(v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
(v. t.) Money; riches; wealth.
(v. t.) A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.
(v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.
Example Sentences:
(1) To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intolerance and the effect of gold use on the seroprevalence of H. pylori.
(2) This activity scheme uses as its base, dose potency measured as TD50, the chronic dose rate that actuarially halves the adjusted percentage of tumor-free animals at the end of the study (Gold et al., Environ.
(3) Coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo on Friday pleaded for foreign help to preserve the territorial integrity of the former French colony, a major gold and cotton producer.
(4) A combined plot of all results from the four separate papers, which is ordered alphabetically by chemical, is available from L. S. Gold, in printed form or on computer tape or diskette.
(5) To determine the nature of the electrochemical treatment on the gold substrate, cyclic voltammetry was performed with various chemical solutions.
(6) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(7) Injection of albumin-colloidal gold conjugates resulted in an insignificant uptake.
(8) IgG-gold also adhered to M cells and excess unlabeled IgG inhibited IgA-gold binding; thus binding was not isotype-specific.
(9) Colloidal gold immuno-electron microscopy is a powerful tool for defining antigenicity at the subcellular level.
(10) The effects of gold thioglucose loading on Se distribution, and on Se-dependent GSH peroxidase and GSH S-transferase, were examined in rats fed three dietary levels of Se (0, 0.2, and 2.0 ppm), and with or without adjuvant-induced inflammation.
(11) The night's special award went to armed forces broadcaster, BFBS Radio, while long-standing BBC radio DJ Trevor Nelson received the top prize of the night, the gold award.
(12) The sectioned worm tissues from each developmental stage were embedded in Lowicryl HM 20 medium, stained with infected serum IgG and protein A gold complex (particle size: 12 nm) and observed by electron microscopy.
(13) We concluded that gold labeling with polymyxin B is useful in localizing the binding sites of polymyxin.
(14) Heads you 'own it' Ian Read, the Scottish-born accountant who runs the biggest drug firm in the US carries in his pocket a special gold coin, about the size and weight of a £2 piece.
(15) Evidence for Golgi apparatus-associated processing of oligosaccharides in the ER was obtained by lectin-gold cytochemistry revealing the presence of the galactose (beta 1----4)N-acetylglucosamine sequence and sialic acid residues.
(16) One of them got a gold medal in medicine, for being top of the year, but they dropped out for exactly these reasons.” These are not alarmist stories being spread by campaigners.
(17) Different techniques for attaching the gold cylinders to the frameworks were used.
(18) A post-embedding cytochemical technique using WGA-gold complexes was used and the quantitative intensity of WGA-labeling on the surface membrane of platelets after convulxin stimulation was determined.
(19) Only 75% of the granules stained for PRL by the protein-A gold technique; the other 25% stained for neither PRL nor GH.
(20) Smoking behaviour, self-reported mood and cardiac activity were examined in 12 "sedative" and 12 "stimulant" smokers, defined using Mangan and Golding's questionnaire.
Midas
Definition:
(n.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.
Example Sentences:
(1) Astronomer Jose Madiedo, who leads the Midas project at the University of Huelva, saw footage of the strike soon after the telescopes' software had processed the impact on 11 September 2013.
(2) HIV-1 was cultured from cool aerosols and vapors generated by a 30,000 RPM spinning router tip, an instrument similar to the Midas Rex and the Stryker oscillating bone saw.
(3) We describe some mathematical characteristics of MIDA and point out certain advantageous features.
(4) Cone movements in the retina of the Midas cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum) take place in response both to light and endogenous circadian signals.
(5) MIDA thereby provides a solution to the problem of determining the isotope content in the actual precursor molecules that entered a particular polymeric product (the "true" precursor).
(6) 46, Tiffany, and Midas are similar in performance to the high-gold alloy Rx O.R.Y.
(7) With their manager’s Midas touch, and the belief flowing from this unforgettable victory, Liverpool will fear no one after somehow preserving their record of never having lost to German opposition at Anfield.
(8) Trump, who presents himself as a modern Midas even when much of what he touches turns to dross, has studied the conventions of journalists and displays more genius at exploiting them to his advantage than anyone else I have ever known.
(9) The other program, MIDAS, is a statistical package designed to perform multiple statistical analyses on the data accumulated on the former program.
(10) This makes offering any kind of telling verdict on Van Gaal’s bow as manager difficult though with Reece James, a 20-year-old left-back on for Shaw, netting twice on debut as United scored four second half goals, it is fair to posit that the Midas touch Van Gaal displayed when leading Holland to third-place at Brazil 2014 remains.
(11) We describe the histological basis of color metamorphosis in the polychromatic Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum.
(12) He would return to the subject again and again, for example in his reworking of the Midas myth, in which a daughter, Marygold (and thus another flower), is turned into the metal by her father's kiss, even as he devotes his life to accumulating treasure for her sake.
(13) That’s probably because most employees are older than 40 and have golden handshakes on a Midas scale.
(14) He added: "He seemed to truly have the Midas touch as everything he brought to life shined with a fierce light... he is by any standard a giant."
(15) The primary aim of MIDAS is to compare the efficacy of isradipine 2.5 to 5.0mg twice daily vs hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 to 25mg twice daily in retarding the progression of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis.
(16) The tissue response of two low-gold alloys (Midas and Rajah), two silver-palladium alloys (Albacast and Alba V), and one type III gold alloy (JSC) was studied after subcutaneous implantation of cylindrical implants in 24 guinea pigs.
(17) For the purpose of evaluating the quality of dental casting alloys, 22 patients were recalled for clinical examination 3 years after insertion of crowns and bridges made from the low-gold alloy Midas and the silver-palladium alloy Albacast.
(18) The activity in the gustatory nerve from the anterior part of the tongue, the chorda tympani proper nerve, has been recorded during stimulation of the tongue of a New World monkey, Saguinus midas tamarin.
(19) Pensions minister Steve Webb memorably suggested that a few might blow the lot on a Lamborghini, although less trumpeted is the risk that scores of financial advisers might end up being kidnapped after (and let’s be generous here) they prove to possess a reverse Midas touch.
(20) One Midas alloy two-piece casting was dislodged at the post head-to-core interface whereas the other specimens failed within the post.