What's the difference between kilo and kino?

Kilo


Definition:

  • (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In work to determine whether X-radiation could be used to induce tumors of the colon in outbred Holtzman rats, a technique was devised so that only the descending colon could be irradiated with a collimated X-ray beam and tumorigenic exposures in the kilo-Roentgen range were delivered.
  • (2) In addition, livestock-rearing can use up to 200 times more water a kilogram of meat compared to a kilo of grain.
  • (3) Kadyrov also gave the happy couple an unusual wedding present – "a five kilo lump of gold".
  • (4) The lyam-1 gene spans greater than 30 kilo base pairs of DNA and is composed of at least 10 exons.
  • (5) Every kilo of conventionally produced meat requires 4kg-10kg of feed, whereas cultured meat significantly increases efficiency by using only 2kg of feed.
  • (6) "Fisherwomen, who before in a week would get 20 to 30 kilos of shellfish, now take a whole week to get 2 or 3 kilos," says De Alcántara, sitting on a folding metal chair in a dusty meeting hall.
  • (7) Dr Carol Kerven counts the human cost: goat herders in Inner Mongolia are shortchanged, selling their goat hair for as little as $2.30 a kilo.
  • (8) The single mRNA transcript corresponding to rPLP-A is 1 kilo-base in length and first appears at Day 14 of pregnancy, 2 days later than rPLII mRNA, and then increases and remains at high levels until term.
  • (9) There’s at least a kilo to come out, probably more.
  • (10) In ergometric studies, a significant difference was also noted in the following parameters: total time of exercise, burden in kilos, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the underlevel of ST.
  • (11) I can't get any milk for the children except if someone falls ill, then I have to buy a kilo of milk for 1,200 Syrian pounds [£5].
  • (12) The length of these intervals may correspond to unmethylated sections of chromosomal DNA of about 23 to 58 kilo base pairs.
  • (13) Rice is a water-intensive crop; it takes more than 2,500 litres of water to produce one kilo (pdf).
  • (14) The cDNA insert of approximately 2.2 kilo base pairs was excised and subcloned into plasmid pUC8.
  • (15) Run on Brazil's popular self-service, per-kilo model, the buffet features a fine variety of savoury, salad and vegetable dishes, as well as a coffee counter, where you can polish off an espresso and a slice of cake before ducking in to one of the exhibitions elsewhere in this tall building.
  • (16) Autopsies on four of the horses found no evidence of disease and tests revealed caesium levels at 200 becquerels per kilo – twice as high as the government-set safety limit for agricultural produce, but not high enough to immediately threaten their health.
  • (17) The RPE-CM was fractionated into three fractions; molecular weight of more than 30 kilo Daltons (kDa) (30 kDa fraction), between 10 and 30 kDa (10 kDa-30 kDa fraction), and less than 10 kDa (10 kDa fraction).
  • (18) A convenient method of interstitial radiation therapy can be quickly and easily accomplished using absorbable Vicryl-125I sutures which offer these general advantages: long shelf life, 60 day half-life; low energy, 28 kilo electron volts, permitting patients to leave the hospital; good geometric and anatomic distribution of 125I seeds which remain in place after implantation; less radiation exposure to the operating and attending personnel due to this low energy plus the reduced exposure time provided by quick implantation; removal unnecessary, reducing exposure time; implantation using minor surgical equipment; dosage determination easily calculated; hospitalization, from the standpoint of radioactivity, unnecessary.
  • (19) How to donate Human Appeal UK-based charity Human Appeal has delivered more than 10.3m kilos of flour across Syria, feeding more than 10 million people.
  • (20) It's a slightly different approach than Rio's ubiquitous "kilo" joints, where diners fill up their plates and pay by weight.

Kino


Definition:

  • (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pope decries 'inhuman' conditions for migrants on US-Mexico border Read more Last Christmas, though, the Jesuit reverend who runs Kino discovered that a very powerful man is paying close attention.
  • (2) The complete amino acid sequence of a novel immunomodulatory protein, ling zhi-8 (LZ-8), isolated from a fungus, Ganoderma lucidium (Kino, K., Yamashita, A., Yamaoka, K., Watanabe, J., Tanaka, S., Ko, K., Shimizu, K., and Tsunoo, H. (1989) J. Biol.
  • (3) I suspect he may say something along those lines, urging Congress through its work and its policies to embrace this culture of encounter.” At a time of brazen political grandstanding on the subject of migration, the pope’s forthcoming visit, interest in the issue and connection with the group has for many migrants “been a source of encouragement for them, from the conversations I’ve had at least”, said Joanna Williams, Kino’s director of education and advocacy.
  • (4) These values are quite agreeable with the estimate of the nutritional score of the amino acid mixtures in an earlier report (Kino and Okumura, 1986).
  • (5) Kino is a binational partnership of religious organisations and much of its humanitarian work is done quietly, arranged from an anonymous office on the Arizona side that is barely a minute’s walk from the fences and crossings that rudely slice through the conurbation and make the downtowns seem like estranged twins.
  • (6) A new report by Kino and the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States underlines shortcomings in the US’s treatment of detainees.
  • (7) Within days of the foundation of the Colony at Sydney Cove in 1788, therapeutic experiments with wild currants, Eucalyptus kino (Botany Bay kino), and local "greens" were being undertaken.
  • (8) While they wait, many head to shelters run by the Kino Border Initiative to receive food, clothing and comfort.
  • (9) A large amount of the novel immunomodulatory protein Ling Zhi-8 (LZ-8) is synthesized in the mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum (Kino, K., Yamashita, A., Yamaoka, K., Watanabe, J., Tanaka, S., Ko, K., Shimizu, K., and Tsunoo, H. (1989) J. Biol.
  • (10) In accordance with the data obtained by Kino (J. molec, cell.
  • (11) What our people are facing is part of a series of attempts to uproot them from here,” Kino Gabriel, one of the leaders of the Syriac Military Council, said by telephone from Hassakeh.
  • (12) Hemoglobin-haptoglobin, administered intravenously to rats, is cleared from the circulation and incorporated exclusively into liver parenchymal cells through the receptor specific for the molecule (Kino, K., Tsunoo, H., Higa, Y., Takami, M., Hamaguchi, H., and Nakajima, H. (1980) J. Biol.
  • (13) Biochemical and immunohistochemical characterizations of the epitope recognized by a monoclonal antibody, JK-132, originally produced against human type IV collagen showed that it was distinct from the previously reported monoclonal antibody, JK-199 (Kino et al, J Biochem 1988, 103:829-835).
  • (14) In October, Sean Carroll and a group of high school students wrote to Pope Francis to let him know about Kino’s work and invite him to the border.
  • (15) When night falls there’s countless drinking spots to choose from; Ölhallen 7:an is a historic beer hall, while Bar Kino , next to Hagabions Cafe, is a popular alt hang out.
  • (16) You’re either deporting them back to a dangerous situation or they’re stuck in southern Mexico where they’re vulnerable to organised crime.” He spoke in Kino’s conference room, occasionally interrupted by the blare of horns from goods trains clanking across the border.
  • (17) As a measure of how many people Kino serves, Carroll said that last year the organisation gave out 38,677 meals, mostly to deportees (some had more than one meal).
  • (18) The mixed oligonucleotide probes for LZ-8 cDNA were designed from the results of protein sequencing (Tanaka, S., Ko, K., Kino, K., Tsuchiya, K., Yamashita, A., Murasugi, A., Sakuma, S., and Tsunoo, H. (1989) J. Biol.

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