(v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
(v. i.) To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suggested the participation of glycogen (starch) in the self-oscillatory mechanism of the futile cycle formed by the phosphofructokinase and fructose bisphosphatase reactions may give rise to oscillations with the period of 10(3)-10(4) min, which may serve as the basis for the cell clock.
(2) By using increased feed-forward gain in a sampled-data control model we simulated the pattern of macrosaccadic oscillation.
(3) Indirect blood pressure measurement techniques included automated oscillometry, manual auscultation, visual onset of oscillation (flicker) and return-to-flow methods.
(4) In general, oscillations were more apparent at suboptimal concentrations of anti-IgE.
(5) The possible mechanisms behind the oscillations are discussed.
(6) Under cyclic uptake conditions alveolar gases follow an oscillating time course, because gas concentrations tend to increase during inspiration and to decrease during expiration.
(7) It imitates the conventional percussion massage of the thorax by introducing high-frequency gas oscillations (300 impulses per minute) into the tracheobronchial system.
(8) sec.-1); b) an enhancement of fast (15-25 Hz) oscillations in the cortical spontaneous electrical activity and weakening and modification of the effects of the blockader of synthesis of MA-alpha-methyl-dioxiphenylalanine.
(9) In the spinalized preparation, steady-state and nonsteady-state responses have an equal likelihood of emerging from the initial cycles of a paw-shake response, suggesting that regular coupling of joint oscillations is not planned by pattern-generating networks within lumbosacral segments.
(10) The LVOR in the presence of visual targets (VLVOR) was tested by recording human vertical eye and head movements during self-generated vertical linear oscillation (averaging 2.7 Hz at peak excursion of 3.2 cm) while subjects alternately fixated targets at D = 36, 142, and 424 cm.
(11) In some bladders the voltage step produced current oscillations similar to those obtained after the epithelium had been challenged with a serosal osmotic step (Gordon, 1988).
(12) Intramembrane faces were visualized in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra by the freeze-fracture technique, in order to test a prediction of a membrane model for circadian oscillations--i.e;, that membrane particle distribution and size change with time in the circadian cycle.
(13) Airway closure, as assessed by an alveolar capsule technique during small oscillations in lobar volume, occurred at PL less than or equal to 7.5 cm H2O.
(14) To examine the effects of focally cooling three areas (rostral, intermediate, and caudal) of the ventral medullary surface (VMS) on respiratory oscillations in cervical sympathetic and phrenic nerve activity, 12 cats were anesthetized, vagotomized, paralyzed, and artificially ventilated with 7% CO2 in O2.
(15) The forced oscillation technique is a noninvasive and effort-independent test to characterize the mechanical impedance of the respiratory system.
(16) Two phases were observed: initially, [Ca2+]i is raised in a single rapid transient to a maximum averaging 8.0 microM, and in a second phase TRH causes a series of rapid [Ca2+]i oscillations with maxima around 1.0 microM, which are probably due to the enhanced firing of action potentials.
(17) IJPs disrupt the regular pattern of myenteric potential oscillations.
(18) The oscillations displayed a period averaging 9 minutes.
(19) The effect of the drugs on respiratory resistance (Rrs), measured using a forced oscillation technique, was measured both before and after the inhalation of a dose of capsaicin which caused less than two coughs.
(20) However, the magnitude of the pressure oscillation even at tidal volumes four times normal was always significantly below that observed during spontaneous eupnic respiration.
Swing
Definition:
(v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
(v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
(v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.
(n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
(n.) To be hanged.
(v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
(v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
(v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
(n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
(n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
(n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
(n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
(n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
(n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
Example Sentences:
(1) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
(2) Anterior as well as posterior regions were both strongly active in relation to the swing-phase of stepping.
(3) Records were broken on seats lost and swings suffered.
(4) The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of the leg during swing and stance phases of forward propulsion of the body for both men and women.
(5) He is joined by Cathy O’Toole, the ALP candidate for the crucial swing seat of Herbert where Rudd’s campaign bus has stopped on Sunday evening.
(6) During normal locomotion, SA-m exhibited a single burst of EMG activity per step cycle, during the swing phase.
(7) A single spin density gradient ultracentrifugation method in a swinging bucket rotor has been applied for the detection and isolation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) subfractions.
(8) Iowa (10pm ET) Real Clear Politics average: Obama +2.0pt 2008 result: Obama won by 9.4pt 2004 result: Bush won by 0.7pt Swing counties with 50k+ population: Polk (+5.1), Scott (+5.0), Woodbury (-10.0) This state is where the primary season begins, and it likes to keep Americans guessing.
(9) It would still need to work with government funded national anti-doping organisations where they exist (though even those considered an example to others, such as UK Anti Doping, are facing swingeing cuts) and bully as well as cajole sports into testing properly with rigour and independence.
(10) Same-sex marriage: supreme court's swing votes hang in the balance – live Read more The court heard legal arguments for two and a half hours, in a landmark challenge to state bans on same-sex marriage that is expected to yield a decision in June.
(11) McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate with an influential voice on US foreign affairs, is seen by the Obama administration as a potentially important intermediary in its intensive push to persuade Congress to swing behind the plan for airstrikes .
(12) This is done by scoring the septal cartilage in its basal attachment to the maxillary crest, providing a "swinging door" which can be sutured finally as desired.
(13) Yellow signs swing from lampposts urging citizens to “hold high the great banner of national unity”.
(14) Tony Dolphin, the chief economist at the IPPR thinktank, said: "Any reasonable person might say, these departments are already suffering swingeing cuts, and we're seeing reductions in frontline services: how can you possibly say you're going to take another 1% off without affecting services?"
(15) On a turnout of 50.78%, Labour's shellshocked candidate Imran Hussain was crushed by a 36.59% swing from Labour to Respect that saw Galloway take the seat with a majority of 10,140.
(16) With the Republican primary in full swing, Ted Cruz, a hardliner by most measures, seemed a natural choice for this constituency.
(17) Although the cranes swing, much of the new living zones now being created range from the ho-hum to the outright catastrophic.
(18) Squirrel monkeys controlled the air temperature within their test chamber by pulling a chain to select between two preset air temperatures, 10 and 50 degrees C. When the force required to pull the chain was increased in steps from 2.94 to 6.86 N, interresponse interval increased, resulting in wider air temperature swings within the chamber.
(19) Sleep disturbances and mood swings were significantly improved on the nocte dosage.
(20) But you could also help swing an entire precinct for Hillary’s opponent with a protest vote or by staying home out of frustration.