(n.) A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.
(n.) An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.
(n.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.
(n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
(n.) To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.
Example Sentences:
(1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
(2) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
(3) This trend appeared to reverse itself in the low dose animals after 3 hr, whereas in the high dose group, cardiac output continued to decline.
(4) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
(5) after operation for hip fracture, and merits assessment in other high-risk groups of patients.
(6) Seventeen patients (Group 1) had had no previous surgery, while 13 (Group 2) had had multiple previous operations.
(7) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(8) Urinary ANF immunoreactivity was significantly enhanced by candoxatril in both groups (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 in groups 1 and 2, respectively), with a more pronounced effect evident at the higher dose (P less than 0.01).
(9) The second group only with Haloperidol (same dose).
(10) A change in the pattern of care of children with IDDM, led to a pronounced decrease in hospital use by this patient group.
(11) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
(12) We considered the days of the disease and the persistence of symptoms since the admission as peculiar parameters between the two groups.
(13) A group I subset (six animals), for which predominant cultivable microbiota was described, had a mean GI of 2.4.
(14) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
(15) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
(16) The cumulative incidence of grade II and III acute GVHD in the 'low dose' cyclosporin group was 42% compared to 51% in the 'standard dose' group (P = 0.60).
(17) The intrauterine mean active pressure (MAP) in the nulliparous group was 1.51 kPa (SD 0.45) in the first stage and 2.71 kPa (SD 0.77) in the second stage.
(18) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(19) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
(20) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
Mascot
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Mascotte
Example Sentences:
(1) NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said as recently as January that the mascot is "presented in a way that honors Native Americans," and further claimed that nine of 10 Native Americans polled actually support it .
(2) But, he added, the NBA's actions "will pressure the NFL to address their own lack of action on the mascot issue."
(3) It shows Fuleco, this World Cup's mascot, which never really caught on, being carried by security guards at the Fifa souvenir store.
(4) In a build-up marked by tension over weightier matters, Euro 2016 organisers face embarrassment of a different kind after it emerged their mascot shares its name with a popular sex toy.
(5) The most recent one was attended by 1,727 different mascots and nearly 77,000 spectators.
(6) It also offers education and training to help end forced marriages, and is particularly focused on younger people: the charity's mascot is a cartoon tiger calld Fremont.
(7) But for a mascot to be successful, being cute is not always enough.
(8) There's a lovely TV shot of the mascots in front of the France players, all in Ukraine shirts, blasting out La Marseillaise at full volume.
(9) Sixteen items loaded on the achievement factor (hero role), 11 items the entertainment factor (mascot role), 9 items on the nonconformity factor (scapegoat role), 7 items on the emotional sensitivity factor (lost child role), and 3 items on the domesticity factor (enabler role).
(10) Naturally enough, that is also when the mascot’s own social media accounts goes live.
(11) David Penney notes: "If the Ivory Coast really find themselves on the wrong side of a kick-fest, maybe their supporters could take a leaf out of the French rugby fans and release their own mascot onto the field; 4 tons of rampaging elephant."
(12) The FCA did not name names but the Guardian understands that UK payday lender Speedy Cash has been distributing colouring-in sheets showing its kangaroo mascot, Speedy Roo , holding wads of cash, along with pamphlets promoting its loans, which have a representative interest rate of 2,115.69% APR.
(13) And in 2004, cultural preservation groups threatened to sue the Athens Olympic Organising Committee over the mascots, Phevos and Athena .
(14) For those of us who are offended by the name, by the mascot and by the fans painting up in red face – all making a mockery of my people – our hope is that this will finally be the year that the Washington Redskins will be forced to change or face some kind of penalty for what we all know is racism.
(15) Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Pre-match niceties: The teams emerge from the tunnel with Honduras midfielder Roger Espinoza having what seems like a very long, deep and meaningful chat with the young mascot whose hand he's holding.
(16) The lack of insight is perhaps as much as could be expected from a man who, in an after-dinner speech, points at his Filipino wife, parading her as an ethnic mascot who he assumes gives him credibility to speak on immigration: "As you can see in my choice of wife, I am not opposed to immigration."
(17) He is getting weaker.” Death is not a word that crosses the dentist’s lips as he describes the descent of his son – his only child – from being a ski-loving model student to mascot for a seething segment of Greeks baying for a fight with officialdom at large.
(18) "The use of the Washington mascot is in fact damaging and should be stopped," said psychologist and study author Michael Friedman.
(19) There was some livestock on parade, though.... A goat, the mascot of La Legion, an elite unit of the Spanish Army, marches in front of the tribune where Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, left, Spain's King Juan Carlos, center, and Queen Sofia attend a military parade, during the holiday known as Dia de la Hispanidad, Spain's National Day, in Madrid, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.
(20) Brazil’s only handshake of note so far was a mascot trying to greet Lionel Messi and being left hanging .