(n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
(n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
(n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
(n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
(v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
(v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
(v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
(v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pentamidine aerosol was administered with an MA2 jet nebulizer.
(2) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(3) It was found that there was a substantial increase in mortality rates in the area under the jets where there was large noise radiation.
(4) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(5) Kiev said the jets were downed by a missile launched from Russian territory , and that the pilots had parachuted out.
(6) It's been a busy free-agency period for the Eagles, with Michael Vick going to the New York Jets and Mark Sanchez moving in the opposite direction .
(7) In all cases, the maximal velocity of the tricuspid regurgitation jet was measured by continuous wave Doppler ultrasound and the systolic pressure gradient between right ventricle and the right atrium was calculated by the modified Bernoulli equation.
(8) High-frequency two-way jet ventilation was achieved by adding reverse jet pulses inside the trachea through an intratracheal reverse jet system to the expiratory phase of common high-frequency jet ventilation.
(9) He knew how to shmooze Middle East clients and his al-Yamamah deal - under which jets were sold to Saudi Arabia - was the mid-1980s contract which secured his later position as executive chairman at BAE Systems .
(10) Angiographic features felt to indicate valve tearing were present following 17 of 25 procedures and included increased excursion or straightening of leaflets, localized change in leaflet motion (flail leaflet), and the presence of an additional contrast jet through the valve.
(11) The spatial distribution of simulated regurgitant jets imaged by Doppler color flow mapping was evaluated under constant flow and pulsatile flow conditions.
(12) Both intraobserver and interobserver correlations were excellent for mitral regurgitant jet areas (r = 0.97 and r = 0.93, respectively).
(13) Correlation of all Doppler color flow measurements with angiographic grades of mitral regurgitation were comparable, maximal jet area being closest at r = 0.76.
(14) The design of motor cycle helmets has been changing over the years and at the present time there are two basic types in popular use: "full-face" and "jet" helmets.
(15) He says that two dozen Delta Force commandos, Black Hawk helicopters, drones and fighter jets were involved in the rescue, adding “but we weren’t there”.
(16) But 30 minutes before takeoff on our private jet – like a top-end Lexus limo with wings – actress Rosamund Pike has heroically stepped in for the year's hot meal ticket: an El Bulli supper, pitch perfect for a selection of rare champagne, devised by Adrià with Richard Geoffroy, Dom Pérignon's effervescent chef de cave.
(17) The main damage mechanisms are plasma formation and expansion, emission of acoustic transients, and cavitation with jet formation.
(18) The 777 has enjoyed one of the safest records of any jetliner built.” Besides last year’s Asiana crash, the only other serious incident with the 777 came in January 2008 when a British Airways jet landed 305 metres short of the runway at London’s Heathrow airport.
(19) The researcher is completing a PhD on the superyacht scene and says the vessels are unique among prestige assets: unlike private jets they are not a useful mode of transport; unlike art and property, they always depreciate in value.
(20) IDC high-frequency jet ventilation and high-frequency, conventional mechanical ventilation produced nearly identical histologic injuries.
Ket
Definition:
(n.) Carrion; any filth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Otherwise, a positive relationship was found between antihypertensive effects of Ket and BPV.
(2) Moreover, MCTP-induced right ventricular hypertrophy was not attenuated by KET.
(3) The effect of ketanserin (KET), a specific 5-hydroxytryptamine2 (5-HT2) receptor blockade, on pressor response to vasoactive substances was examined in rats with one-kidney, one clip renal artery stenosis of 2 days' duration (2-day clipped rat) and in rabbits with renal artery stenosis of 3 days' duration (3-day clipped rabbits).
(4) KET alone also induced an up-regulation of cell surface beta adrenergic receptors.
(5) Pretreatment with Ket, similar to sulpiride (Sulp), a dopamine antagonist, potentiated the TRH-induced prolactin secretion.
(6) Ketanserin (Ket), a new serotonergic (5-HT2) antagonist, has recently been shown to block the estrogen-induced afternoon PRL surge (Endocrinology 120: 2070-2077, 1987).
(7) A horizontal flow-through coil planet centrifuge equipped with a rotatory frame holding three sets of composite column assemblies was used for purification of an endogenous ligand (ketanserin binding inhibitor) for the [3H]-ketanserin (3H-KET) recognition site.
(8) In ducks of the KET group, pHa, PaCO2, and PaO2, remained unchanged after administration of the drug.
(9) The combination of KET + HCTZ in the acute study reduced significantly systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures for up to 10 hrs.
(10) In the absence of estrogen, morphine inhibited LH release, and the response was delayed by METH or abolished by KET, suggesting mediation by serotonin2 (5HT2) receptors.
(11) (KET-IV group) or intracerebroventricular (KET-IC group) administration of 100 micrograms of ketanserin, 10 micrograms of CRF was given i.c.v.
(12) The purpose of this investigation was to determine in 17 stroke patients the correlation between two independent variables (knee extensor muscle torque [KET] and spasticity on the paretic side) and one dependent variable (gait speed).
(13) And now it’s been brought to a head.” The announcement came on the same day that Crystal Palace confirmed the signing of Martin Kelly from Liverpool, their fourth new arrival of the summer after Fraizer Campbell’s £900,000 move from Cardiff City and the free transfers of Brede Hangeland and Chris Kettings, formerly of Fulham and Blackpool respectively.
(14) Our study demonstrated that Ket is a powerful blood pressure lowering agent with no relevant side effects and no variations of heart rate.
(15) "I suppose the thing is that we like to be polite," says Joe, "and you can't do that when you've just done a fat line of ket before an interview."
(16) This approach was applied to microvascular networks represented by the Bra-Ket operator technique and accurately predicted the number of vessel segments in both tree-branched and loop-branched (arcade) networks.
(17) It permits the fitting of the Bateman equation C equals const [e-KEt -- e-KAt] or the equation C equals Be-KEt -- Ae-KAt to the observed plasma or serum concentration data after single extravascular administration of a drug.
(18) Computerized analysis of blood pressure (BP) was used to study for the effects of ketanserin (Ket) on BP and blood pressure variability (BPV).
(19) The effects of ketanserin (Ket), a serotonin (5-HT2) receptor antagonist, on DOI- and mCPP-, two 5-HT agonists, and TRH-induced PRL secretion were studied.
(20) Both demethyl KET and PMB had good affinity for such sites.