What's the difference between illuminable and lighter?

Illuminable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being illuminated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is concluded that in the mouse model the ability of buspirone to reduce the aversive response to a brightly illuminated area may reflect an anxiolytic action, that the dorsal raphe nucleus may be an important locus of action, and that the effects of buspirone may reflect an interaction at 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors.
  • (2) With this system, a brain region loaded with fura-2 was illuminated by a rotating disc bearing three different interference filters of 340, 360 and 380 nm at a rate of 600 rpm.
  • (3) Naloxone injection into those rats exposed to constant illumination significantly increased hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin compared to saline injected controls.
  • (4) These data show an extra-hepatic lipolytic effect of glucagon in vivo, but do not illuminate the significance of this effect in the intact animal.
  • (5) The illumination of the F1-ATPase complexes with NAB-ADP or NAB-GDP leads to the covalent binding of one nucleotide analogue molecule to the enzyme and to the irreversible inactivation of F1-ATPase.
  • (6) Both eosin derivatives, however, inactivate acetylcholinesterase upon illumination of air-equilibrated samples of hemoglobin-free labeled ghosts.
  • (7) This 520-nm change can be used for the continuous measurement of pH changes in thylakoids during steady-state illumination.
  • (8) Photosynthetic activity of the cells was checked by placing the cell evenly illuminated in a (14)CO(2) atmosphere.
  • (9) The visual processes revealed in these experiments are considered in terms of inferred illumination and surface reflectances of objects in natural scenes.
  • (10) The second triplet, which was stable in the dark at 4.2 K following illumination, was assigned to the radical pair Donor+I-.
  • (11) Superoxide anion (O2.-) was photogenerated upon illumination of riboflavin in fluorescent light.
  • (12) One of these has high sporulation-inducing activity after illumination in vitro.
  • (13) Upon illumination, a dark-adapted photosynthetic sample shows time-dependent changes in chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence yield, known as the Kautsky phenomenon or the OIDPS transient.
  • (14) The effects of continuous illumination, adrenalectomy and induction or inhibition of microsomal enzymes on antipyretic action of phenacetin were evaluated.
  • (15) Out of the seabird whoops and thrashing drumming of the intro to Endangered Species come guitar-sax exchanges that sound like Prime Time’s seething fusion soundscapes made illuminatingly clearer.
  • (16) As the differential diagnosis between Crohn's disease and appendicitis is difficult and the surgical approach to the appendix in the presence of Crohn's disease is controversial, we illuminate some practical points in the preoperative evaluation of these patients and deal with the question of whether appendectomy should be performed in these patients.
  • (17) superficial or interstitial illumination) and the optical interaction coefficients of the irradiated tissue.
  • (18) Activity was stimulated by the change in illumination levels at dawn and dusk.
  • (19) On prolonged UV-A illumination the ESR spectrum of 16-doxylstearic acid in dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine vesicles loaded with 8-methoxypsoralen changed dramatically as a second broad component gradually appeared.
  • (20) All plasma porphyrins could be protected for several days from similar photodegradation by performing all blood drawing, processing, and assay procedures under ordinary red-incandescent illumination, and by storage in the dark.

Lighter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
  • (n.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
  • (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By the 1860s, French designs were using larger front wheels and steel frames, which although lighter were more rigid, leading to its nickname of “boneshaker”.
  • (2) These animals spent a much greater portion of their SWS in the lighter SWS I, as compared to the control group which showed a predominance of the deeper SWS II.
  • (3) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
  • (4) These denser gradient fractions were rich in synaptosomes containing norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine, while synaptosomes in lighter portions of the gradients were rich in gamma-aminobutyric acid and other amino acids.
  • (5) An analysis of the IQs for heavier and lighter birthweight twins suggests that the main effect of the identical twin transfusion syndrome is to lower the IQ of the lighter birthweight twin, rather than to raise the IQ of the more fortunate partner or to influence the IQ of both members.
  • (6) Nafazatrom-treated mice tended to have lighter tumours.
  • (7) When the lipid mixture containing dimyristoylglycerophosphocholine, cholesterol, dipalmitoylglycerophosphoserine and dipalmitoylglycerophosphoethanolamine at molar ratios of 54:35:10:1 was reconstituted with alpha- and beta gamma-subunits of Go-proteins purified to homogeneity from bovine brain, the lipid-rich lighter vesicle fraction I took up these subunits nearly exclusively.
  • (8) Lighter calves developed hypomagnesaemia more readily and fast-growing calves had lower plasma urea concentrations.
  • (9) The basophilic, HD-rich cells appear to replace the lighter HD-poor cells.
  • (10) The documentary has its lighter moments, too – not all of them intentional.
  • (11) A centrifugal method of red cell density separation was utilized for unit processing in these studies to determine the quality of the lighter fraction (neocytes) after storage for up to 42 d and to evaluate whether the heavier fraction (gerocytes) deteriorated more rapidly than neocytes during storage.
  • (12) Throughout the investigation the weekly mean weight of affected birds was very significantly lighter (P less than 0.001) than that of unaffected and control birds.
  • (13) In these six pairs a normal ponderal index in the lighter twin members was associated with poorer growth than a low ponderal index.
  • (14) Area 17 projected most heavily to the dorsal stratum opticum (SO) and lower half of stratum griseum superficiale (SGS) with lighter label extending up to the collicular surface.
  • (15) Birthweights of affected lambs were usually significantly lighter than those of unaffected lambs of similar sex and birth-type, and their mean duration of gestation was slightly, and significantly, prolonged.
  • (16) If you're in doubt of the impact this can have, "brand imagery" studies show that when participants smoke the exact same cigarettes presented in lighter coloured packs, or in packs with "mild" in the name, they rate the smoke as lighter and less harsh, simply through the power of suggestion.
  • (17) The problem is that rugby is a winter sport, played in stodgy conditions up north that don’t really allow for the development of faster, lighter genuine open-side flankers who can match the likes of Richie McCaw, David Pocock, Francois Louw and Michael Hooper.
  • (18) These findings suggest that patients with Parkinson's disease, when performing under a motor program mode, have difficulty in initiating a sequence and making a transition to lighter force levels after a stressed tap.
  • (19) After 6 weeks, female treated and control rats had comparable weight gains, but male treated rats were significantly lighter than controls.
  • (20) Possible reasons for this include fewer poor-risk patients, a lighter level of anaesthesia involving controlled ventilation, and the replacement of uriodone (Diodone) by less toxic contrast media.

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