(a.) Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
(n.) Something that has no force or meaning.
(n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
(v. t.) To annul.
(n.) One of the beads in nulled work.
Example Sentences:
(1) Measurements of acetylcholine-induced single-channel conductance and null potentials at the amphibian motor end-plate in solutions containing Na, K, Li and Cs ions (Gage & Van Helden, 1979; J. Physiol.
(2) DR(+) cells, however, showed no change in percentage and a lesser drop in absolute numbers, suggesting an increase with advancing disease of DR(+), Ig(-) null cells, which may represent immature B cell precursors.
(3) In this report we describe an improvement upon the design by Stanton and Lightfoot for a simple photographic null method to determine the kVp of a diagnostic region x-ray source.
(4) At least two (Rh null and the McLeod type) are responsible for congenital hemolytic disorders.
(5) (2) Sequences of brightness steps of like polarity (either increments or decrements) elicit positive and negative motion-dependent response components when mimicking motion in the cell's preferred and null direction, respectively.
(6) The analysis also involved statistical tests of a modified null hypothesis, the generation of confidence intervals (CIs) and a meta-analysis.
(7) The null potential of both responses became more and less negative with a decrease and an increase, respectively, in the extracellular potassium concentration.
(8) The null mutation of algR was generated in a mucoid derivative of the standard genetic strain PAO responsive to different environmental factors.
(9) Endoneurial fluid pressure (EFP) was recorded by an active, servo-null pressure system after a glass micropipette was inserted into rat sciatic nerve undergoing wallerian degeneration.
(10) In thymo-deprived mice (nude mice and B mice) the percentage of null cells increases during the stage of regeneration, and B mice develop a large number of Ig +-bearing cells.
(11) Alkaline phosphatase activity was elevated in the lymphocytes from T-CLL, cord blood and tonsils and the blast cells from Null-ALL.
(12) Analysis of ldlA cells has identified three classes of mutant alleles at the ldlA locus: null alleles, alleles that code for normally processed receptors that cannot bind LDL, and alleles that code for abnormally processed receptors.
(13) Putative null sup-38 mutations cause maternal-effect lethality which is rescued by a wild-type copy of the locus in the zygote.
(14) Null cells of patients with hypoplastic anemia did not produce erythroid colonies under any culture conditions.
(15) Comparison of simulated versus actual inheritance data demonstrates that the so-called null structural alleles actually produce functional globins.--The genetic controls in Peromyscus may be analogous to those in primates.
(16) A null zone and associated sudden phase-reversal of RSA were observed in stratum lucidum of CA3.
(17) When the stimulus is placed at a position approximately 80 degrees dorsal to the eye axis, there is no response; this area is called the null region.
(18) Northern blot analysis showed that Adh-1 mRNA was synthesized at wild-type levels in immature seeds of the null mutant, but dropped to 25% in mature seeds.
(19) Two tumours were null cell adenomas with PIs less than 0.1 and 0.2%.
(20) Thus this methodology offers the potential to study naturally occurring ADH electromorphs and null alleles independent of enzymatic activity assays.
Superannuation
Definition:
(n.) The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.
Example Sentences:
(1) Taking time out from paid employment to look after children and ageing parents meant they had less superannuation.
(2) Hockey carried on in his budget speech about the age pension becoming unaffordable, but within three years this top-end superannuation concession will cost more than the age pension.
(3) The government’s tax discussion paper released earlier in the year advocated for an overhaul of the superannuation system , saying the current system will put pressure on the economy in the long run.
(4) He has determined superannuation policy and is out there threatening to cross the floor again on the backpacker tax.” On Wednesday Labor’s agriculture spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, said the tax would fail to raise $500m as planned because backpackers would stop coming to Australia.
(5) If the GST is shelved, the government will go to the election promising changes to superannuation, perhaps to negative gearing and cuts to family payments to fund a lower personal tax, while Labor makes similar cuts to super and probably negative gearing to pay for hospitals and schools.
(6) The report suggested the option of restoring the general prohibition on direct leverage of superannuation funds on a prospective basis.
(7) For planning and designing the reconstruction of an superannuated radiological department of a neurosurgical supra-regional hospital the following requirements had to be taken into account: 1.
(8) For women, this means continuing with the program we already have – valuing feminised labour, removing the barriers to women fully participating in work, and ensuring government levers such as superannuation and taxation reduce rather than intensify the wealth gap.
(9) In the UK, the £48bn Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), which provides pensions for 330,000 university and college staff, has a substantial stake in the top 50 coal companies, as do six local authority pensions funds including West Yorkshire .
(10) But I believe they raise questions about the purpose of the concessions particularly as it relates to superannuation.” He ruled out making “effective retrospective” changes to super by taxing in the retirement phase.
(11) The wheels are falling off because the Chinese economy is slowing and commodity prices are falling and because the parliamentary gridlock means governments have been unable to do anything about it.” Richardson joined a growing push for the government to consider savings from the revenue the government forgoes due to the generous treatment of superannuation savings – $30bn in 2014-15 and forecast to rise to close to $50bn in 2017-18.
(12) Treasury advice released under freedom of information suggests the government was considering an overhaul of existing superannuation concessions before Labor announced its policy.
(13) Such arrangements are often not captured within the official counts of homelessness, but there is no disputing this is an emerging trend, and one that must be urgently addressed.” According to the report, women of retirement age had 57% less superannuation savings than men due to greater caring responsibilities through the course of their lives.
(14) The government needs to learn not to just oppose ideas that the opposition puts forward especially when our ideas are in the national interest.” Labor’s policy would tax retirees who earn more than $75,000 from superannuation in the retirement phase at 15%, and lower the high income superannuation contribution threshold from $300,000 to $250,000.
(15) In subsequent years, armed with his trusty sword, Excalibur (a superannuated prop from John Boorman 's film of the same name), he persistently challenged the law against assembling at Stonehenge, while the site itself grew increasingly to resemble one of the military encampments on nearby Salisbury Plain.
(16) A recent report by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia also found that thousands of retirees with more than $2m in their superannuation accounts received more than $5.2bn collectively in tax-free income-stream payments in a single year.
(17) Unlike Labor we have no plans to increase taxes on superannuation and will honour our commitment not to make any adverse or unexpected changes to superannuation during this term,” he told the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
(18) Labor has argued its changes strike the right balance and they would still maintain concessional treatment of superannuation.
(19) Labor plans to wind back generous superannuation concessions for Australia’s high income earners, unveiling two new measures raising revenue worth $14bn over ten years.
(20) Speaking at Parliament House on Tuesday, the prime minister, Tony Abbott , ruled out any changes to superannuation this term of parliament.