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Multitudinous


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a multitude.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Treatment approaches are multitudinous and sometimes conflicting, partly due to problems in definition of the disorder, and the role of psychoanalysis is still unclear.
  • (2) Fluorocitrate, a Krebs cycle inhibitor, induices neurons to rapidly expel multitudinous lysosomes, mitochondria, and other cytoplasmic constituents into their axons.
  • (3) These GC actions could be secondary to their multitudinous peripheral actions.
  • (4) Lager – which, say its multitudinous fans, has a crisper, cleaner taste than warm-brewed ales – was first made by monks in Bavaria 500 years ago, using a yeast that has since been shown to be a hybrid of European yeast and another yeast.
  • (5) In this paper the authors present a review of the multitudinous studies of researchers who have attempted to identify the sources of drug information utilized by physicians.
  • (6) The variety of nasal deformities of congenital, developmental, and traumatic origin is multitudinous.
  • (7) Since its discovery, ANF has provided multitudinous opportunities to explore its relationship to various biologic functions.
  • (8) The fine cellular structure of both species showed multitudinous plasma membrane folds on their surfaces.
  • (9) Even more than a national treasure, Ken was a local hero, the boy who grew up cycling between the multitudinous cinemas of Southampton, and who went on to become the area's most celebrated son.
  • (10) In the case of the autogenous graft generally smaller, and in the case of homologous composite flexor tendon graft more multitudinous adhesions occurred between flexor tendon and tendon sheath.
  • (11) Although the influences of temperature on plants are multitudinous, many can be predicted, or at least analysed, based on well-established physical principles.
  • (12) The mood of Thoreau is more interior; the eye is not on an audience but on a multitudinous world of sensation, seen and named with precision.
  • (13) It was the worst violence to hit France since the second world war – a stunning act of organised multitudinous terror.
  • (14) The common origin of the multitudinous RV serotypes so suggested is consistent with the extensive antigenic cross-relations which are becoming evident.
  • (15) Such a multitudinous and concomitant expression of antigenicity to the different tumor elements indicates a close relationship to its mesodermal Müllerian origin, and NSE, S 100 and vimentin might be most adequate indicators of these types of tumors.
  • (16) Last year the author Tom Bower brought out a critical biography, in spite of the worst that Branson's multitudinous lawyers could do none of whom has yet managed to land a glove on the book.
  • (17) Arthropoda form the most diversified and multitudinous phyllum of the animal kingdom.
  • (18) Multitudinous embryonic macrocommunication and microcommunication between the arterial and venous systems, with resultant shunting of blood to the low-resistance veins, produce massive venous and tissue engorgement.
  • (19) Five cases involving the terminal ileum or colon had a gross appearance of multitudinous mucosal polyps and were considered to represent examples of "multiple lymphomatous polyposis."
  • (20) Heaven forbid that the multitudinous poor should also have somewhere beautiful and uplifting in which to swim and relax.

Number


Definition:

  • (n.) That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
  • (n.) A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
  • (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
  • (n.) Numerousness; multitude.
  • (n.) The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
  • (n.) Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
  • (n.) That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  • (n.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
  • (n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
  • (n.) To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
  • (n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
  • (n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
  • (n.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, as other patients who lived at the periphery of the Valserine valley do not appear to be related to any patients living in the valley, and because there has been considerable immigration into the valley, a number of hypotheses to explain the distribution of the disease in the region remain possible.
  • (2) These included bringing in the A* grade, reducing the number of modules from six to four, and a greater attempt to assess the whole course at the end.
  • (3) When micF was cloned into a high-copy-number plasmid it repressed ompF gene expression, whereas when cloned into a low-copy-number plasmid it did not.
  • (4) Use of the improved operative technique contributed to reduction in number of complications.
  • (5) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
  • (6) Simplicity, high capacity, low cost and label stability, combined with relatively high clinical sensitivity make the method suitable for cost effective screening of large numbers of samples.
  • (7) The hemodynamic efficiency of the drive was tested in a number of in vivo experiments.
  • (8) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
  • (9) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
  • (10) This article describes a number of syndromes affecting the nail unit.
  • (11) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
  • (12) Since 1979 there has been an increase of 17,122 in the number of beds available in nursing homes.
  • (13) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (14) All the twins were born in years 1973-1987, the total number was 2,226 boys and 2,302 girls.
  • (15) The number of neoplastic cells in each cell suspension was determined by cytologic criteria.
  • (16) aeruginosa and Enterococci) were significantly reduced in number during the manipulation (Fig.
  • (17) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (18) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
  • (19) The country has no offshore wind farms, though a number of projects are in the research phase to determine their profitability.
  • (20) 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.

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