(a. & n.) The state of being a minor, or under age.
(a. & n.) State of being less or small.
(a. & n.) The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
Example Sentences:
(1) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
(2) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
(3) Electronmicroscopical investigations have revealed that, under normal conditions, a minor vesicular transfer of intravenously injected peroxidase occurs across the endothelium in segments of arterioles, capillaries and venules, especially in arterioles with a diameter about 15-30 mu.
(4) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
(5) These sequences are also conserved in the same arrangement in minor sequence classes of minicircles from this strain.
(6) 2,3-Dihydroxybenzamide had previously been detected only as a minor metabolite of salicylamide by paper chromatography.
(7) The screening of blood products for HTLV-1 is of minor importance.
(8) Ligaments played a very minor role in the lifts studied.
(9) Although chronologic age may not be a good predictor of pregnancy outcome, adolescents remain a high-risk group due to factors which are more common among them such as biologic immaturity, inadequate prenatal care, poverty, minority status, and low prepregnancy weight, and because factors associated with an early adolescent pregnancy, such as low gynecologic age, may continue to influence the outcome of subsequent pregnancies.
(10) Our study suggests that a major part of the renal antimineralocorticoid activity of spironolactone may be attributable to minor sulfur-containing metabolites or their precursors having a high renal clearance that affords access to their site of activity via the renal tubular fluid.
(11) Overt hemorrhage, major or minor, was assessed clinically.
(12) Quality evaluations by usual human spermiogram methods were applicable with only minor modifications to the procedures.
(13) These results might help to explain why only a minority of individuals with a susceptible HLA type develop uveitis, as well as the variable incidence of disease in HLA-identical populations of different ethnic backgrounds.
(14) Normal rat soleus myosin has a major slow and a minor fast component due to two populations of muscle fibers.
(15) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
(16) By applying this method to rat cardiac whole muscle, high-molecular weight proteins, such as myosin heavy chains, are focused on the first-dimensional gels and, in addition, minor components are resolved on the second-dimensional gels, without loss during equilibration with detergent.
(17) Amid all of the worry about her health, the difficult decisions around the surgery, and how to explain everything to the children, the practicalities of postponing the holiday was a relatively minor consideration.
(18) A relation between ejection fraction (EF) and the echo minor dimension measurements in end diastole and end systole was formulated, which permitted estimation of the EF from the echo measurements.
(19) Isometric exercise induces a significant shortening of both intervals although minor for QT so that the ratio significantly increases in comparison to baseline (p less than .001).
(20) The majority of the patients were Chinese (78.0%), followed by Malays (11.5%), Indians (8.1%) and other minority races (2.4%).
Pavee
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) It paves the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons.” Under the deal, Iran committed to reducing the number of its centrifuges by two-thirds, capping its level of uranium enrichment well below the level needed for bomb-grade material, reducing its enriched uranium stockpile from around 10,000kg to 300kg for 15 years, and submitting to international inspections to verify its compliance.
(2) And those who hope to lead Labour now seem to be agreed on one thing: that the path back to power will be paved with talk about aspiration .
(3) The two companies have pooled their software development resources to create MeeGo, a free software platform which they reckon will pave the way for the next generation of wireless communications devices.
(4) Cameron is hoping Thursday’s EU talks over dinner will pave the way for a deal by February, allowing him to have a referendum next year.
(5) • Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has accepted a proposal by the German chancellor, Angel Merkel, to set up a “fact-finding mission” that would pave the way for some form of political dialogue in the crisis, according to the German government.
(6) The rest of the EU will have a chance to give its response on Friday at talks between senior officials, paving the way for EU leaders to meet in Brussels next week.
(7) Perhaps it could help pave the way for the collaboration essential to coping with climate change.
(8) Turkey has issued a decree paving the way for the conditional release of 38,000 prisoners in an apparent move to make jail space for thousands of people who have been arrested after last month’s failed coup .
(9) The gates may be open but the road to the church that calls itself a friendship and reconciliation centre is not paved with sleek cars or thronged with believers.
(10) Although E.ON has said it will not increase bills for customers before the end of 2012, fears are growing that SSE's action will pave the way for other suppliers to increase their prices.
(11) The success of Capote paved the way for bigger and more nuanced parts for Hoffman, his turn as the villain in Mission: Impossible III (2006) notwithstanding.
(12) The above-mentioned findings suggested that the Er:YAG laser could pave the way for the cavity preparation with acid-resistant cavity margin.
(13) His treatment was largely traditional and he tended to ignore contemporary advances in medical science, but his meticulous records of patients and of their response to treatment paved the way for the clinical approach which was to prevail in the future.
(14) The following year he played a philosophising, brutal hitman in the film True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino , which paved the way for his lead role in The Sopranos, the gangster family saga that ran for six seasons from 1999.
(15) Iran's invitation to Syria talks marks significant shift for US and allies Read more Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has insisted that Assad must go and that, in the first instance, a transitional government agreed to by the regime and the opposition should pave the way for peace.
(16) It is almost six months since Michael Grade said he would step back from the executive chairman's role, paving the way for a new chief executive.
(17) His refusal to endorse evolution hardly distinguishes him from the other Republican presidential hopefuls, but Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal can point to an unmatched achievement as he formally kicks off his campaign: signing a law that paved the way for creationism to be taught in schools.
(18) The most significant of these appointments was Philip Hammond as foreign secretary, who will pave the way for attempted reforms in the UK's relationship with the EU.
(19) But that was a clear demotion, unlike Hague whose decision to stand down at the election paved the way for a less onerous cabinet post.
(20) For his meeting with Angela Merkel and François Hollande , meant to pave the way to next month’s EU summit, the Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi chose the historical site of Ventotene, off the coast of Naples.