What's the difference between late and sound?

Late


Definition:

  • (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
  • (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
  • (v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
  • (v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
  • (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
  • (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
  • (a.) Not long ago; lately.
  • (a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is followed by rapid neurobehavioral deterioration in late infancy or early childhood, a developmental arrest, plateauing, and then either a course of retarded development or continued deterioration.
  • (2) We have addressed the effect of late intensification with autologous bone marrow transplantation on SCLC through a randomized clinical trial.
  • (3) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
  • (4) A domain containing a CA repeat, similar to ones found in other late, cAMP-induced Dictyostelium genes, is required for cAMP-induced and developmental expression.
  • (5) This experimental system allows separation of three B lymphocyte developmental stages: early differentiation in vitro, progression to IgM secretion in vivo, and late differentiation dependent upon mature T lymphocytes in vivo.
  • (6) Thus, successful thrombolysis decreases the frequency of ventricular ectopic activity and late potentials in the early postinfarction phase.
  • (7) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
  • (8) Blocks of hippocampal tissue containing the fascia dentata were taken from late embryonic and newborn rats and transplanted to the hippocampal region of other newborn and young adult rats.
  • (9) Psychological well-being and the level of psychological autonomy were studied in a group of 109 Jewish late adolescents in the USSR.
  • (10) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (11) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
  • (12) The fact that IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-5 regulate basophil function and viability in vitro demonstrates possible mechanisms for the regulation of basophil function and viability in IgE-mediated reactions (especially in late-phase reactions) in vivo by these factors.
  • (13) The rate of accumulation was highest late in infection and only the slower migrating form incorporates significant amounts of glucosamine.
  • (14) Results obtained from cumulative labeling and pulse-labeling and chase experiments with cells from late gastrulae, yolk plug-stage embryos, and neurulae showed that the 30S RNA is an intermediate in rRNA processing and is derived from 40S pre-rRNA and processed to 28S rRNA.
  • (15) In late May, more than 50 residents of Ust-Usa protested the effects of oil drilling and plans for a new oil well near the village.
  • (16) After early repair of congenital cardiovascular defects, such as coarctation of the aorta, late stenosis may become a problem.
  • (17) The Very Late Antigens (VLAs) are alpha beta heterodimeric transmembrane proteins mediating cell-substratum as well as cell-cell interactions.
  • (18) To determine if late viral genes contribute to target cell lysis, phosphonoacetic acid (PAA), an inhibitor of DNA polymerase activity, was used to block DNA replication that is required for expression of late viral proteins.
  • (19) Five late strokes were ipsilateral (1.8%) and six were contralateral (2.1%) to the operated carotid artery.
  • (20) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.

Sound


Definition:

  • (n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
  • (n.) A cuttlefish.
  • (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
  • (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
  • (superl.) Firm; strong; safe.
  • (superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
  • (superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
  • (superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
  • (superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
  • (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
  • (adv.) Soundly.
  • (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
  • (v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
  • (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
  • (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  • (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
  • (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
  • (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
  • (n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
  • (v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
  • (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
  • (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
  • (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
  • (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
  • (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
  • (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
  • (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The sound of the ambulance frightened us, especially us children, and panic gripped the entire community: people believe that whoever is taken into the ambulance to the hospital will die – you so often don’t see them again.
  • (2) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (3) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
  • (4) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
  • (5) Respiratory alteration in the intensity of heart sounds is one of the commonest auscultatory pitfalls.
  • (6) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
  • (7) It is felt that otologic surgery should be done before the pinna reconstruction as it is very important to try and introduce sound into these children at an early age.
  • (8) To evaluate the relationship between the motion pattern and degree of organic change of the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) and the features of the mitral component of the first heart sound (M1) or the opening snap (OS), 37 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) were studied by auscultation, phonocardiography and echocardiography.
  • (9) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (10) Among the epileptic patients investigated by the stereotactic E. E. G. (Talairach) whose electrodes were introduced at or around the auditory cortex (Area 41, 42), the topography of the auditory responses by the electrical bipolar stimulation and that of the auditory evoked potential by the bilateral click sound stimulation were studied in relation to the ac--pc line (Talairach).
  • (11) Seconds later the camera turns away as what sounds like at least 15 gunshots are fired amid bystanders’ screams.
  • (12) Not making a sound for 24 hours pretty nearly killed me.
  • (13) The decision of the editors to solicit a review for the Medical Progress series of this journal devoted to current concepts of the renal handling of salt and water is sound in that this important topic in kidney physiology has recently been the object of a number of new, exciting and, in some instances, quite unexpected insights into the mechanisms governing sodium excretion.
  • (14) Reduced mineral absorption is fairly well documented and has sound theoretical support from basic chemistry.
  • (15) Endogenous sound-induced (binaural) inhibition which is suggested to be GABA-mediated is also significantly reduced in IC neurons of the GEPR.
  • (16) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
  • (17) This paper reports two experiments concerned with verbal representation in the test stage of recognition memory for naturalistic sounds.
  • (18) Although sound pressure levels are high, they are probably reduced before reaching the cochlea of the fetus because of the surrounding amniotic fluid and the fluid in the middle ear.
  • (19) The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of listening experience on the perception of intraphonemic differences in the absence of specific training with the synthetic speech sounds being tested.
  • (20) Digital respirosonography provides an easy way to assess lung sound amplitudes, frequencies and timing over several breaths.