(a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
(a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that linear extrapolations of log k' versus ET(30) plots to the polarity of unmodified aqueous mobile phase gave a more reliable value of log k'w than linear regressions of log k' versus volume percent.
(2) There was a linear increase in the dimensions of these zones after the chewing.
(3) Photoirradiation of F1 in the presence of the analog leads to inactivation depending linearly on the incorporation of label.
(4) Using multiple regression, a linear correlation was established between the cardiac index and the arterial-venous pH and PCO2 differences throughout shock and resuscitation (r2 = .91).
(5) Linear and annular gap junctions between neighbouring cells were present, particularly in Group 1.
(6) The ED50 and ED95 of mivacurium in each group were estimated from linear regression plots of log dose vs probit of maximum percentage depression of neuromuscular function.
(7) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
(8) A significant linear correlation was found between the effect in this test and plasma and overall brain levels of metapramine.
(9) Under standardized conditions, the relationship between antigen content and inhibition of chromium release was linear in a semilogarithmic plot, indicating that the antigen content can be determined from testing two dilutions of a given preparation.
(10) The authors used a linear multivariate regression to evaluate the effects of distance from the highway, age and sex of the child, and housing condition.
(11) Equal numbers of handled and unhandled puparia were planted out at different densities (1, 2, 4 or 8 per linear metre) in fifty-one natural puparial sites in four major vegetation types.
(12) The data collection scheme for the scanner uses multiple rotations of a linearly shifted, asymmetric fan beam permitting user-defined variable resolution.
(13) The substructural units, 5-14 linear and 5-14 cyclic, have been used as models for MCH-- H-Asp1-Thr-Met-Arg-Cys-Met-Val-Gly-Arg HO-Val17-Glu-Trp-Cys-Pro-Arg-Tyr-Val in 1H-nmr conformational studies.
(14) In application to most proteins, this plot is linear and computer programs exist to evaluate it.
(15) The method described uses film DOT-I and DOT-II by Dupont, whereby the exposure of the step wedge takes place on a linear accelerator with a photo energy of 10 MeV.
(16) Production of glucose was a linear function of time for up to 120 min of incubation at 37 degrees C under a variety of conditions.
(17) The pattern of day to day variability in egg counts from individuals can be characterized by the linear relationship between the logarithms of the variances and means.
(18) Light-induced cone shortening provides a useful model for stuying nonmuscle contraction because it is linear, slow, and repetitive.
(19) Theoretical 13C NMR spectra for all possible structures of some linear polysaccharides were calculated by using additive scheme of glycosidation effects.
(20) The baseline serum hyaluronate (HA) concentration from samples obtained five to seven hours after mobilization of the patient was quantified using a radiometric 125I-HA binding method in 58 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and compared with several clinical and laboratory parameters by means of stepwise multiple linear regression.
Windmill
Definition:
(n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It is rare to have such a prominent signature in a work of this date and it is one of only two of his series of paintings depicting windmills of Montmartre still in private hands."
(2) They not only started the season with journeyman windmill dunk specialist Gerald Green on their roster – he was one of Phoenix's starters.
(3) The Dutch are famous for their windmills, which have formed the basis for the design of the modern wind turbines that we see today.
(4) A few years later, Vince built a windmill out of scrap to power the old ambulance in which he still lived.
(5) Clegg said: "I think we have to deal with the emergency on our doorstep, rather than tilting at windmills."
(6) No wonder he was so keen on such dodgy projects as the euro, windmills and that AV referendum nonsense, they have been telling each other for ages.
(7) Wilhelmina were prominent for a time in Melbourne, Perth had (Morley) Windmills, and there was even the Hobart-based Hollandia.
(8) The hard graft for centre-left parties across Europe is to turn this around – not to be a 21st-century Don Quixote forever tilting at 19th- or 20th-century windmills.
(9) Vince’s first experiments in wind power began at Glastonbury festival where he fixed a windmill to a pylon and charged mobile phone batteries.
(10) This result is produced only when the risk per unit energy is considered, rather than the risk per solar panel or windmill.
(11) Why would you want to sail in a forest of windmills?"
(12) Turbines harness this energy by working like an old-fashioned windmill with rotor blades that face into the wind.
(13) However many bad calls he’s made, or windmills he’s tilted at , his office means that people tend to give weight to what he says.
(14) Hegarty also clashed with Morris, who spoke in favour of uranium and other resource mining, saying: “Not everyone wants a bloody big windmill in their backyard.
(15) Proud to be a "provincial" writer, in his novel Kept (2006) Taylor begins with a bravura passage describing his home county: "A land of winding backroads and creaking carts and windmills, a land of flood, and eels and elvers and all that comes from water, a land of silence and subterfuge, of things not said but only whispered, where much is kept secret which would be better laid open to scrutiny."
(16) Yet a vaguely green aura still hung around him to the end, with his fuzzy green oak tree logo and that windmill he tried to fix on his roof.
(17) Astypalea The Pylaia, Astypalea Where to stay Pylaia The charming village of Hora, with its whitewash buildings and windmills, is a slice of the nearby Cycladic islands.
(18) We shall see, with a windmill-hating environment secretary.
(19) Richard went for a windmill tableau and Nancy for a moulin rouge with sugar sails, while Luis created a village scene that included a biscuit mining-wheel with choux-pastry rope.
(20) The Windmill Restaurant at 46 High Street, Burgh-Le-Marsh (01754 810281, windmillrestaurant.co.uk ) has main courses from £10.