(n. pl.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.
Example Sentences:
(1) The precursor rRNA molecules produced in vitro consisted of 6430 nucleotides, with about 15 residues derived from the Gemini vector on both ends.
(2) The Gemini 415A units with dual anodal rings were implanted under investigational protocol in 53 patients from September 1982 to August 1984.
(3) Perinatological data of these 94 twin births in 1982-1986 are compared with 103 gemini pregnancies in 1971-78, when sonography and diagnosis ante partum was hardly known.
(4) cDNA fragments of Type I and Type III procollagens were subcloned into Gemini pGEM vectors to synthesize the 35S-labeled cRNA probes.
(5) PrimeSense investors include Canaan Partners, Silver Lake, Gemini Israel Funds and Genesis Partners.
(6) 68 gemini pregnancies of the report period I (1978-80) which were not diagnosed early and 66 gemini pregnancies of the report period II (1982-84) with early diagnosis by sonography-screening have been compared.
(7) In addition, a projection was demonstrated to the nuclei gemini from the polymorphic zone deep to the olfactory tubercle.
(8) Addy first came across alkyl nitrites when he opened the Gemini gay club in Huddersfield in 1976 – the first gay club in the town – with his late partner of 22 years, Anthony Porter.
(9) NASA corrected the Gemini thruster problem by changing the ignition system wiring.
(10) The Gemini PC-2 linear peristaltic infusion device delivered a variety of blood products at a wide range of infusion rates without inducing a substantial degree of hemolysis.
(11) Thirty-nine adult Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) of both sexes and various ages and weights, belonging to the Forest Department of the Government of Kerala (India), Temple Devaswoms, Gemini Circus and other private agencies, were used to derive formulae to predict body weight and height from body measurements.
(12) Twenty-four adult Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) of both sexes and different ages and weights, belonging to the Temple Devaswoms, the Forest Department of the Government of Kerala and the Gemini Circus formed the experimental subjects from which formulae were derived to predict the total surface area from either body measurements or areas of individual regions.
(13) Gemini was followed in size by two other offshore windfarms, Germany’s 582MW Gode Wind 1 and 2, and the Netherlands’ 144MW Westermeerwind project.
(14) She suggests that he was a typical 'Gemini - and that he had two lives'.
(15) Two malformations arising from indentation of the papilla were compared: pili gemini and pagothrix.
(16) Some insertion mutants created duplication of gene regions, termed Gemini proteins, which still retained activity.
(17) Cross-talk was neither evident nor provokable in Gemini 415A units which had compatible Cordis lead systems.
(18) In terms of technology the launch of the Tiangong-1 places China about where the US was in the 1960s during the Gemini programme.
(19) More improvement may best be expected from earlier detection of gemini pregnancy and earlier action of intensive care.
(20) A malfunctioning orbital flight attitude thruster during the flight of Gemini VIII led to acceleration forces on astronauts Neil Armstrong (commander) and David Scott (pilot) that created the potential for derogation of oculo-vestibular and eye-hand coordination effects.
Orion
Definition:
(n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.
Example Sentences:
(1) With use of the flowing, high mixing-velocity liquid junction of the Orion SS-30, the residual liquid junction potential due to blood cells was found to be less than 0.1 mV and to be independent of the hematocrit.
(2) In this study the particle size, as well as the in vitro deposition and the immediate bronchodilating effect on asthmatic patients, of two salbutamol inhalation aerosol preparations (Ventoline, Glaxo, UK, and salbutamol inhalation aerosol, Orion Pharmaceutica, Finland) were compared.
(3) A 10-minute period for sweat accumulation is employed rather than a zero-time collection as in the original Orion method.
(4) The methods used were latex agglutination (Rotalex, commercially-available kit from ORION DIAGNOSTIC ESPOO, Finland) and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
(5) The crew on board the Orion reported seeing two objects – the first a grey or green circular object and the second an orange rectangular object.
(6) Seven News reported that Australia had dispatched a P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft and the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Stuart to monitor the four Russian ships, which were said to be in the Coral Sea south of Bougainville and heading towards Australian waters.
(7) The former owner had the constellation of Orion picked out in halogen lights in the ceiling.
(8) The police report from the time states that an officer was dispatched to Orion at Oak Hill, a large, gated apartment complex in west Fort Worth, after a woman called the police and said that she believed someone had fired a shot into her apartment.
(9) The three methods of detection were cytological examination of the oral mucosa, and direct culture methods from mucosal smears using Sabouraud's dextrose agar (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, MD) and Oricult-N (Orion Diagnostica, Espoo, Finland).
(10) We used the Orion fluoride electrode system to determine the normal range of serum ionic fluoride concentrations and to investigate its relationship to sex and age (A).
(11) A Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft takes off from RAAF Base Pearce north of Perth March 21, 2014.
(12) Paraffin-based, 3% dithranol sticks (Ditrastick, Orion Pharmaceutica, Espoo, Finland) and similar, equimolar 4% butantrone sticks were used.
(13) The results of clinical trials of ditrastic, an agent manufactured by Orion, Finland, are analyzed.
(14) The Orion has sonar to search below sea level, although it’s not being used in this search, Yardley said.
(15) • Bradley Wiggins' autobiography, In Pursuit of Glory , is out now (Orion, £18.99) How to measure your heart rate Heart rate is the number of beats your heart makes per minute.
(16) Bacterial contamination of hands and drinking water was assessed semi-quantitatively by direct contact using agar-coated slides incorporating a selective medium permitting growth of Enterobacteriaceae (Hygicult, Orion Diagnostica, Finland).
(17) A commercially available latex agglutination test, Rotalex (Orion Diagnostics, Finland), for detecting rotaviruses was evaluated in comparison with four other tests (electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) routinely used in our laboratories.
(18) This is our planet: our little blue sphere in the Orion Spur of the Milky Way Galaxy, with the beautifully elaborate systems of birds and insects and weather and flowering plants all working together – or that used to work together, and which are now falling apart.
(19) Twenty of the 60 specimens were found positive on the basis of cytopathic effects and latex agglutination (Adenolex [Orion Diagnostica, Helsinki, Finland]), and 16 were identified and typed as adenoviruses by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
(20) A third RAAF P3 Orion departed for the search area around 12.45pm.