(v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
(v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.
Example Sentences:
(1) Still higher intensities caused the 2 phases of inhibition to merge, giving the appearance of a single, prolonged, inhibitory response.
(2) White lines 2 and 5 tended to merge with lines 1 and 4, respectively, in collagen fibrils formed from a solution containing a significant amount of type I collagen or pure type I collagen.
(3) As alcohol concentration is increased the lower L beta I to P beta' and main P beta' to L alpha transitions of DHPC merge at the threshold concentration of the biphasic effect, so that above this concentration there is one phase transition from L beta I directly to L alpha.
(4) In addition, if a preceding procedural step is a subset of the next one, merging between the two steps occurs.
(5) The subicular area, best expressed in the temporal sector, extends anteriorly over the corpus callosum to the subcallosal gyrus and, throughout its extent from the uncal to the septal junction, is clearly demarcated from limbic neocortex by a transition zone characterized by archicortical cells merging with cells in the deep layer of the bordering neocortex.
(6) Reorganisation can deliver better outcomes, as the merging of care for stroke victims in London has shown.
(7) Merged scanning sequences did not influence volume determination.
(8) In more mature granulocytic cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia the three enzymes merged within a single group of denser particles; such particles were absent in myeloblasts.
(9) More could certainly be done to help charities who would like to investigate merging; there needs to be better guidance available, as well as more open and positive dialogue on the subject within the sector.
(10) Small cell carcinoma was merging with the adenocarcinoma in 11 cases and represented 30% to 90% of total tumor volume.
(11) When merged with repeated-measures data, this technique permits the estimation of parameters representing both individual and group dynamics.
(12) Talking to clinicians at each of the three sites, it was evident that the vast majority felt no particular allegiance to the larger, merged organisation (SLHT) and, the majority wished to continue working on the individual site they had always worked, in the same manner as prior to the merger.
(13) Fibres are branching off from one bundle and merge again either with a branch of the same bundle or with a branch of another bundle, in a higher or a lower layer of this 3 dimensional texture.
(14) They merge individual stripes spaced less than one field diameter apart and show a pause in firing at wider spacing.
(15) There are no explanations for the unusual affinity of possible pathogenic immune reactions to the spine and other organs, the induction of ossification, the merging of cartilage, or the development of sacroilitis.
(16) Such cells do not complete cytokinesis but merge together several hours after telophase.
(17) Merging of these junctions forms the main dense line of myelin.
(18) Areas of ependymoma merged with others that displayed the appearance of a paraganglioma, including lobules and nests of chief cells immunoreactive for neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, chromogranin, and serotonin.
(19) The Health Situation and Trend Assessment Program, initiated in 1982, merged the program on health statistics and the program on epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases.
(20) We should also plan a fast cross-Pennine line, to join the northern city centres, and high-speed lines from Cardiff and Bristol merging, and then splitting again towards Birmingham and west London.
Unify
Definition:
(v. t.) To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.
Example Sentences:
(1) A unified hypothesis for the neuropathologic effect of the diverse spectrum of toxic chemicals known to induce giant axonopathies is presented, based on recently published data on the structure of NF protein.
(2) 'The right-wing bloc will now be able to unify around one leader,' said Robert Misik, a senior Austrian journalist and commentator.
(3) One possibly unifying hypothesis for the obesity and pregnancy association is sustained hyperestrogenemia.
(4) Iraqi politicians started to brand themselves as cross-sectarian nationalists who wanted to build a unified Iraq.
(5) Both the in vitro and the in vivo aspects of the problem are discussed in some detail and an attemps is made to provide a reasonably unified concept for both.
(6) A unified hypothesis of lung injury in pulmonary emphysema is presented, involving both PMN and macrophage elastases and the actions of cigarette smoke.
(7) We review data that either support or reject these hypotheses and suggest a third unifying hypothesis.
(8) The contract must be acceptable to the tens of thousands of junior doctors who took unified action over the past few months to ensure patient safety and fair working conditions.
(9) Instead of unifying to demand greater access they chose to comply with the government’s demands and refusal to permit deliveries of aid, the report said.
(10) In contrast to past precedents such as the creation of Israel or Liberia, it is not obvious that “refugee” would be a sufficiently strong unifying identity to encourage disparate populations to live together.
(11) In this note is recommended a unified nomenclature for allotypes and variants of human complement factor B, which was approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
(12) After a historical introduction describing previous observations and views on the structure and composition of the internal limiting membrane of the retina (MLI), it is concluded that no definite unifying concept exists concerning the MLI structure.
(13) A unified approach to ligamentous instability of the lateral side of the ankle was investigated in 100 ankles of 81 patients (age range, ten to 59 years).
(14) A unifying hypothesis is proposed for the mechanism of insulin action in adipose tissue.
(15) The lack of a proven cause-and-effect relationship between mitral valve prolapse and panic disorder and the absence of a unifying mechanism do not diminish the clinical significance of the high rate of co-occurrence between the two conditions.
(16) However, in the case of the important octylphenol ethoxylates [p-C8H17-C6H4-O-(CH2CH2O)n-H], HPLC cannot resolve individual oligomers of high molecular weight Triton surfactants (e.g., greater than 2000 u or so; u = unified atomic mass unit).
(17) This paper presents a unified account of the properties of the measures, Malthusian parameter and entropy in predicting evolutionary change in populations of macromolecules, cells and individuals.
(18) Schwartz was a stickler for historical detail, which, combined with Friedman's vision of a unifying structure for tracing the effects of monetary developments on the economy, led to an entertaining work that changed our view of how the macroeconomy worked.
(19) Systematic research using such a model has shown several psychosocial factors to be associated with cancer onset and progression, and Temoshok has recently suggested a theoretical model which unifies these findings.
(20) The meeting at Tamarron illustrated the multiplicity of molecular changes found in breast cancer and concluded with the disquieting sense that, so far, there is no simple unifying molecular model to explain the etiology of the disease.