the breaker market – eggs broken then liquefied, dried or frozen to be used in processed foods like mayonnaise and pancake mixes, or sold to bakeries to make cakes, cookies and other products.
(2) The BBMs between Bosch and Rodriguez include references to code names for numerous banned substances, such as: Gummies (troches containing testosterone); Pink Food or Pink Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Blue or PM Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Liquid Soup or Red Liquid (a melted or liquefied form of a troche containing testosterone); and Cojete or Rocket (a subcutaneous syringe containing, among other things IGF1, [insulin growth factor].
(3) Results of the demonstration tests show that the system, which uses liquefied propane, successfully removed PCBs from contaminated sediments in New Bedford Harbor.
(4) These results indicate that if a clot in the subdural space causes the formation of neomembrane, and excessive fibrinolysis occurs, the subdural clot would not only liquefy, but also enlarge by continuous hemorrhage from the neomembrane.
(5) The vitreous between and above the vitreous-retinal attachments is always liquefied and structureless.
(6) Copper IUDs work by causing a general inflammatory response, reducing implantation, and by liquefying endometrial mucopolysaccharides thereby decreasing sperm transport and metabolism.
(7) The mechanism proposed for the passage of ghost cells to the anterior chamber is through a defect in the anterior hyaloid face, created as the vitreous liquefies and degenerates.
(8) It was not differentiated from C. perfringens in the nitrite motility test, but could be distinguished by its inability to liquefy gelatin.
(9) The lowest level of amylase did not alter these parameters significantly and was sufficient to liquefy 80 per cent of the viscous semen samples.
(10) Read more Reputex says the detailed rules confirm none of Australia’s top 20 emitting facilities – including brown coal-fired power stations Loy Yang A and B and Hazelwood, and new liquefied natural gas processing facilities such as Wheatstone, Gorgon, Itchys and Pluto – will be forced to reduce emissions.
(11) In addition, pepsin or pancrex V could be used to liquefy solidified feed.
(12) In inactive cases, the vitreous was often liquefied.
(13) He points out that if all the CO2 that is likely to be pumped into the air over the next 20 years were captured and liquefied it would fill Lake Michigan.
(14) It was found that the parts of the ejaculate taking more time to liquefy possessed higher concentration of protein than those of the parts liquefied earlier, a relation also appeared to exist with the whole ejaculates.
(15) It consists of drilling three or four small holes into the paraffin block, sealing this block at the extremity of a glass holder and, from the other extremity of the holder attached to a rubber hose, aspirating a liquefied mixture of charcoal-paraffin to fill these cylindrical holes.
(16) If you handle the butter too much with warm hands, it will liquefy.
(17) The source of the emboli was apparently a localized liquefying hematoma with necrotic muscle and fat in the left retroperitoneal space.
(18) Aliquots of the liquefying seminal fluid were removed at specific time points and further liquefaction inhibited with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS).
(19) In supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), the mobile phase is a gas (e.g., carbon dioxide) maintained at its supercritical state--that is, above its critical temperature and pressure, above which it cannot be liquefied even with further increases in applied pressure.
(20) Human ejaculates after collecting as a whole, were almost equally divided into five fractions through liquefaction known vesicular, prostatic and testicular components were measured in these subsequently liquefied fractions.