(a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
(a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
(a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
(a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
(a.) Distance.
(v. t.) To lengthen.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
(2) A full-length cDNA encoding porcine heart aconitase was derived from lambda gt10 recombinant clones and by amplification of the 5' end of the mRNA.
(3) However, there was no correlation between the length of time PN was administered to onset of cholestasis and the gestational age or birth weight of the infants.
(4) Using the oocyte system to express size-fractionated mRNA, we have also determined that the mRNA coding for this protein is between 1.9-2.4 kilobases in length.
(5) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
(6) In view of reports of the reduction of telomeric repeats in human malignant tumors, we measured the lengths of telomeric repeats in 55 primary neuroblastomas.
(7) Overall length of stay found in this study (14.02 days) is considerably higher than Indian optimum.
(8) A cytogenetic and anatomopathologic study of an embryo of 24 mm crown-rump length showing pure triploidy (69,XXY) is reported.
(9) Both systems indicated that the Kupffer cell modified endotoxin by enriching the lipid content of the molecule and shortening the length of the O-antigen.
(10) The method used in connection with the well known autoplastic reimplantation not only presents an alternative to the traditional apicoectomy but also provides additional stabilization of the tooth by lengthing the root with cocotostabile and biocompatible A1203 ceramic.
(11) Expressed per centimeter of gut length, total DAO activity was also enhanced by +141% in segment B (P less than 0.05 vs controls) and by +87% in segment C (P less than 0.01 vs controls) of resected rats.
(12) Northern hybridization analysis of R. toruloides RNA with a restriction fragment encoding part of the PAL gene indicates that PAL mRNA is 2.5 kilobases in length.
(13) The polymerization of dATP, dCTP, and dGTP onto the defined length initiator, d(pA)10, has been carried out in four buffers.
(14) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
(15) lengths with the subjects equally divided into these four groups: distributed trials, distributed sessions; distributed trials, massed sessions; massed trials, distributed sessions; and massed trials, massed sessions.
(16) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
(17) The diastolic sarcomere length was not affected by the changes in thyroid state.
(18) All 3 drugs increased the basic cycle length of pacing at which VT was induced and the cycle time of the resulting VT.
(19) Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) were studied in a large Algerian family which includes 6 haemophiliacs and a previously described case of female haemophilia A.
(20) The mean length of the seminal vesicles was 2.98 cm.
Lozenge
Definition:
(n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
(n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
(n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
(n.) Anything in the form of lozenge.
(n.) A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
Example Sentences:
(1) A few minutes after sucking a lozenge for a sore throat a 68-year-old man developed an anaphylactic shock.
(2) When sucking sugarless lozenges the recorded pH values were between 5.8 and 7.0.
(3) Lozenges containing either 23 mg of elemental zinc or placebo were taken every 2 h. Eleven URI symptoms were rated daily on a scale of 0 (not present) to 3 (severe).
(4) Fentanyl was first developed in the 1960s as a general anesthetic, and it is still regularly administered by doctors, usually in the form of lozenges and patches, frequently for cancer patients.
(5) Within a couple of months I had gone up to 11 lozenges a day, and by the end of that year it became 30.
(6) For final analysis, 61 patients in the zinc lozenge group and 69 patients in the placebo lozenge group were evaluated.
(7) Only a lozenge formulation containing noscapine base fulfilled the requirements of taste acceptability and adequate release properties.
(8) It is concluded that the lozenges containing noscapine base may be a valuable alternative to the conventional noscapine hydrochloride mixture.
(9) The F content of the control slabs was significantly less than that of lozenge-treated and lozenge-treated-ART slabs throughout the depth of the lesion.
(10) The bioavailability of noscapine base administered in lozenges in a dose of 100 mg to twelve healthy volunteers, in a study using an open balanced cross-over design, was compared with that of 100 mg of noscapine hydrochloride given perorally as a mixture.
(11) Lined up alongside green, paper-skinned pistachios or buttery pecans, almonds – anaemic, lozenge-shaped, creamily bland – can seem rather dull.
(12) The enhancer seems to suppress the lozenge phenotype with regard to the length of the antenna but otherwise there is no effect of the modifiers with regard to antennae, tarsal claws, spermathecae or female reproductive capacity (the number of eggs oviposited or the number of adult progeny ensuring from females tested).
(13) The most prominent pH drop was found with a lozenge containing Purity Gum 40-sucrose-glucose, while tablets with gum arabic-maltitol and pectin-gelatine-Lycasin somewhat increased the pH values.
(14) After sucking a lozenge the opiate took 15 minutes to enter my bloodstream.
(15) Until 1971, the consumption was very moderate and less than one per cent of the children between 0 and 12 years of age used fluoride tablets or lozenges.
(16) This could account for the negative results of several clinical studies of this lozenge and similar formulations as treatment for the common cold.
(17) Moreover, electron microscopic findings revealed square, rectangular or lozenge-shaped small cystine crystal profiles in osmophilic dense bodies of the histiocytic cells and in the cytoplasm of the foam cells.
(18) With the lozenges, flow rate fell towards the unstimulated rate when the lozenges had dissolved.
(19) In study II a pH recovery of plaque and saliva after the sucrose rinse was recorded for both types of lozenge, but it was most pronounced for the active, buffering lozenge.
(20) hammered the Socialist François Hollande , his voice hoarse from a bruising schedule of campaign rallies fuelled by honey throat-lozenges.