(n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
(n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
(n.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
(n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
(n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
(n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
(v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
(v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
(v. i.) To move to and fro; to rock.
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) 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.
(3) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
(4) Each line exhibited 1-4 log differences in sensitivities to the two toxins.
(5) At a concentration of 10 microM, tetraamine 4 did not affect histamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors of guinea pig ileum or alpha-adrenoreceptors of guinea pig atria whereas it inhibited postsynaptic alpha-adrenoreceptors of rat vas deferens with a -log K value of 5.23 and nicotinic receptors of frog rectus abdominis with an IC50 value of 0.23 microM.
(6) The best compound was trans-alpha-[[(4-bromotetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl) amino]methyl]-2-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-ethanol (18), which, due to its activity and log P value, is a candidate for additional in vivo studies.
(7) The final approved log contained 72 problems, 64 of which received importance ratings greater than or equal to 2 on the three-point scale.
(8) All are satisfied by [Formula: see text], where N is the size of rod signal, constant for threshold; theta, theta(D) are steady backgrounds of light and receptor noise; varphi is the threshold flash with sigma a constant of about 2.5 log td sec; B the fraction of pigment in the bleached state.
(9) The results clearly demonstrate local separability in this log frequency and orientation discrimination domain.
(10) Positive correlations were observed between mean log fasting insulin concentration and all parameters of obesity except log triceps skinfold thickness in men.
(11) Cocaine, 3 microM, shifted the noradrenaline concentration response curve to the left about 0.4 log units in all renal vessel groups, thus renal vascular smooth muscle sensitivity to noradrenaline was significantly greater in vessels from rats receiving CyA than in vessels from control rats.
(12) Details of sexual activity and experience were followed by the use of daily logs.
(13) The results should be analysed by the Kaplan-Meier estimator, and patency rates should be compared by the log-rank test or Gehan's test.
(14) There was a significant negative correlation between propranolol level (log-transformed) and glycemic responses, suggesting that propranolol has direct effect on the latter.
(15) Evaluation of lymphocyte phenotype frequencies, functional responses, serum immunoglobulin levels, and autoantibodies was completed for 38 individuals (i.e., 10 families) who were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) in manufacturer-treated log houses.
(16) Spatial summation was found to decrease by 30-50% as the cell was light-adapted to a threshold some 4 log units above the dark-adapted one.
(17) The difference in binding capacity was of the same order of magnitude as the difference in sodium content, indicating that the excess sodium in the thoracic aortas from the hypertensive rats was osmotically inactive and thus unable to cause water logging.
(18) The equations of best fit of log(wax esters) vs age suggested that sebum secretion declines about 23% per decade in men and 32% per decade in women.
(19) Challenge studies using the standard National Veterinary Services Laboratory laryngotracheitis (LT) challenge virus (Log 10(6.7) EID50 per ml) were conducted to assess the presence of maternal protection in chicks of various ages (1, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days).
(20) In lymph node-positive patients a trend between high TA1 reactivity and a worse overall survival was also noted (log rank P = 0.128; Wilcoxon P = 0.054), with a 6-year survival of 42% in the strongly reactive tumors (n = 16) and 65% in the negative to weakly reactive carcinomas (n = 105).
Zip
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) With Bournemouth full of zest and defiance, the game zipped by.
(2) Although he didn’t personally witness the waterboarding or zipping, he had on two or three occasions witnessed asylum seekers walking out of a tent wet and coughing up water.
(3) You have to create an online account in order to get any information about plans and costs, so I went through the process of creating a username and password, and gave my date of birth and zip code.
(4) Adrian Clark, style director of Shortlist , is throwing a trailer-trash curveball: "a pair of vintage black leather Versace jeans with zips – wrong in all the right ways – Gucci biker boots and bespoke tailoring by Gieves & Hawkes , Richard James and Mr Start".
(5) He is chairman of SolarCity, which provides solar power to California, and this week he revealed more detail on perhaps his most intriguing business idea yet, something some consider one of history's craziest-sounding transportation fancies: the Hyperloop , an 800mph self-powered ground-based system that could zip between LA and San Francisco in half-an-hour.
(6) These results suggest a close association or overlap of the DNA binding and nuclear targeting domains of B-ZIP proteins.
(7) giant protein made in bacteria or in embryos binds in vitro to the Krüppel regulatory elements CD1 and CD2 and recognizes a sequence resembling the binding sites of other b-ZIP proteins.
(8) "7-Zip doesn't place files [inside folders] that were not specified by the user," said Pavlov.
(9) A complementary DNA that encoded a member of the basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper (bHLH-Zip) family of proteins was isolated.
(10) A monodimensional electrophoretic method for the separation of glycosaminoglycans on Titan III Zip Zone cellulose acetate plate based on their different electrophoretic mobilities in barium acetate and different solubilities in ethanol was applied to the Chemetron electrophoretic equipment.
(11) The cys-3 gene encodes a regulatory protein of 236 amino acid residues with a leucine zipper and an upstream basic region (the b-zip region) which together may constitute a DNA-binding domain.
(12) Zoster immune plasma (ZIP) was evaluated for treatment of cutaneous disseminated zoster in immunocompromised hosts.
(13) A survey of the practice styles and preferences of 1988 ASCRS members with a U.S. zip code was taken in September 1988.
(14) To determine whether emergency department complaint frequency varies with patient median household income, as approximated by patient residence zip code.
(15) Using the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, we obtained discharge data for 1,034 patients over age 39, who were hospitalized for stroke from 1983 to 1986, using four zip code areas of the ethnically mixed community of Northern Manhattan.
(16) Suddenly, several lanes of cars and buses are zipping past, but Calvo pays no heed – we are on a smooth, green-tarmacked bike lane, separated from motor traffic by both a raised kerb and a waist-high fence.
(17) When we meet in her small, airless office in the headquarters of the Assemblée Nationale in Paris, her hair is swept back in a ponytail, her clothes are fashionable but discreet: a black top with zip detailing at the shoulders, tailored beige trousers, boots with a sensible heel.
(18) Hence, in this "b-HLH-zip" class of proteins, the leucine zipper functions in concert with the HLH both to stabilize protein-protein interactions and to establish dimerization specificity.
(19) However he has been stung badly after leaving his trouser zip undone and not covered by his bee-keeping foil tunic.
(20) So onwards and outwards… Get the adrenalin pumping Down the line: Zip World opens to the public in Bethesda, north Wales.