(n.) Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.
(n.) That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
(n.) Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.
(n.) Greatness; grandeur.
(n.) Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
Example Sentences:
(1) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(2) Thus, our study confirmed that male subjects with a history of testicular maldescent have an increased risk for testis cancer, although the magnitude of this risk was lower than suggested previously.
(3) In addition, despite the fact that the differences constitutes an information bias, the bias occurs in the same direction and magnitude in all the various subgroups and thus is nondifferential.
(4) The Pan American Health Organization, the Americas arm of the World Health Organization, estimated the deaths from Tuesday's magnitude 7 quake at between 50,000 and 100,000, but said that was a "huge guess".
(5) Problems associated with school-based clinics include vehement opposition to sex education, financing, and the sheer magnitude of the adolescents' health needs.
(6) The kinetic parameters for the hydrolysis of type I, II and III collagens have been measured and are similar in magnitude to those for the tissue collagenases.
(7) The second order rate constant for the association of Meumb-glycosides follows a pattern consistent with the magnitude of the activation energies involved therin.
(8) 3) The magnitude of K+ release is the ratio of two opposing mechanisms, a passive efflux and an active reuptake.
(9) When histamine (5 micrograms) was injected into three different levels of the ventricular system, the magnitude and duration of the resulting increases in plasma epinephrine and glucose were in the following rank order: the third ventricle greater than aqueduct much greater than fourth ventricle.
(10) The junctional currents were already constant 1 ms after step changes in the junctional voltage; this was three orders of magnitude faster than the other known examples of voltage-controlled gap junctions between embryonic cells.
(11) The magnitude and pattern of the acute-phase protein response was then compared with the local inflammatory reaction, assessed histologically, and with changes in the circulating concentration of interleukin-6, which is an important mediator of the acute-phase protein response.
(12) This lack of symmetry in shape and magnitude may be due to non-sphericity of the skull over the temporal region or to variations in conductivities of intervening tissues.
(13) The magnitude of erythropoietin-induced [Cai] increase, however, was insufficient to open Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels.
(14) The relationship existing between the magnitude of the stimulus and that of the response has been carefully studied for all the parameters.
(15) ODC attained maximum activity in controls on day 11, increasing by more than an order of magnitude above the activity found on day 9.
(16) It is suggested that this human model of unloading could serve to simulate effects of microgravity on skeletal muscle mass and function because reductions in muscle mass and strength were of similar magnitude to those produced by bed rest.
(17) The infusion of sodium acetoacetate resulted in a 10- to 15-fold increase in circulating concentrations of ketone bodies, which were similar in magnitude in normal subjects and diabetic patients.
(18) Ecological risk assessments are used by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and other governmental agencies to assist in determining the probability and magnitude of deleterious effects of hazardous chemicals on plants and animals.
(19) The magnitude of the consequent inflammatory response was assessed by counting numbers and types of leukocytes in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
(20) The program can produce solutions identical to those derived by a model-based expert system for the same domain, but with an increase of two orders of magnitude in efficiency.
Mira
Definition:
(n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).
Example Sentences:
(1) The UK has various groups already working on driverless car technology, including experts at the University of Oxford and the engineering firm Mira, which provides autonomous vehicle technology to the military and has been testing driverless cars on a 850-acre site in the Midlands.
(2) Maass picks up the story: "Snowden had instructed them that once they were in Hong Kong, they were to go at an appointed time to the Kowloon district and stand outside a restaurant that was in a mall connected to the Mira hotel.
(3) Using specimens from neonates, I compared this method with a routinely used automated alkaline picrate method (from Randox Labs., performed on a Cobas MIRA analyzer).
(4) Mira Mehrishi, a deputy minister in the environment ministry, said: "No funds have flown to the green climate fund despite three years of its creation.
(5) John Simm plays a grizzled ex-cop from LA living in the Pacific north-west, who, when his wife (Mira Sorvino) goes missing, finds himself hurled into a mysterious, murky world.
(6) Immunoturbidimetric analysis of lipoprotein(a) in plasma or serum was developed for use on the Roche COBAS FARA II and COBAS MIRA clinical chemistry analyzers.
(7) was preceded by cervicocephalic continuous emission Doppler exploration (DMS, MIRA 4 MHz) and vascular echotomography (Duplex Sonedap 10 MHz).
(8) assays: barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine metabolite, opiates, amphetamines, and the cannabinoid 20 assays using the Syva Autocarousel and the COBAS MIRA.
(9) And while we’re at it, why should private landlords receive tax relief on their mortgage interest payments – so-called Miras – when struggling first-time buyers do not?
(10) We studied the clinical characteristics of 93 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS); 66 corresponded to minor aphthae (MiRAS), 20 to major aphthae (MaRAS), and 7 to herpes-like ulcerations (HU).
(11) The present work is an attempt to bring up to date the descriptions of V. simplex, V. platypodia, V. mira and V. miroides.
(12) The simultaneous measurement of glycated protein and total protein with the Roche Mira S analyzer showed good analytical precision (between-batch CV 3.5%-8.5%).
(13) Serum levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses were examined in 71 adult patients with minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis (MiRAS).
(14) Basing on the results of behavioural audiometry, MIRA (Multichannel Infant Reflex Audiometry) with and without biofeedback as well as in several cases also from the ABR, the authors demonstrate the advantages of the combination of curve analysis with behavioural observation compared with isolated looking at physiological curves or at the behaviour.
(15) Ashley Seager, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation thinktank, which campaigns for a better deal for younger households, said: “Today’s wealthy baby boomers found it easy to buy housing a generation or two ago, especially as MIRAS tax relief on mortgages was available to them.
(16) The Reluctant Fundamentalist , directed by the great Indian director Mira Nair , is his 10th film.
(17) The 178 deputies of the Yugoslav Chamber of Citizens and the upper house, the Chamber of Republics, elected 13 days ago, met in the Sava convention centre to bring down the curtain on the Milosevic era with due formality there was one notable absentee from the gathering - Mira Markovic, Milosevic's wife and leader of the YUL party.
(18) An isolate (Mira) of cytomegalovirus is shown to replicate in human embryonic lung fibroblasts at supra-optimal temperature (40 degrees C).
(19) 168 Rua Costa Gomes, saofrutuoso.com Leah Sunna Mira Mar, Peniche Facebook Twitter Pinterest Peniche harbour is a great place for sardines.
(20) Las áreas verdes son escasas, y no siempre están abiertas Si se mira desde afuera, podría parecer raro que los habitantes de la Ciudad de México tengan acceso a infraestructura para hacer ejercicio físico, pero la mayoría no lo utilice.