(n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
(v. t.) To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.
(v. i.) To balk. See Jib, v. i.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fund is a new development for Gib because it raises private money up front for investment in a particular industry instead of investing project by project.
(2) Chris Huhne , the energy and climate change secretary, appears to concede the Treasury's concern that the liabilities taken on by the GIB would be added to the government's budget book.
(3) To analyse the importance of GIB we studied, retrospectively, the causes of hospitalization in 301 patients, all on HD in the same Unit in January 1990.
(4) Today's report also appeared to put pressure on Osborne as he works towards this autumn's comprehensive spending review (CSR), by warning that the task of setting up a GIB needs to begin immediately.
(5) Kingsbury is particularly proud of the large investments made this year in windfarms such as the £241m Gib put into Westermost Rough off the coast of Yorkshire and the £220m for a 10% stake in Gwynt y Mor, the biggest offshore field under construction in Europe.
(6) Extracts of B. malayi adult male worms, female worms, and microfilariae contained Gib 13 monoclonal antibody-reactive antigens of Mr 25-30,000, 57-90,000, and approximately equal to 200,000.
(7) "The GIB will build on this lead and enable businesses such as Aquamarine Power to leverage the significant private sector capital which will allow the UK's green energy sector to flourish," he said.
(8) A green investment bank (GIB) is being pushed for to turn the £50-80bn of traditional project capital available into the much higher amounts funding experts say will be needed to pay for the low-carbon technologies the UK is expected to need.
(9) Sue Charman, the "one planet finance leader" at WWF-UK, said the GIB had an essential role to play in shifting the UK to a low carbon economy, but giving it no immediate borrowing powers was a critical mistake.
(10) Vince Cable, the business secretary, has officially marked the launch of the new green investment bank ( GIB ) by announcing funding of a new waste-to-energy plant and an energy saving scheme.
(11) NSAID appear to be a risk factor for GIB from erosive Gastritis and or Duodenitis.
(12) I am confident that the sale process will provide GIB with good new owners who will support GIB’s continued growth and leadership role in the global green economy long into the future,” he said.
(13) Energy efficiency is a no-brainer, as is letting the GIB off the Treasury leash.
(14) The Gib 13 monoclonal antibody was raised against eggs of Onchocerca gibsoni and subsequently found to react with a phosphorylcholine epitope designated as the T15 idiotype.
(15) Salmond, who has played a prominent role in building up overseas investments in green energy, pointed out instead that £103m of the GIB's start up capital of £3bn came from the money owed to Scotland by the Treasury, which has been sitting on Scotland's share of the fossil fuel levy for some years.
(16) The evidence now indicates that only cells in a certain intermitotic state, called GIb, can be thus detached, and that when such cells are not locally available the expanding mitosis is forced into the vertical axis.
(17) Detection of circulating antigen in amicrofilaremic subjects with acute symptoms of lymphatic filariasis, and 53% of asymptomatic amicrofilaremic subjects, but not in nonendemic controls, suggests that the Gib 13 IRMA will also be of value in the diagnosis of occult filariasis.
(18) Lib Dem minister and energy secretary, Chris Huhne, wants the GIB to operate as a fully fledged bank that is able to issue bonds and underwrite loans, rather than just a fund, which would be more limited and unable to release the required capital.
(19) Cable will be in front of the environmental audit committee of MPs to discuss the GIB tomorrow.
(20) The report said that the forthcoming spending review on 20 October is a good time to deliver a GIB which is backed by between £4-6bn of capital until 2015.
Metal
Definition:
(n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
(n.) Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
(n.) A mine from which ores are taken.
(n.) The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.
(n.) Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
(n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
(n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
(n.) Glass in a state of fusion.
(n.) The rails of a railroad.
(v. t.) To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
(3) Our recurrences are due to local infections, removing the metal strut too early, i.e.
(4) "Acoustic" craters were produced by two laser pulses delivered into a saline-filled metal fiber cap, which was placed in a mechanically drilled crater.
(5) These results indicate that the inhibition of CarAc by heavy metals occurs by binding of the sulfhydryl on the enzyme by the metals.
(6) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
(7) In general, enzyme activity was strongly reduced by heavy metal inorganic cations; less strongly by organometallic cations, some anions, and certain pesticides; and weakly inhibited by light metal cations and organometallic and organic compounds.
(8) EGTA was ineffective in removing calmodulin from particulate preparations, but treatment with the tervalent metal ion La3+ resulted in a loss of up to 98% of calmodulin activity from these preparations.
(9) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
(10) The results also suggest that both alkali metals most probably have been delivered to the suckling pups and some of their toxic effect was retarded.
(11) The radioprotective action in E. coli ATCC 9637 of ascorbate added to media containing the weak sensitizer, tetracycline (effect described by Pittillo and Lucas (1967)), was found to be dependent on the presence of metal catalysts of the autoxidation of ascorbate.
(12) This study introduces a simple in vitro arrangement to measure current densities of implant metals.
(13) A rubber cuff was fixed on the metal cylinder and let an opening of 8 cm, simulating the cervix uteri.
(14) Since the enzyme requires a metal ion (Co2+) we suggest that the RNA and heparin are inhibitory by virtue of their capacity to chelate the Co2+.
(15) Lesions of allergic contact type could not be induced in the oral mucosa to any of the metal salt preparations.
(16) As yet the observations demonstrate that workers exposed in their occupation to heavy metals (cadmium, lead, metalic mercury) and organic solvents should be subjected to special control for detection of renal changes.
(17) This study investigates the photoneutron field found in medical accelerator rooms with primary barriers constructed of metal slabs plus concrete.
(18) While a clearcut relationship cannot be established between heavy metal music and destructive behavior, evidence shows that such music promotes and supports patterns of drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, and violence.
(19) The physiologically important metal ion for catalysis is Mg2+; however, Mn2+ supports in vitro activity, though at a reduced level.
(20) We support the view that catalysis by metalloenzymes may be a reflection of the chemistry of the metal ion itself as a Lewis acid, and that perhaps too much emphasis has been placed on supposed special characteristics (such as strains, "entasis") of the enzyme-metal ion association.