What's the difference between ordinate and subnormal?

Ordinate


Definition:

  • (a.) Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
  • (n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.
  • (v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
  • (2) A group called Campaign for Houston , which led the opposition, described the ordinance as “an attack on the traditional family” designed for “gender-confused men who … can call themselves ‘women’ on a whim”.
  • (3) This process may be achieved by co-ordinated synthesis and translation of new mRNA or gradual accumulation of constitutively synthesized mRNA, followed by coordinated translational activation.
  • (4) At 5 micrometer and 2.5 mM sulphanilic acid under aerobic conditions, the regression lines for the permeation from lumen to blood pass almost through the origin, while the regression lines for the permeation from blood to lumen intersect the ordinate at a positive Y-value.
  • (5) The Yamaguchi-gumi is reportedly considering a ban on sending traditional gifts to business associates, and holds weekly meetings to discuss its response to the new ordinances.
  • (6) We report here that histidine residues are essential for the co-ordination of these ion(s).
  • (7) The key feature is the physicians' acceptance of the nurse co-ordinator as a colleague.
  • (8) The Financial Services Authority is meant to be the City's watchdog but "devastating" internal documents reveal it has secretly co-ordinated high-level lobbying strategies with the industry it is supposed to police.
  • (9) Ventricular diffuse atrophy correlated positively with psychic and co-ordinative impairment and dysarthria, and cortical diffuse cerebral atrophy with psychic impairment (P smaller than 0.01 to 0.001).
  • (10) Agir, launched in June as the Sahel crisis was taking hold, lays out a roadmap for better co-ordination of humanitarian and development aid to protect the most vulnerable people when drought hits again.
  • (11) This could spell disaster for small farmers, says Million Belay, co-ordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
  • (12) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
  • (13) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (14) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
  • (15) The sampling was balanced with respect to age, gender, and predisposition across the three ordinal exposure categories.
  • (16) The metal co-ordination chemistry at the binding site varies depending on the metal that is introduced into it.
  • (17) Ordinal data, ie, grades and ranks, may be analyzed by means of the t-test which is more sensitive and allows more refined analyses if needed.
  • (18) Sandra Carvao, its co-ordinator of communications, said: "Correct would be to say UNWTO has presented both presidents with an open letter which calls for them to support tourism as a means to foster sustainable development in their countries to the benefit of their people and consequently ask them to support the sector in this respect."
  • (19) In this paper something is given of their evolution, diversity, aims and activities; and of the important role they now play in many instances, as well as some of the obstacles to collaboration, co-ordination and integration at different levels of operation--internationally, nationally and locally.
  • (20) Updated at 2.48pm GMT 1.42pm GMT Another question riffing off Britain's EU referendum - how will Europe draw up new structures such as co-ordinated banking supervision when some members of the EU are refusing to ever join the single currency?

Subnormal


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The frequency of rare fragile sites was studied among 240 children in special schools for subnormal intelligence (IQ 52-85).
  • (2) Hyperprolactinemia, hypogonadotropinism, and subnormal plasma testosterone were found in a 65-year-old patient who had an enlarged sella turcica, complained of fatigue, and addmitted to decreased sexual interest and potency.
  • (3) The concentration of alpha-tocopherol in serum was subnormal in the TG group and that of carotene in both groups of patients, and the values were also significantly lower in the TG group than in the PG group.
  • (4) Elevation of testosterone levels from a subnormal to a normal range in response to clomiphene administered for seven days suggests that the defect is functional and reversible and that the drug may be useful in treatment of sexual dysfunction in this group of patients.
  • (5) In the whole group, the recurrence of severe mental subnormality was high: 1 in 8 for brothers and 1 in 25 for sisters.
  • (6) Monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked in rat spinal motoneurons by stimulation of a muscle nerve are enhanced during the first few days after section of the muscle nerve before subsiding to subnormal levels.
  • (7) In clinical material studied with amidolytic assays, subnormal At-III levels were found in hereditary deficiency, liver disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation and in some cases with acute thrombosis.
  • (8) In all patients serum calcium fell to normal or subnormal levels within 48 h of attempted ablation.
  • (9) Especially, ten of twelve cranial irradiated patients showed subnormal IQ scores.
  • (10) All 5 patients with a functioning thyroid adenoma had undetectable serum TSH levels in the morning and during the night, and subnormal or absent TSH responses to TRH.
  • (11) At the time when the number of mitoses had fallen to a subnormal level due to galactose-feeding (i.e., after 7 days), lenses of prolactin-treated animals exhibited less of a decrease in mitotic activity.
  • (12) An account is given of two separate outbreaks of diphtheria amongst mentally subnormal patients and nursing staff.
  • (13) Subnormal levels were found in more than a third of patients with acute leukaemias, lymphomas, glandular fever, myelofibrosis, and polycythaemia, and in the same proportion of patients receiving cytotoxic drugs, and also in those with a polymorph leucocytosis and those with purpura.
  • (14) Serial cultures in the responsive patient showed that colony growth normalized during remission when "suppressor" cells were absent and that colony growth was subnormal during a later relapse when cortisol-resistant "suppressor" cells were present.
  • (15) Total protein S (TPS) and free protein S (FPS) did not recover until day 7, whereas heparin cofactor II (HC-II) remained at subnormal levels throughout the study.
  • (16) A pronounced blood glucose decline and a subnormal increase in heart rate during insulin infusion were obtained in patients with autonomic dysfunction.
  • (17) Though cardiac output is subnormal, Fontan type procedure is a safe and effective operation, and intermediate-term state is satisfactory without any signs of heart failure.
  • (18) More than 50% of excessively subnormal motility indexes improved to a level approaching or surpassing normal, making motility the single most significant aspect of the effects of ligation on semen quality.
  • (19) Thus they have two advantages: (a) bioreactive hormone is measured rather than a composite of antigenic determinants characteristic of part of the hormone molecule and (b) their increased sensitivity allows discrimination between low normal and subnormal concentrations of the circulating hormone.
  • (20) However, serum-folate measured by two assay methods was subnormal in 83% of the samples; red-cell folate was subnormal in 40%.