(n.) The condition of being high; elevated position.
(n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.
(n.) Degree of latitude either north or south.
(n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
(n.) Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
(n.) Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
(n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
Example Sentences:
(1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(2) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(3) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
(4) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
(5) Odds ratios were computed by multiple logistic regression analysis and revealed no additional relationships; however, there were suggested dose-response gradients for height, weight at age 20, and body surface area in the Japanese women and for breast size in the Caucasian women.
(6) Taking into account the calculated volume and considering the triangular image as one face of the particle, it is suggested that eIF-3 has the shape of a flat triangular prism with a height of about 7 nm and the above-mentioned side-lengths.
(7) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.
(8) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
(9) Homeless children (n = 167) had lower height percentiles when compared with domiciled children (n = 167; P less than .001) and when compared with NCHS standards (P less than .001).
(10) Human figure drawings of 12 pediatric oncology patients were significantly smaller in height, width, and area than were drawings of 12 school children and 12 pediatric general surgery patients paired for sex and age.
(11) The mean villus height for each rat was calculated and compared by two-way ANOVA to determine the effects of time and treatment.
(12) The height of this plateau depended on the CS concentration.
(13) There was also a reduced crypt cell proliferation, a reduced villus height and a decreased ALP activity in the ileal mucosa.
(14) All of the parties have been trying to use Greece to their advantage.” On Monday, the governing People’s party pointed to the referendum to justify their decision to impose austerity measures during the height of the economic crisis.
(15) Weight, arm circumference and muscle area-for-height were calculated.
(16) Mean patient weight and height were 59.2 kg and 153.8 cm, respectively.
(17) This could distort the relation between height and forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1) as age increases.
(18) By making the incision inside the hairline, there is no increase in the height of the pubic hair.
(19) In pre-menopausal women no association has been found between increased height and weight as risk factors for breast cancer.
(20) An increase in height was also observed in the patients who received delayed zinc retardation.
Nadir
Definition:
(n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
(n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following parturition, NONLAC cows averaged 4.0 d to negative EB nadir and 14.3 d to first ovulation.
(2) Seven days of constant light, however, reverses this diurnal variation such that plasma prolactin levels peak at 11:30 AM and reach a nadir at approximately 11:30 PM.
(3) Microsomal protein synthesis as measured by [3H]leucine incorporation was also depressed in a dose-dependent fashion; however, inhibition did not reach the nadir until day 4, 1 day after renal dysfunction was established.
(4) A trend to a phase-advance of cortisol nadir and melatonin peak was seen in the acutely ill depressed patients with abnormal DST, possibly indicating an involvement of the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the hypothalamus.
(5) The time-related incidence of these cells entities--the appearance of "dusk" and "bright" cells at 5 min, transitory domination of "bright" cells and the nadir of "dusk" cells at 20 min, sporadic recognition of "bright" cells, lack of "dusk" cells at 45 min and the absence of both cell forms at 180 min--displayed that LP-reactive response promptly appeared and rapidly ceased.
(6) In women, but not in men, there was a rise in the risk of falling from 45 years, peaking in the 55-59 year age group, and sinking to a nadir at ages 70-74.
(7) The binding is highest in the early morning and reaches a nadir in the late afternoon.
(8) Strict criteria for dose adjustments according to nadir counts were applied.
(9) One became azoospermic at week 16, while the other's total sperm counts continued declining and reached a nadir of 1.4 million by week 20.
(10) The WBC nadir occurred at a median of 10 days and the median time required for normalization of the WBC was 18 days.
(11) The main toxicity was haematological with delayed leucopenia and thrombopenia (nadir: week 6).
(12) Nadir values coincided with maximal toxic granulation of the neutrophils.
(13) The circadian rhythm observed in patients with intermittent claudication has early evening peaks and a nocturnal trough with a nadir occurring after midnight and before 0400.
(14) Portsmouth , still looking for their first home win under Tony Adams, dominated the first 25 minutes, when Nadir Belhadj was outstanding.
(15) Pre-treatment concentrations of P-FN were within the reference range and significantly higher than the nadir value (p less than 0.05).
(16) A model was constructed according to these two parameters that significantly describes ln (nadir WBC) (p = 0.001).
(17) Following spontaneous horizontal roving eye movement, both eyes deviated downward slowly from midposition, taking 1 to 2 seconds to reach the nadir.
(18) Griffiths replaced Nadir Ciftci for the start of the second half after a dismal first 45 minutes from the home side and Ronny Deila’s men continued to struggle, with Bitton sent off in the 67th minute after picking up his second yellow card.
(19) The second pulse was of slightly lower amplitude, reaching a maximum of 2.3 to 8.0 fold over the control value and 1.25 to 2.5 fold over the preceding nadir.
(20) The period from 2004-5 was the nadir: some American DJs even emigrated to Berlin, where the work prospects were better.