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Grain


Definition:

  • (v. & n.) See Groan.
  • (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  • (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.
  • (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  • (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
  • (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
  • (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  • (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  • (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
  • (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
  • (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
  • (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
  • (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
  • (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
  • (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
  • (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
  • (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
  • (n.) To yield fruit.
  • (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  • (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
  • (n.) A tine, prong, or fork.
  • (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river.
  • (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.
  • (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
  • (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (2) It is possible that the formation of a mycetoma grain may limit a patient's exposure to antigens which confer specificity, an explanation which may also account for the variability in antibody responses seen.
  • (3) Preserving alfalfa as silage and feeding in a TMR to cows in early lactation resulted in greater milk production via increased DMI or improved feed efficiency compared with preserving alfalfa as hay and feeding grain separately.
  • (4) Results indicate that the rachitogenic factor in rye is not present in the ash portion of the grain, that it can be largely overcome by water extraction and penicillin supplementation, and that an organic solvent extraction has no effect.
  • (5) Light microscope autoradiography revealed the development of specific silver grains in the medial layer of epineurial and perineurial arteries in sections of sciatic nerve exposed either to [3H]DHA or [3H]QNB.
  • (6) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
  • (7) The impact of pollen on the respiratory mucosa was modeled by studying the process by which solutes are eluted from pollen grains.
  • (8) One part fresh pollen grains is uniformly mixed with nine parts of the solution and left at room temperature for at least 5 hr.
  • (9) With [3H]proline as precursor, the grain densities were greater over surface epithelium than over submucosal gland.
  • (10) We have recently demonstrated in vitro a potential biological mechanism which could occur in vivo upon inhaling airborne graon dust, thereby constituting a potential inflammatory insult to the respiratory tracts of grain workers.
  • (11) In addition, livestock-rearing can use up to 200 times more water a kilogram of meat compared to a kilo of grain.
  • (12) Dietary recommendations for cancer prevention advise reduced intake of fat; increased intake of fruits, vegetables, and grains; and moderate intake of alcohol and salt-cured, salt-pickled, and smoked foods.
  • (13) Most cases are diagnosed histologically by identification of an actinomycotic grain in the center of the abscess or by cytologic features on Papanicolaou smears.
  • (14) The labelling intensity (as estimated by the number of silver grains per unit of cytoplasmic area) was maximum in cells having dense-cored vesicles whose mean diameter was between 130 and 170 nm, but decreased for cells with mean diameter of dense cores smaller than 130 nm, or larger than 170 nm.
  • (15) Comparison of autoradiograms with Nissl-stained sections allowed precise correlation of autoradiographic grain distribution with cytoarchitecture.
  • (16) "Nonthyroidectomy" cells had few silver grains over RER; most were over secretory granules and Golgi areas.
  • (17) After 2,6 and 24 hours there is a progressive increase of silver grains on the extracellular space most of them concentrated over thick collagen fibrils.
  • (18) The grain distribution over luteal cells and arteriolar smooth muscle was reduced (p less than 0.001) after coincubation with excess unlabeled LTC4 but not with excess unlabeled LTA4, LTB4, LTD4, LTE4, prostaglandin (PG)E2, PGF2 alpha or PGI2.
  • (19) The pollen sterility (up to 30% of grains) is due to the abortive spore development.
  • (20) The resolution of radioautography with 59Fe was determined with a line source and the distance from the hot line within which half of the grains fell (HD value) was 1650 A.

Tine


Definition:

  • (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.
  • (v. t.) To kindle; to set on fire.
  • (v. i.) To kindle; to rage; to smart.
  • (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose.
  • (n.) A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tined transvenous pacing leads were inserted into nine healthy large-breed dogs as part of an experimental study evaluating an implantable defibrillator.
  • (2) With the advent of tined transvenous cardiac pacing leads, the complete extraction of pacing leads in the treatment of an infected cardiac pacing system has become increasingly difficult.
  • (3) The introduction of the tined atrial J lead has decreased the incidence of atrial lead dislodgment, allowing for continued effective sensing and pacing.
  • (4) Natasha Orekhova, 26, a public relations specialist with a real estate firm, stood next to a friend who carried a fork with a pretend snake spiked on its tines, a reference to Putin calling the protesters Bandar-logs, the monkeys hypnotised by a python in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.
  • (5) Fixation included tines or fins (160), screw (40), flange (12), and other (16).
  • (6) Results obtained with immunotherapy in 318 cases of lung cancer showed that an initial Tine test is useful prognostically (initial negativity is equivalent to poor survival), and survival increases and decreases in function of positivity and negativity respectively.
  • (7) Ookinetes of Haemoproteus meleagridis were structurally similar to kinetes of other apicomplexan parasites and possessed a polar ring complex (PRC) composed of an electron-lucent polar ring with 25 supporting tines.
  • (8) and Tuberculin Tine tests were performed on 393 in-patients on a chest unit.
  • (9) The tined tip of a ventricular pacemaker electrode was entrapped in the chordae of the tricuspid valve and could not be removed by subtle manipulations in two patients.
  • (10) The aim of this study was to assess the effect of difference in tine diameter on probing pocket depth measurement.
  • (11) With the Mantoux test 52 (27%) were tuberculin-positive and 19 (9.8%) were positive with the tine test.
  • (12) Eighty-four patients with culture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections of the lung were evaluated with the Mono-Vacc and tine tuberculin skin tests.
  • (13) Tine-test was negative in all subjects and converted to positive in 106 out of 109 patients after vaccination.
  • (14) Therefore, the tined J-leads fulfill all requirements of a suitable atrial electrode.
  • (15) The tine test is unsuitable for epidemiological use because of the high proportion of negative and doubtful results in people positive on the Mantoux test.
  • (16) No conversions from negative to positive tine test results occurred after sludge had been applied to the farms.
  • (17) Biopsy samples of the main beams and tines were obtained from the antlers of mature Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) during the rapid phase of the antler grow-th cycle.
  • (18) A variety of lead types were used: passive fixation with preformed J (including tines or fins in a solid electrode); porous tip electrodes with small tines, most of which were also preformed; active fixation leads (both straight and preformed); and finally bipolar leads, which were all preformed.
  • (19) The use of tined leads and careful technique may minimise the likelihood of transvenous lead displacement.
  • (20) Only tined leads with silicone insulation were used.