(a.) Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
Example Sentences:
(1) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(2) Historical analysis shows that institutions and special education services spring from common, although not identical, societal and philosophical forces.
(3) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
(4) At its vanguard is the historic quarter of Barriera di Milano, which is being transformed by an influx of artists and galleries.
(5) On Friday, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry appeared to confirm those fears, telling reporters that the joint declaration, a deal negotiated by London and Beijing guaranteeing Hong Kong’s way of life for 50 years, “was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance”.
(6) When compared with a matched group of historical control subjects treated with RT alone, chemotherapy induced a higher rate of neurologic response and led to a longer survival time.
(7) This paper provides power formulae for historically controlled studies with survival time endpoints, and considers two designs.
(8) Historically, councils and housing associations have tended to build three-bedroom houses, because that has always been seen as a sensible size for a family home.
(9) This month, Ucas will bring out an interactive map of Gaza , with live updates, highlighting sports events and restaurants, as well as areas of historical interest.
(10) Historical reality suggests the concept of socially necessary risk determined through the dialectic process in democracy.
(11) The ANC has the historical responsibility to lead our nation and help build a united non-racial society."
(12) But we need politicians to break out of historical routines.
(13) The arrival on Monday was another first for the two countries since Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced a historic rapprochement in December 2014, and comes weeks after Obama’s visit to the Caribbean island.
(14) And that is why we have taken bold action at home – by making historic investments in renewable energy; by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings; and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.
(15) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
(16) Historically, research into the regulation of gene expression in primate lentiviruses has focused on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the primary cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans.
(17) The art Kennard produced formed the basis of his career, as he recounted later: “I studied as a painter, but after the events of 1968 I began to look for a form of expression that could bring art and politics together to a wider audience … I found that photography wasn’t as burdened with similar art historical associations.” The result was his STOP montage series.
(18) Long-standing providers preferred a categorical approach in order to maintain a diverse political coalition for an historically invisible service.
(19) Historically, what made SNL’s campaign coverage so necessary was its ability to highlight the subtle absurdities of the election and exaggerate the ridiculous.
(20) World leaders must reach a historic agreement to fight climate change and poverty at coming talks in Paris, facing the stark choice to either “improve or destroy the environment”, Pope Francis said in Africa on Thursday.
Palatinate
Definition:
(n.) The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.
(v. t.) To make a palatinate of.
Example Sentences:
(1) Most often, constrictor fibres follow the course of the pterygo-palatine nerve, when dilator fibres follow the infraorbital nerve.
(2) In the mouse, Meissner corpuscles, glomerular corpuscles, and Merkel cell nerve endings were seen in every palatine ruga, though the first antemolar ruga also contained simple and atypical lamellated corpuscles.
(3) If the abnormal sensation, such as a lump or choking, in the throat was mainly caused by inflammatory changes in the palatine tonsils or their surrounding tissues and conveyed via vagal nerve branches distributing there, the sensation might be reduced by topically injected Impletol (Procaine and caffeine in saline solution), i.e.
(4) The purpose of tonsillectomy is the complete removal of the palatine tonsils with minimal blood loss while avoiding unnecessary trauma to adjacent tissue.
(5) For the purpose of ascertaining the peculiarities of cellular differentiation of lymphoid cells of the palatine tonsils experiments were conducted on rabbits immunized intravenously and subcutaneously with streptococcus and paratyphoid B antigens; a study was made (in the blast-transformation reaction) of a comparative response of the lymphocytes of the palatine tonsils, the thymus, the spleen, the appendix and the regional lymph node.
(6) A study was made of the production of a blastogenic factor and lymphotoxin in the cultures of lymphocytes of the palatine tonsils removed from patients with chronic tonsillitis; the activity of this blastogenic factor and lymphotoxin was studied in the test-cultures of autologous and allogenic lymphocytes and the transplantable HeLa cells.
(7) She also has no serious rivals in the CDU, which still emerged as the biggest party in Baden-Württemberg and made small gains in a separate vote in neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate.
(8) The teeth were loaded up to breaking at their palatinal crown surfaces.
(9) As for specimens of total 118 tonsils, 52 palatine tonsils obtained at autopsy and 66 palatine tonsils obtained by tonsillectomy from patients with the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitis were used.
(10) The activity and isoenzyme profile of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline and acid phosphatase were studied in tumors of the tongue, cheek, oral floor, soft palate and palatine tonsils (n = 100), leukoplakia (n = 7) and in the oral mucosa at corresponding sites in healthy subjects (n = 66), to develop tests for early detection, monitoring and prognosis of oral cancer.
(11) The palatine fibromucosa is not the same throughout the various regions of the palatine vault and its role differs in maxillary growth.
(12) Similar distribution patterns also were observed in palatine rugae that had received mechanical stimulus during fixation.
(13) The results obtained in the present study suggest that prostaglandins may play an important role in normal differentiation of the developing palatine region.
(14) In light of the following findings the authors conclude that toxoplasme tonsillitis did not occur in their series: toxoplasma antibodies failed to be increased; their titers in seropositive children were low; toxoplasma was not isolated from tonsillar tissue; no direct microscopic evidence of the parasite could be established in smears of cell aspirate from lymph nodes regional to the palatine tonsils; the same smears failed to present the cytopathologic picture characteristic of nodal toxoplasmosis.
(15) Cortisone also reduces fetal muscular movements, which may explain why displacement of the tongue from between the palatine shelves is delayed.
(16) Cell suspensions of human bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and palatine tonsils have been investigated for the presence of intracellular immunoglobulins by a direct immunofluorescence technique, using monospecific antisera against human Ig heavy chains alpha, mu and gamma and light chains kappa and lambda.
(17) From these findings, it is concluded that the lingual tonsil transiently responds to aging from the first to the 2nd decade, when the pharyngeal and palatine tonsils have dominant functions, and becomes active from the 4th to 5th decades, followed by a decrease in function after the 6th decade though its activity persists in elderly individuals.
(18) The distance of the foveola palatina from the papilla incisiva and palatinal raphe was measured.
(19) We describe a method for determining the nickel content of small tissue samples by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry in this case biopsy specimens from human palatine tonsils.
(20) This study compares the effects of a pulsed laser and a continuous laser on freshly removed human palatine tonsils and skeletal muscle tissue.