(superl.) Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.
(superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
(superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
(n.) Middle.
(prep.) See Amid.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
(2) Basal 20 alpha DHP levels remained low until a sharp rise at mid pro-oestrus.
(3) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
(4) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(5) Patients with MID, but not those with DAT, exhibited correlations between enlargement of the third and lateral ventricles and severity of cognitive impairment.
(6) Meanwhile, Hunt has been accused of backtracking on a key recommendation in the official report into Mid Staffs.
(7) Hatching commenced in early October (after 23 wk), when air and water temperatures decreased to 20 and 15 degrees C, respectively, and continued until mid-December (32 wk) in the field.
(8) Retrognathia or retrusion of the maxilla and mid-face is present in about one-third of treated cleft palate patients.
(9) Heptathletes peak in their mid-to-late twenties – two Olympic cycles away yet for Johnson-Thompson – so what would she like to achieve in London?
(10) Robert Francis QC's official report in February on the Mid Staffordshire care scandal, in which an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died unnecessarily at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2008, called for the NHS to make "zero harm" its objective.
(11) It was found that within the dorsal part of the well known pressor area there is a narrow strip, 2.5 mm lateral from the mid line, starting ventral to the inferior colliculus and ending in the medulla close to the floor of the IV ventricle, from which vasodilatation in skeletal muscles is selectively obtained.
(12) But for the mid Atlantic, the models showed that only human-driven global warming could explain the increase in saltiness – the first time such an explicit link has been made between climate change and salinity.
(13) Another 300-350 civilians had been killed and 600-650 injured from late January to mid-April.
(14) A Teflon cylinder was placed in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery to create a 33% stenosis.
(15) Recombination activity was found to be low in G1 and to rise 10- to 15-fold, peaking in early to mid-S phase.
(16) His bundle recordings and premature atrial stimulation from coronary sinus, mid-right atrium and high-right atrium were performed in a patient with repetitive supraventricular tachycardias.
(17) But when in mid-October two of the artists received death threats, the menaces were widely reported and rekindled debate, prompting vicious, anti-Muslim comments on Danish talk shows.
(18) The plans would eventually double the numbers of passengers at the Sussex airport, which believes its current capacity to grow from 34 million to 45 million with a single runway will see it through until the mid-2020s.
(19) In proliferative retinopathy, the mid-vitreous fluorophotometry readings were abnormally increased, correlating well with the extent of the peripheral angiographic changes (neovascularization).
(20) The 0.3 M NaCl intake of the high NaCl-exposed rats was also significantly greater than the intake of the mid and low NaCl-exposed rats.
Yid
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Nonetheless, before taking YID-001 for a spin on the Tuggeranong Parkway, Murrumu and his associates did inform the police that the car licensed to the Yidiindji government would be driving on local roads.
(2) Our film was sparked by the behaviour of a Chelsea fan who, sitting a few seats behind me and Ivor one Saturday, decided to upgrade the chant – regularly heard at Stamford Bridge whenever anything Spurs-related comes up – to a more pointed one of "Fuck the fucking Yids!
(3) Three years ago, me and my brother Ivor made a short film for Kick Racism Out of Football called The Y-Word , which attempted to challenge the acceptability of the chanting of the word Yid (and other antisemitic chants) across a variety of London clubs.
(4) Many Chelsea fans who I have challenged feel they are justified because "the Yids is what Spurs call themselves".
(5) That includes baiting Liverpool fans about Hillsborough, calling Spurs fans “Yids”, old loyalist songs about the IRA, taking drugs and openly flouting smoking bans inside grounds, starting fights and generally invoking negative and outdated stereotypes about fans from different parts of the country or other countries.
(6) Now, during a visit to the national capital he has, since 2 January, been driving around in YID-001, a car that was, Murrumu says, “licensed to the sovereign Yidindji government” on the first day of the new year.
(7) But Murrumu said he decided to release YID-001 “in Ngambri (Canberra in Walgalu, the language of the custodians of the plains upon which the national capital is imposed) for the very symbolic gesture that the head office called Parliament House of the Commonwealth of Australia is located there”.
(8) The comedian and writer David Baddiel, a Chelsea fan, also argued the use of Yid and similar words is antisemitic.
(9) So while the businessman David Harding can reasonably suggest that words such as “geek” and “nerd” are as offensive as “nigger” and “yid”, we know that they are not.
(10) Tottenham Hotspur fans resisted the threat of criminal action over chanting of the word "yid" during their home match with Norwich.
(11) Tottenham Hotspur fans have been told they could be arrested if they use the word "Yid" during the club's home match against West Ham United on Sunday as the simmering row over Spurs supporters' routine use of the words "Yid Army", "Yids" or "Yiddo" led to a warning over their behaviour from the Metropolitan police.
(12) The black and gold plates read: “ Yidindji - YID-001 - Pursuant to Yidindji Tribal Law.” The car’s driver is Murrumu Walubara Yidindji, a man in his 40s from the country around Cairns, north Queensland , who last year decided to voluntarily “leave Australia” and live by the tribal law of his Indigenous people, the Yidindji.
(13) The car he was driving, fitted with black and gold number plates reading YID 001, had also come to police attention and the plates were taken.
(14) Their fans regularly parade the club's Jewish credentials, chanting "Yid Army", "Yids" or "Yiddo".
(15) The prime minister told the Jewish Chronicle last month there was "a difference between Spurs fans self-describing themselves as Yids and someone calling someone a Yid as an insult", adding: "You have to be motivated by hate.
(16) In the third minute of the game "We'll sing what we want" rang around White Hart Lane, followed by the traditional cry of "Yid Army".