What's the difference between keck and kneck?

Keck


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit.
  • (n.) An effort to vomit; queasiness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An analysis of the results obtained with the use of the Keck and Kelly osteotomy in conjunction with resection of the osseous prominence is then performed on 18 such procedures.
  • (2) The enzymes have been purified and have been shown to differ in some of their molecular properties [Mett, H., Keck, W., Funk, A.
  • (3) Activation of vaccinia virus late gene transcription is dependent on DNA replication and the expression of three genes: A1L, A2L, and G8R (J. G. Keck, C. J. Baldick, Jr., and B. Moss, Cell 61:801-809, 1990).
  • (4) Finkelstein used the Mosfire (Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-red Exploration) instrument on the Keck telescope to survey 43 distant galaxies that had been glimpsed by the Hubble Space Telescope but never confirmed.
  • (5) When combined the two domains catalyze mannitol phosphorylation at the expense of phospho-HPr (van Weeghel, R. P., Meyer, G. H., Pas, H. H., Keck, W. H., and Robillard, G. T., Biochemistry in press).
  • (6) James Gauderman , professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and his team, who have run the Children’s Health Study for two decades and who first identified a link between air pollution and impaired children’s lung function, report that as a result of the clean-up, today’s children can breathe more easily.
  • (7) Keck first drew attention to this entity in 1962, and was followed by Lam in the same year.
  • (8) The astronomers used the Keck and Gemini telescopes on the island, according to a study in the journal Science.
  • (9) Since Keck described the tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) in 1962, it has been one of the most frequently diagnosed of the entrapment neuropathies.
  • (10) The assignments were based on coupling constants taken from Keck et al.
  • (11) These two newly discovered supermassive black holes were found by analysing data from the Hubble Space Telescope and two of the biggest ground-based telescopes in the world, the Gemini North and Keck 2 facilities in Hawaii.
  • (12) Researchers detected the galaxy with a new infrared instrument that was fitted last year to the Keck telescope that sits on the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii.

Kneck


Definition:

  • (n.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Evaluation of cervical distraction vs traction weight indicates that Ftraction = kneck delta x; where F = traction weight and x = distraction at the injured level.
  • (2) The constant, kneck, is different for bilateral and unilateral dislocations (P less than .001) and is a function of magnitude of injury and neck morphology.

Words possibly related to "keck"

Words possibly related to "kneck"