(n.) Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.
(n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
(n.) Induction.
(v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.
Example Sentences:
(1) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
(2) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
(3) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(4) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
(5) Experience of pain is modified by intern and extern influences, and it can appear very multiformly in the chronicity.
(6) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(7) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
(8) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
(9) The second amino acid residue influences not only the rate of reaction but also the extent of formation of the product of the Amadori rearrangement, the ketoamine.
(10) Neuroleptics (chlorpromazine, reserpine and haloperidol) had not such an influence, though they somewhat increased the general activity of the animals.
(11) The occupation of the high affinity calcium binding site by Ca(II) and Mn(II) does not influence the Cu(II) binding process, suggesting that there is no direct interaction between this site and the Cu(II) binding sites.
(12) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
(13) The influence of the hexylsalicylic acid (2) on the pharmacokinetic of the quinine (1), was studied using rabbits.
(14) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
(15) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
(16) However, it is easier for them to cope with anxiety because premedication pacifies the patients, whereas each of the dependent variables, such as apprehension, is influenced differently.
(17) It was hypothesized that compensatory restraining influences of surrounding soft tissues prevented a more severe facial malformation from occurring.
(18) Investigations on the influence of the diuresis effect on the results of quantitative estrogen and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) determination revealed that the estrogen values increase with the 24-hour amount of urine.
(19) Data is available to support the early influences of enamel organ epithelium upon a responding mesenchyme in the determination of dental morphogenetic fields (Dryburg, 1967; Miller, 1969).
(20) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
Spur
Definition:
(n.) A sparrow.
(n.) A tern.
(n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
(n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
(n.) Something that projects; a snag.
(n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
(n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
(n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
(n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
(n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
(n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
(n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
(n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
(n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
(n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
(n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
(n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
(v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
(v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
(v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
(v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(2) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(3) A 57-year-old man was envenomated via two spur wounds to the right hand from each hind leg of a male platypus.
(4) But it should also be noted that this Spurs team might be the best Spurs team ever, and they've had lots of good teams (including four previous championship teams).
(5) Traction spurs with segmental hypermobility were found more commonly at the L4-5 level in patients whose spines were not fused, particularly women.
(6) She would often say to me, “Don’t go under the house.” And just as her order to not look at the sexy films had spurred me on to do so, I would indeed look under the house.
(7) The uveal protrusion was replaced and a deep corneoscleral block was removed in front of the scleral spur in three cases, and electrocoagulation of the anterior edges of the trabeculectomy fistula was done in other three cases.
(8) Minutes later, Bolton demanded a penalty when Gary Cahill collapsed in the Spurs box after a tackle by Pienaar.
(9) Boris Johnson , the London mayor, got into hot water last week when he praised the value of greed as a spur to progress and controversially suggested some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs.
(10) A similar rally in 2007 is widely credited with spurring on Malaysia's opposition movement, which won a landslide victory in the 2008 elections.
(11) As the political pendulum has swung over the decades, these competing archetypes have spurred endless innovations from inflation-linked bonds to free TV licences.
(12) He explains: "Spurs spend a lot of money but only sign players who are 20 or 22 because they're thinking of future sales.
(13) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
(14) The council took CPO proceedings after the firm would not agree a price to sell up to Spurs; a judgment is expected next month.
(15) 1.44am BST Heat 19-30 Spurs, 11:00 remaining in 2nd quarter Splitter assists Ginobili who hits a jumper, this Spurs run continues.
(16) The pope, whose foray into diplomacy helped spur negotiations between the US and Cuba , is expected to address the topic in a speech before the UN in New York in September.
(17) Rapid population growth, exacerbating a chronic lack of jobs and economic opportunity, is another powerful spur.
(18) A belated acknowledgement of the damage inflicted by decades of stagnated earnings and inequality have meant pay levels have rightly climbed to prominence, in part spurred by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders who put fair pay at the heart of his campaign attempts to secure the Democratic nomination for president.
(19) Iran Saudi Arabia China Which Chinese Super League club signed former Spurs midfielder Paulinho in 2015?
(20) But Spurs built up a final head of steam and after Gomes punched clear Trippier’s initial cross, a second fell to Son at the near post and he back-heeled the ball past Gomes.