(n.) The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
(a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
Example Sentences:
(1) In each instance, dexamethasone was given at midnight and the plasma ACTH concentration was determined at 9:00 a.m. on the day before and after administration of the dexamethasone.
(2) The vitamin A and test meals were given at noon (4 h after a standard breakfast), and blood was obtained hourly from noon to midnight for measurement of plasma glucose, insulin, triglyceride (TG), and cholesterol concentrations; concentrations of TG and cholesterol in Sverdberg floatation (Sf) unit above 400 and Sf 20-400 lipoproteins; retinyl ester concentration in plasma; and both Sf more than 400 and Sf 20-400 lipoproteins.
(3) A deadline for bids had been set for the previous midnight, but East chose to ignore it.
(4) The 24-hr pattern in hypothalamic melatonin was the inverse of that in the pineal, with the levels at noon higher than those at midnight.
(5) The results show that density of pineal beta adrenoceptors was relatively constant between midnight and 18.00 h and became significantly higher between 18.00 and 20.00 h as measured by ligand saturation binding experiments using (125-I) iodocyanopindolol.
(6) The article was further amended on 9 October 2012 to correct an editing error that attributed a quote saying that the film of Midnight's Children "slathers on the chutney" to its director, rather than to the Press Trust of India.
(7) Duty on beer, wine and spirits will increase as planned from midnight Sunday • Tobacco duty will rise immediately by 1% above inflation this year, then 2% • Increase in fuel duty to be staged.
(8) The president of Mali , Ibrahim Boubacar Këita, speaking on national television late on Friday evening, declared a national state of emergency effective from midnight.
(9) This doubling effect of the drug on enzyme activity was observed during the basal period, as well as at midnight, when it is maximal in the diurnal rhythm.
(10) In New York, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), whose mission is to monitor a 1974 disengagement in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria , reported that shortly after midnight local time, during a ceasefire agreed with the armed elements, all 40 Filipino peacekeepers left their position and "arrived in a safe location one hour later."
(11) Government surveillance programs didn’t totally go dark at midnight on Monday – they just have fewer tools at their disposal.
(12) Scores of Jordanians, infuriated by Kasasbeh’s killing, gathered at midnight in a main square in Amman calling for revenge and her quick execution.
(13) A double-blind randomized study to compare the plasma cortisol values at both 9.00 a.m. and 12 midnight following topical application fo 10 g daily for 7 days of either diflucortolone valerate 0.3% (Nerisone Forte) ointment or clobetasol propionate 0.05% (Dermovate) ointment in 20 hospital inpatients suffering from severe psoriasis, showed that clinically both compounds behaved as potent, highly active topical preparations and caused rapid clinical improvement.
(14) The channel's all-day audience share (6am to midnight) was 21.5%, a loss of about 1% of viewers compared with 2008.
(15) On the first night, only a control procedure was performed (blood sampling only); on the second night, hypoglycemia was prevented (by intravenous glucose infusion, if necessary, to keep plasma glucose levels above 100 mg per deciliter [5.6 mmol per liter]); and on the third night, hypoglycemia was induced (by stepped intravenous insulin infusions between midnight and 4 a.m. to keep plasma glucose levels below 50 mg per deciliter [2.8 mmol per liter]).
(16) The circadian rhythm observed in patients with intermittent claudication has early evening peaks and a nocturnal trough with a nadir occurring after midnight and before 0400.
(17) The entry pattern was more uniform than the exit which showed two distinct peaks around sunset and after midnight.
(18) By random assignment, the nurses read one of four versions of the rape which varied in terms of whether or not the victim locked her car door (carelessness manipulation) and time of attack (5:00 p.m. or midnight).
(19) 11.47pm GMT New England Here's an expert view of the Revs from one of our weekly experts , MB Carradine , of the Midnight Riders : No one projected the Revolution would finish 3rd in the East, and rightfully so.
(20) Penetration of merozoites of P. c. chabaudi is predominant at midnight when rodents are maintained with a normal circadian rhythm (light from 8 am to 8 pm) and predominant at noon when the rhythm of the host is inverted (light from 8 pm to 8 am).
Sunrise
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Sunrising
Example Sentences:
(1) The investigators said the Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise had violated the 500-metre security zone around the platform and that it was carrying equipment whose purpose was still unclear.
(2) darlingi from Costa Marques had a bimodal biting activity profile with a major peak at sunset and a minor peak at sunrise.
(3) This technique permits the preparation of ceramic jacket crowns made on Sunrise laminated precious metal alloy.
(4) As the heat of a desert sunrise bears down on the breeze-block walls of the Visión En Acción asylum, casualties and refugees from the most dangerous city in the world begin another day.
(5) Radiography included posteroanterior weight-bearing, true lateral, and sunrise patellar projections.
(6) The Leininger Sunrise Model can serve as a valuable guide to discover care meanings and practices related to the theory, and to provide practical and meaningful culture specific care decisions and actions by nurses.
(7) That same year, he married his partner, the French actress Sunrise Coigney, reportedly after she turned down his proposal once before.
(8) Russian investigators have raised the stakes in their battle with Greenpeace , claiming drugs have been found aboard the organisation's ship, the Arctic Sunrise.
(9) Oxford University accused of 'distasteful joke' over oligarch's £75m donation Read more The spy case and the attack on Sunrise involved the participation of Russian officials who are listed as gross human rights violators by the US Treasury in line with the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012.
(10) The maximum response observed at sunrise occurred when the concentration of calcium in the plasma of control frogs was decreasing; the minimum response, which occurred 6 h after sunrise, was coincident with a diurnal peak in the concentration of calcium.
(11) The maximum frequency is observed during the dark phase, the peak values occurring just after sunset and before sunrise.
(12) The activity of the slide at noon was 65% of the maximum activity (83 A) observed before sunrise.
(13) More than 20,000 people were at the ancient monument to greet the sunrise at 4.52am at the start of the longest day of the year.
(14) Columns of fighters carrying rifles, trucks laden with rockets and men in white wearing mock suicide vests were on the move through the former slum-turned-battlefield soon after sunrise in a futile attempt to beat the blazing midsummer heat.
(15) This begins shortly after sunrise at a temperature of 22 degrees C and a relative humidity of 100%.
(16) "The majority of people play by the rules, they work from sunrise to sunset and pay their taxes as much as they can.
(17) Twelve hour collections from sunset to sunrise showed that An.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Yoga at Amouage It offers a yoga and surf package including two sessions of yoga a day (at sunrise and sunset), group surf lessons each morning, and afternoons at the beach.
(19) In a single experiment, lasting for 18 months, male and female quail were exposed to an annual cycle of artificial photoperiod synchronized with sunrise and sunset, and their plasma levels of immunoreactive retinol-binding protein (IRBP) and LH were monitored at frequent intervals.
(20) The all-inclusive programme is good value, because it includes riding, sunrise yoga, all meals (including four-course dinners) and an open bar.