What's the difference between link and torch?

Link


Definition:

  • (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
  • (n.) A single ring or division of a chain.
  • (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
  • (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
  • (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
  • (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
  • (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
  • (n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
  • (n.) Sausages; -- because linked together.
  • (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
  • (v. i.) To be connected.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, when cross-linked to anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies a markedly enhanced proliferation of the corresponding subpopulation is observed.
  • (2) Each process has been linked to the regulation of cholesterol accretion in the arterial cell.
  • (3) The quaternary structure of ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli was investigated, with the use of purified B1 and B2 proteins and bifunctional cross-linking agents.
  • (4) The mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is anomalous since the undenatured, cross-linked proteins have the same Stokes radius as the native, uncross-linked alpha beta gamma heterotrimer.
  • (5) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
  • (6) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
  • (7) We have measured the antibody specificities to the two polysaccharides in sera from asymptomatic group C meningococcal carriers and vaccinated adults by a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure using methylated human serum albumin for coating the group C polysaccharide onto microtiter plates.
  • (8) For the detection of this antigen, a double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was employed.
  • (9) The haplotype of the recombinant X chromosome of each of 241 backcross progeny has been established using the X-linked anchor loci Otc, Hprt, Dmd, Pgk-1, and Amg and the additional probes DXSmh43 and Cbx-rs1.
  • (10) Bipolar derivations with the maximum PSE always included the locations with the maximum PSE obtained from a linked ears reference.
  • (11) The antibody was covalently linked to polyacrylamide microbeads with no change in binding characteristics.
  • (12) A one point dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure suitable for determining immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in community seroepidemiological surveys is described.
  • (13) A Swedish news agency said it had received an email warning before the blasts in which a threat was made against Sweden's population, linked to the country's military presence in Afghanistan and the five-year-old case of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
  • (14) It is possible that the IgE that linked abnormally with the propofol had specific binding sites for the phenyl nucleus and the isopropyl groups, which are present in propofol and many other drugs.
  • (15) Peptide:N-glycosidase F removed both the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chains of ricin B-chain in the absence of lactose.
  • (16) Mechanisms by which a defect in the synthesis of dolichol-oligosaccharides might alter the degree of beta-1,6 branching in N-linked carbohydrates are discussed.
  • (17) Men who ever farmed were at slightly elevated risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval = 1.0-1.5) that was not linked to specific crops or particular animals.
  • (18) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
  • (19) We have investigated interactions between the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 and factors binding two cis-acting elements commonly linked to GATA sites in erythroid control elements.
  • (20) These studies indicate that at each site of induction during feather morphogenesis, a general pattern is repeated in which an epithelial structure linked by L-CAM is confronted with periodically propagating condensations of cells linked by N-CAM.

Torch


Definition:

  • (n.) A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
  • (n.) A flashlight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Demolition of a steel railway bridge was carried out by nine workers using flame-torch cutting.
  • (2) Some of the TORCH tests are not accurate and should be avoided.
  • (3) This study compared soldering by a conventional torch procedure with an infrared soldering technique.
  • (4) In this review, the diagnostic problems encountered in the evaluation of a suspected perinatal infection have been discussed, as have the complexities of the evaluation process for the original four TORCH agents, as well as for three additional agents.
  • (5) What his death may mark, in fact, is the passing of the al-Qaida torch from one generation of militants to another.
  • (6) These skin lesions are not specific of leukemia and other diagnoses should be considered including histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, and skin erythropoiesis (in Torch syndrome, hemolytic disease of the newborn, hereditary spherocytosis, and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome).
  • (7) As rioters continued to torch vehicles and stone police lines several officers were injured by projectiles.
  • (8) Google celebrates the Mayan calendar in today's doodle Updated at 1.10pm GMT 9.46am GMT How to destroy the Earth In part two of our apocalypse video series, I demonstrate how the world could end using a variety of household props, including a Christmas pudding, a blow torch, some pebbles from my garden and a miniature snooker table.
  • (9) But even as soldiers were able to impose order there after several days of anarchy that saw armed Buddhists torch the city's Muslim quarters, unrest was reported in two other towns to the south.
  • (10) The importance of seroprevalence of the TORCH group of agents and syphilis on perinatal morbidity and mortality in Jamaican women is discussed, and appropriate recommendations for prevention and control of congenital infections in Jamaica are suggested.
  • (11) The experiment must equally succeed as a torch showing the way forward not only for an enlarging European Community, but also to the ever increasing interest in global harmonization of drug regulation.
  • (12) She took part in the Olympic torch relay and though she never met Mao, "Chairman Hu" – as she calls the Chinese president – visited her recently.
  • (13) But later protesters pulled down security cameras, smashed bus stops and torched cars.
  • (14) A few even said that Sunday’s looting and torching of a QuikTrip gas station near the scene of Brown’s killing should be interpreted as an attack on all outsider-owned businesses, which would continue.
  • (15) Stun gun torch Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Zap Light sends one million volts between six metal prongs at the front of its torch.
  • (16) In this study about melting and torchs employed in solder in fixed prosthodontics, it's analysed the accurate melting, adequate quantity, as well as protection of adjacent tissues with an accurate anti-melting.
  • (17) In the evenings the men's bodies were covered in toxic mercury deposits, left by the process of mining and washing the gold; they burned them off with a blow torch.
  • (18) Do you wish you could change the elements in the Control Center (which you reach by swiping up from the bottom) - so for example it would contain your favourite apps, not just the clock, torch, calculator and camera?
  • (19) The torch began its day in Greenwich Park, where the equestrian events will take place, and progressed through the east London neighbourhoods that evangelists of the London Olympics believe will be regenerated by the £9.3bn in public money poured into the area It ended the day in Waltham Forest in the hands of Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers footballer who suffered a heart attack on the pitch at White Hart Lane in March and was raised in the area.
  • (20) They will take with them more than 11 tonnes of kit, including torches, axes, rope, search cameras, stretchers and tents.