(n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
(n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.
(n.) Literal or etymological signification.
Example Sentences:
(1) As observed before, the inhibitors share a common main-chain conformation at the binding loop from P3-P'3 (Schechter & Berger notation), which is maintained throughout all the serine proteinase inhibitor families for which X-ray data is available, despite lack of similarity in the rest of the protein.
(2) Data received was converted to Munsell notation for evaluation of the dimensions of color, i.e., Hue, Chroma, and Value, as related to (1) shade differences, (2) thickness of porcelain, and (3) numbers of firings.
(3) Drug order notations entered by physicians on outpatient medical records were examined to determine if the availability of the profile influenced the completeness of drug-related data being recorded by physicians.
(4) In 300 Sienese skulls of known age and sex (146 male and 154 female) 6 modes of expression of bipartition of the hypoglossal canal were studied on the basis of a new scheme of notation that takes into account gradually increasing intensity.
(5) First, the historical evolution of number notations is presented, together with the mental processes for calculating and transcoding from one notation to another.
(6) The musical notation in braille remained intact: he could read by touch and play unfamiliar scores, he could also read and sing the musical notes, he could copy and write a score.
(7) Antibodies to the extreme C-terminal pentapeptide of procholecystokinin, YEYPS (in the single letter notation), have been used in radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry to characterize the material in rat intestine.
(8) A new system for the notation of intra-oral carcinomata has been described.
(9) The programs use a simple and logical notation to define motifs, and may be used either interactively or by using command line parameters (suitable for batch processing).
(10) Some of the research workers most closely concerned with the problem have now agreed upon a unified scheme for the notation of the human immunoglobulin subclasses, and, in particular, of the immunoglobulin G subclass, for which two different nomenclatorial schemes have been followed in recent years.
(11) Using this notation, a consistency condition for the completion of incomplete projection data is described.
(12) One route permits exact number representation, memory and calculation using symbolic notation.
(13) Microphthalmia is reported in two cases; notations are made about the orbits in three cases; and the fact that infants could not follow with their eyes is noted in three cases.
(14) A notation in one or more of these sources constituted a referral.
(15) These solid-state modules store information about each clinical use, including selected segments of the ECG rhythm and notations on defibrillator operation.
(16) This notation system appears valuable as a means of standardizing the examination and photographic findings from multiple institutions.
(17) (1) However, that proposed scheme of notation, which has already gained wide acceptance, left several specialized areas of nomenclature still to be resolved; one of these was the subclasses of immunoglobulins.
(18) Measurable lesions in a case such as aPR should be recorded in metric notation, using a ruler or calipers on X-ray films.
(19) Measures of recognition included a psychiatric diagnosis, psychologic and psychosocial chart notations, and various treatment options (e.g., therapy, consultation, referral, drugs, singly and in combination).
(20) Although established acuity thresholds should be regarded as conservative estimates, and not directly comparable to Snellen letter acuity notations, the preferential looking technique proved to be quite valuable in a paediatric ophthalmology unit.
Nutation
Definition:
(n.) The act of nodding.
(n.) A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.
(n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening.
(n.) Circumnutation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effect on the signal intensities of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and iophendylate (Pantopaque) and on CSF-iophendylate contrast was studied in vitro with a small-nutation-angle (alpha) gradient refocused magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique (GRASS) as alpha, repetition time (TR), and echo time (TE) were varied.
(2) 2D 27Al nutation MAS NMR was used to corroborate the line assignment for the as-synthesized and the rehydrated AlPO4-17.
(3) The families that do not show consistent differences are not necessarily harbouring nutations at the same locus, or the same mutation at any particular locus.
(4) The mutation which makes T7 DNA sensitive to the endonuclease is separable from the amber nutation and located between am28 and am233 (gene 6).
(5) Solid-state 27Al NMR spectra of several aluminophosphate molecular sieves have been recorded with conventional magic-angle spinning (MAS), double-rotation (DOR) and quadrupole nutation with fast MAS.
(6) Enhanced resolution was obtained in the quadrupole nutation experiment at certain radiofrequency pulse strengths.
(7) There was a high correlation between measurements obtained with the variable nutation and partial saturation techniques.
(8) The one phase is the intermediate phase where dilatation of the cervix is almost complete and where there is an instinctive reflex that delivery is going to take place and this is very strong, and this is what starts off the oscillation (contra-nutation) of the sacrum and full engagement.
(9) The apparent T2 is influenced by the magnitude of the nutation angle inhomogeneity across the slice and paradoxically is not always more accurate with larger numbers of echoes.
(10) The accuracy of measurement of the spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) in biological systems using the variable nutation angle method is discussed using computer simulations.
(11) The spin nutation properties of frequency selective (space selective in combination with a magnetic field gradient) trains of radiofrequency micropulses were studied in a numeric model.
(12) Cross-polarization magic-angle spinning 13C and 15N NMR, rotational-echo double resonance 13C NMR, and delays alternating with nutation for tailored excitation-difference 13C NMR spectra have been obtained from lyophilized cell walls of Bacillus subtilis grown on a synthetic medium containing D,L-[2-13C, 15N]aspartate and D-[1-13C]alanine.
(13) Transparent pulses are defined by the property of having no net effect on stationary spins, while selectively nutating and dephasing flowing spins.
(14) This "variable nutation" techniques was investigated using a T1 phantom.
(15) We conclude that the variable nutation method may allow measurement of T1 relaxation times with a significant reduction in acquisition time compared to partial saturation techniques.