(n.) A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.
Example Sentences:
(1) Slope conductances, determinable for substates II, V and VI (4.8, 11.7 and 14.0, respectively), are also consistent with six conductance substates which are integer multiples of a smallest conductance (state I).
(2) It is clear from these measurements (1) that there is no primary kinetic isotope effect and hence that hydrogen abstraction is not rate determining to the exchange and (2) that only one (as the closest integer) methyl hydrogen exchanges per turnover.
(3) For the normal ears, the psychometric functions were nonmonotonic, showing minima for gap durations corresponding to integer multiples of the signal period (n ms, where n is a positive integer) and maxima for durations corresponding to (n - 0.5) ms. For the impaired ears, the psychometric functions showed only small (nonsignificant) nonmonotonicities.
(4) The molecular weight of izupeptin A was determined to be 1,475 by SI (secondary ion)-MS (integer molecular weight, 1,473), and it contains two chlorine atoms.
(5) The first study used binary integer programming with a sample of 2343 children evaluated with the DDST in Denver's Neighborhood Health Program.
(6) The insertion, which splits the original telomere and causes a significant reduction in the size of the telomeric structure, is shown to consist of an integer number of subtelomeric repeats typical of P.berghei, flanked on both sides by telomere-derived motifs.
(7) It was found that the duration of short pauses was a multiple integer of the mean interspike interval of surrounding discharges.
(8) The development of a method for dialysis planning serves as a platform to demonstrate the use of integer programming to support decision making.
(9) For systematic sectioning with a random start, it has been recently shown that V is unbiased when m, the ratio between projected object length and section distance, is an integer number (Cruz-Orive 1985).
(10) Among test integers 6 through 33, the number 30, approximating the 29.53-day lunar-synodic month, was consistently and statistically a best-fit multiple to the data.
(11) The results support those of simplified models in showing that drug toxicity to the host may be minimized when the dosing interval is an integer multiple of the average cycle time of the host susceptible cells.
(12) A formal approach to incorporating travel times into dialysis planning, based on the formulation and solution of a mixed-integer programming model, is presented.
(13) Each subject's data were analyzed by spectral analysis (based on the fast Fourier transform), which detected apparent LRC (rates within 1% of a single-digit integer ratio) in 12 (40%) of the 30 test settings.
(14) We also show how the two-dimensional distribution of the noise variance in a CT image is a weighted superposition of images obtained by backprojecting integer powers of the noiseless projection data corresponding to the scanned object.
(15) For the integer data, there were no significant differences in speech intelligibility for 8- to 16-bit conversion.
(16) A non-linear integer programming procedure is used to find reasonable solutions to this problem.
(17) We have combined these results into a Law of Mortality, based on a Weibull function containing only integer parameters and constants, which is valid for all human age-related disease mortality.
(18) For instance, eye movements were made across an integer and odd number of checks in order to mimic the pattern reversal.
(19) minimal nonrandomness) composition, admitting non-integer values of ni; the integer level with optimal integer composition; the noise level, represented by a typical random cain; and the real protein level.
(20) These models predict that toxicity to the host of cell-cycle-phase-specific drugs can be minimised if the dosing interval is an integer multiple of the average intermitotic interval of the susceptible host cells.
Successor
Definition:
(n.) One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.
Example Sentences:
(1) Environmental campaigners had been apprehensive about the chances of the Senate ratifying a new international treaty – a successor to the Kyoto protocol – to combat global warming unless a consensus had already been reached on Capitol Hill.
(2) As luck would have it, the outgoing Bartlet and his successor, Matt Santos, are currently dealing with a foreign crisis, too.
(3) With Everton heading for a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League, the additional television revenue and prospect of further funds from Fellaini, the club are confident of appointing an "equally significant" successor to Moyes, according to the chairman, Bill Kenwright.
(4) The chances of Sam Allardyce becoming the next England manager have been enhanced by his willingness to help the Football Association to mentor a young assistant who would be groomed as his successor.
(5) Academisation and a school system on the brink | Letters Read more Perry Beeches has been a favourite of Cameron, as well as former education secretary Michael Gove and his successor Nicky Morgan .
(6) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
(7) Others believe that, despite the fact that some of his closest lieutenants are among those indicted by US authorities, he planned to use the time until the new election to ease a favoured successor into the post.
(8) With the White House backing away and fellow Republicans openly considering successors, Mr Lott's hard-fought campaign to sit out the controversy appeared doomed.
(9) Arapahovius seems to have had no phylogenetic successors.
(10) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
(11) 'Have a thick skin' – sex discrimination commissioner's advice to her successor Read more Labor said it was “a disgrace for women everywhere” that the government was delaying appointing a replacement for Elizabeth Broderick, the long-serving commissioner whose term expired four months ago.
(12) But the damage from the whole affair and inevitable scrutiny of her successor might just mean they take a more even-handed approach to the job.
(13) The constitution states that he will remain president until his successor is elected,” Kikaya said.
(14) The two reformists Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have sought to portray themselves as the true heirs of the Islamic revolution's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, but this tactic has since worn thin and Khomeini's successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped up his drive to paint Mousavi and Karroubi as western-run heretics.
(15) Spain goes to the polls at the weekend to find a successor to the administration of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
(16) Also note chatter of Bernanke stepping down next week (6-weeks early), if successor Yellen gained full Senate approval, allowing her to chair the December FOMC meeting.
(17) The process to select his successor will be independent of government, but we will be keeping a close eye on the situation.
(18) It was in that period that Ronald Reagan lent official US recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation, making a move that would have been too costly for his successor, Bush the elder.
(19) Political conflict stemming from parliamentary disputes should be resolved within the legislative council.” Earlier this month, and just one day after Leung’s successor was elected in a controversial election, police announced they would charge nine people involved in the 2014 democracy protests.
(20) De Boer's successor's first tasks will be to keep the US aboard the negotiations and to clear up the vexed question of the legal status of the Copenhagen accord , the deal struck at Copenhagen by a small group but not endorsed by a majority of countries.