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Gry


Definition:

  • (n.) A measure equal to one tenth of a line.
  • (n.) Anything very small, or of little value.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Addition of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate [Gri(2,3)P2] or inositol hexakisphosphate to Hbe(II)NO causes tension in the Fe-N(proximal His) bond, although the behaviour differs in detail from that of HbA(II)NO.
  • (2) This has been the rationale for the present efforts by investigators to form a standardized environmental inventory questionnaire, under the auspices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gas Research Institute (GRI), and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
  • (3) Escherichia coli GRI was isolated from an ear exudate of a newborn.
  • (4) To investigate this hypothesis, we determined the entire nucleotide sequence of an infectious proviral molecular clone of SIVagm (155-4) and partial sequences (long terminal repeat and Gag) of three other distinct SIVagm isolates (90, gri-1, and ver-1).
  • (5) In order to study the immediate grief reaction in parents of children dying in the hospital each parental reaction was scored on a 'grief reaction and intervention' (GRI) scale (minimum 0; maximum 4).
  • (6) The isoelectric point of the cefotaximase of E. coli GRI was 8.9 in comparison with 6.3 for TEM-3.
  • (7) The comparison of the therapeutic effects of three molecules belonging to the substituted benzamide family allows the following observations: --the three products are generally well tolerated by the organism; --at sufficient doses they act as a major tranquilizers: -sulpiride is chiefly a disinhibitor but also has antipsychotic properties; -sultopride is at first somewhat sedative, especially when given parenterally, then antipsychotic, and little by little desinhibiting; -GRI 16-65 is "soothing", "euphoriant", "sociabilizing", as well as antipsychotic.
  • (8) Differences in enterotoxin production between aminoglycoside-sensitive and -resistant MRSA isolates reflect subgroups previously defined by biotype, phage type, immunoblot and restriction enzyme fragmentation pattern data, and provide further evidence for the existence of two major MRSA clones in GRI.
  • (9) Three other strains of C. albicans (MRL 3153, GRI 681 and GRI 682) gave results similar to those obtained with strain GDH 2346.
  • (10) The equilibrium oxygen-binding properties of hemoglobins from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), musk ox (Ovibos muschatos) and a bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) have been investigated with special reference to the effect of heterotrophic ligands such as chloride and 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate [Gri(2,3)P2].
  • (11) Extracellular polymeric material (EP) isolated from strain GDH 2346 inhibited adhesion of strains MRL 3153, GRI 681 and GRI 682 by more than 50%, but that of strain GDH 2023 by only 30%.
  • (12) A collection of 201 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus was examined: 152 methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) comprised 48 blood culture isolates (BC) and 58 isolates from routine diagnostic specimens (RD) from Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), and 46 strains from nasal swabs of patients attending a general practitioner (GP); 49 isolates were of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from GRI.
  • (13) This autoreduction occurs in the form of two parallel processes, which collapse into one intermediate rate in the presence of Gri(2,3)P2.
  • (14) On the other hand bat hemoglobin behaves in a completely different way and could be regarded as a type case of low-affinity hemoglobin since its functional properties are modulated neither by chloride nor by Gri(2,3)P2.
  • (15) Tadzio Mueller, Stine Gry Jonassen and Britain Nyboe, all spokespeople for Climate Justice Action, the umbrella organisation behind yesterday's Reclaim Power action, were picked up by police at different locations, before and during the demonstration.
  • (16) Heterogeneity was observed in the molecular weights of the gag, pol, and env gene products between SIV isolates from vervets [SIV(AGM(VER))] and grivets [SIV(AGM(GRI))].
  • (17) Phenotypically, SIV(AGM(VER)) isolates were distinguishable from SIV(AGM(GRI)) isolates by the apparent size difference of the major core antigen p24.
  • (18) Weight gain was small during the first 2 weeks of post-natal life but increased considerably over the subsequent weeks with an almost constant periodical increment (GRI) being maintained in all 4 groups during the first months of life.
  • (19) These strains, designated as glucose-repression insensitive (GRI) mutants, produced higher penicillin V titers than the wild-type strain in media containing lactose as the main carbohydrate source.
  • (20) A striking difference emerges where in the presence of chloride ions and in the absence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate [Gri(2,3)P2] a strongly reduced exothermic oxygenation process is observed for all ruminant Hb investigated with respect to HbA.

Guy


Definition:

  • (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
  • (v. t.) To steady or guide with a guy.
  • (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
  • (n.) A person of queer looks or dress.
  • (v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Guy Jobbins, a Cairo-based British water scientist who heads Canada's International Development Research Centre climate change adaptation programme for Africa, says understanding of the issue has rocketed in the past few years.
  • (2) The guy upstairs, I heard he was maybe affiliated with Islamic Jihad, but he wasn't there.
  • (3) They had to be seen as the good guys, and not as either this administration or that administration.” Comey left the justice department in 2005 for Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the US, and eventually an investment firm and Columbia Law School.
  • (4) While the Spielberg of popular myth is Mr Nice Guy, Lean was known as an obsessive, cantankerous tyrant who didn't much like actors and was only truly happy locked away in the editing suite.
  • (5) If you’ve been to a red brick university in the past 10 years then chances are you know the guy.
  • (6) As for Scotland Soccer Club, Altidore's deputy at franchise level, Steven Fletcher, is gonna be the guy that the hosts will look to kick the soccer ball in to the soccer goal interior.
  • (7) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
  • (8) Opposition spokesman Matthew Guy said it was unclear how the government intended to fund the project given the federal government was yet to come to the table.
  • (9) How many other countries celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
  • (10) The Fed is also painting itself as one of the Good Guys in the Libor scandal, pointing out that it spotted the problems in 2008, and promptly tipped off the Brits.
  • (11) "While the country is sunk in misery, families are ruined and children are growing up in poverty, this guy turns up and we pay €91m for him.
  • (12) Davenport, possibly in a fit of pique at having been knocked out, said playing Mauresmo was like 'playing a guy'.
  • (13) He laughs: "I've had a few guys buck up against me, but that's all right because some of us enjoy the bucking."
  • (14) There are three kinds of motivation: the intrinsic motivation which means the guy is naturally demanding of himself that he wants to be the best, and he has always that inner dissatisfaction with what he has achieved.
  • (15) He's the sort of guy who takes form every experience something good and uses it in the future.
  • (16) It seems to have brought his own beliefs into sharper focus: "Watching the film, and I've seen many cuts, I'm a guy who fights the idea of heaven but what I do respect is that there is a greater power than anything we understand, and for me the film is about that.
  • (17) If I’m the bad guy because I’m not the guy they want me to be, then so be it.” Over the last year he resolved his promotional woes in court and has since signed with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports – along with Miguel Cotto the nascent sports agency’s highest-profile signing in boxing.
  • (18) Jenny Lewis - Just One Of The Guys [Official Music Video] Oh boy!
  • (19) Still, he reiterates that he'd never heard of "this guy," Mayor Sokolich, until yesterday.
  • (20) Romney contends the president is a nice guy who has failed to make things better.

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