What's the difference between gray and nimbus?

Gray


Definition:

  • (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  • (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  • (superl.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  • (n.) A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.
  • (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The anatomic and functional development of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) was studied in the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.
  • (2) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
  • (3) There was good agreement between the survival of normally oxygenated cells in culture and bright cells from tumors and between hypoxic cells in culture and dim cells from tumors over a radiation dosage range of 2-5 Gray.
  • (4) White lesions (NRL) against a gray background on cut section of brain increase in size with increasing time of arrest.
  • (5) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (6) Proenkephalin A-related immunoreactive neuronal perikarya were detected in the central gray, reticular formation, nucleus raphes, trapezoid body, nucleus parabrachialis lateralis and medialis, nucleus spinalis nervi trigemini, nucleus dorsalis nervi vagi, and in the nucleus tractus solitarii.
  • (7) Ratios of lobar to global gray matter metabolism also were calculated.
  • (8) To summarize this case, one should consider the possibility that excessive polytherapy induces seizures, particularly in patients with structural brain abnormalities such as heterotopic gray matter.
  • (9) But Vokes’s second-half penalty and Gray’s 61st-minute strike won it for Burnley and left Fulham two points away from the relegation zone.
  • (10) Low numbers of [125I]endothelin-1 [( 125I]ET-1) binding sites were detected in the gray matter of the human frontal cortex, with little binding in the white matter.
  • (11) North Wiltshire MP James Gray said he was "very glad" Islam4UK had abandoned its march, which he said had been shown to be a "media stunt".
  • (12) Total RNA extracted from both white and gray matter of brain tissue from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and controls was analyzed using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the presence of the nucleic acid of human coronavirus (HCV) 229E and OC43, the two strains characterized to date and associated with respiratory infections.
  • (13) Bouton-like terminals were found to be of two types according to their vesicle content, namely, boutons with ovoid, clear synaptic vesicles forming Gray type-1 synapses and boutons with pleomorphic clear synaptic vesicles forming Gray type-2 synapses.
  • (14) These findings support the view that the periaqueductal gray matter is actively involved in endogenous mechanisms of analgesia.
  • (15) I want to make it very clear that the state’s attorney’s office did not release the Freddie Gray autopsy report,” she said.
  • (16) ruber, anterodorsolateral midbrain tegmentum, superior and inferior colliculi, pontine gray, cerebral peduncles, medial pontine reticular formation, raphe and vestibular nuclei did not affect the acoustic structure of the calls tested.
  • (17) Single axon collaterals arising from the descending axons gave off terminal fibers to the left or the right gray matter.
  • (18) Colloidal gold labeled with monoclonal antibody recognized human hemoglobin was agglutinated with hemoglobin and changed the color from red to gray.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A child praying at the vigil site for Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
  • (20) Phoenix will next be seen in James Gray's Lowlife, a historical drama about immigrants in 1900s New York.

Nimbus


Definition:

  • (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
  • (n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two such systems (emphasized in this article) are under development here at CCF in joint efforts with Nimbus Corporation and the University of Washington, respectively.
  • (2) The development effort, which began separately in 1977 and has been conducted jointly by Nimbus and the Cleveland Clinic since 1980, has demonstrated that the above features can be incorporated in a reliable LVAS.
  • (3) Others showed the seated Buddha surrounded by a body halo and nimbus , the Bodhisattva Maitreya in a cape or the evil child-devouring yaksha Atavika who the Buddha miraculously converted to his dharma .
  • (4) Revascularization was accomplished on beating, nonworking hearts, with right (40 of 43) and left (43 of 43) ventricles supported by Nimbus Hemopumps (4 of 43) or Bio-Medicus centrifugal ventricular assist devices for an average of 112 minutes.
  • (5) Nimbus, Inc., (Rancho Cordova, CA) and the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) are collaborating to develop an implantable rotary blood pump that can be used as a left ventricular assist system (LVAS).
  • (6) The Nimbus pump is an indwelling, electromagnetic powered left ventricular (LV) assist device inserted transfemorally.
  • (7) One in particular, the CCF-Nimbus system, consisting of a biolized surface blood pump, an electrohydraulic energy converter, and a compliance chamber to handle the variable volume behind the PP, is described in depth in this discussion.
  • (8) The pumping unit consists of two CCF biolized pusher plate pumps, and a Nimbus electrohydraulic energy converter.
  • (9) The courses of 10 patients (nine men and one woman; mean age, 54 years) were reviewed to determine the long-term results of treatment with the Hemopump (Nimbus Medical, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA) left ventricular assist device.
  • (10) A completely implantable total artificial heart (TAH) is being developed based on many years of research performed at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Nimbus, Inc.
  • (11) Twelve patients underwent the attempt at surgical insertion of the Nimbus pump.
  • (12) The E4T is a totally implantable total artificial heart (TAH) resulting from many years of research work at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) and Nimbus, Inc.
  • (13) This will be essential as the cumulo-nimbus clouds of concern gather over the entire banking sector.
  • (14) The most characteristic features of HCMP were as follows: 1) muscle fiber hypertrophy, 2) hypertrophy of cardiomyocyte nuclei, 3) perinuclear cardiomyocyte nimbus, 4) disorganization of muscle fibers, 5) the decrease of the nucleus-cytoplasmic ration.
  • (15) The kits examined included immunoenzymometric assays (Tandem Icon hCG, Model Plus, Diapreg-25, Pregnastick, Nimbus) and reverse hemagglutination inhibition assays (NeoPregnosticon 75 Duoclon, Pregtest).

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