What's the difference between inc and sesquipedalian?

Inc


Definition:

  • (n.) A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.

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  • (1) This is an edited extract from Across the Seas – Australia’s Response to Refugees: A History by Klaus Neumann, published by Black Inc. Books and on-sale now .
  • (2) The transference by conjugation of protease genetic information between Proteus mirabilis strains only occurs upon mobilization by a conjugative plasmid such as RP4 (Inc P group).
  • (3) A new type of artificial blood, pyridoxylated hemoglobin-polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP) solution, (developed by PHP research group of the department of health and welfare of Japan, and produced by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo) as an oxygen-carrying component, has been recently devised using hemoglobin obtained from hemolyzed human erythrocytes.
  • (4) Two high-resolution (Hi-Res) ECG systems (MAC-12, Marquette Electronics, Inc (MEI), Milwaukee, WI and LVP101, Arrhythmia Research Technology (ART), Austin, TX) were tested on 143 subjects (13 controls and 130 cardiac patients, 21 of whom were tested for inducible ventricular tachycardia [VT]).
  • (5) Each subject applied a vehicle cream containing 0.075% capsaicin (Axsain, GalenPharma Inc.) to a 4 cm2 area of skin on one volar forearm and vehicle alone to an identical treatment area on the other forearm, according to a double-blind procedure.
  • (6) Keepy-uppys should be a simple skill for a professional footballer, so when Tom Ince clocked himself in the face with the ball while preparing to take a corner early in the second half, even he couldn't help but laugh.
  • (7) Blood pressure was measured by the oscillometric method using the blood pressure monitor 90202 from SpaceLabs, Inc.. All patients received an additional therapy either with captopril (group A, n = 17) or enalapril (group B, n = 16) in random order.
  • (8) Recombinant interferon alfa-2a (Roferon-A, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ) has been evaluated in clinical trials of more than 1300 patients with a broad spectrum of oncologic disease.
  • (9) Morphologically dissimilar colonies were isolated and identified using standard gram-positive and gram-negative identification strips (Analytab Products, Inc. [API]).
  • (10) For one member of the first type plasmids it was shown that the cloned Inc+-specific insertion derived from the region of location of the EcoRI restriction site.
  • (11) Levels of blood pressure measured by the conventional auscultatory method were compared with those measured by the Dinamap Monitor (Dinamap Monitor 1846 SX, Critikon Inc, Tampa, Fla), an oscillometric device.
  • (12) A prospective randomized study was undertaken to compare compliance efficacy and cost of the elastic nylon pressure garment (Jobst Institute, Inc., Toledo, Ohio) with the cotton elastic pressure garment (Tubigrip, SePro Healthcare Inc., Montgomeryville, Penn.).
  • (13) The opening price valued the shares at about 22 times forecast 2014 sales, nearly double that multiple at social media rivals Facebook Inc and LinkedIn Corp.
  • (14) As I outlined during our meeting, I believe we can strengthen both of our companies by bringing them together, enhancing their worldwide scale and scope, and capitalizing on significant opportunities, building on the position of Kraft Foods Inc. ("Kraft Foods") as a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals for the benefit of all of our respective stakeholders.
  • (15) All programmings were accomplished using a relational database management system (R:base 5000, Microrim, Inc.).
  • (16) Graft survival rates of ABO-Id, ABO-Comp and ABO-Inc OHT at one year were 47, 38 and 19 per cent, respectively (p less than 0.02).
  • (17) The intracellular distribution of ligandin and Z protein was studied by applying the peroxidase-antiperoxidase procedure of L. A. Sternberger (Immunocytochemistry, Prentice Hall Inc., 1974) to paraffin sections and free-floating 10-micrometers frozen sections that were processed for both light and electron microscopy.
  • (18) The safety and efficacy of sodium and meglumine ioxaglate (Hexabrix, Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, MO), a new low-osmolality contrast agent, and Hypaque Meglumine 60% (Wintrop-Breon, Inc., New York, NY) were compared for contrast-enhanced computed cranial tomographic scanning.
  • (19) Richard Master is CEO and founder of MCS Industries, Inc, the leading US supplier of picture frames and decorative mirrors, with $170m in sales, 160 US employees and factories in Mexico and China.
  • (20) One hundred and three adults completed a double-blind, 6-month controlled study to assess the effects of rinsing with Plax (Oral Care Division of Pfizer Inc., New York, NY) before brushing on plaque, gingivitis and calculus.

Sesquipedalian


Definition:

  • (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

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