What's the difference between outward and towards?

Outward


Definition:

  • (adv.) Alt. of Outwards
  • (a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
  • (a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
  • (a.) Tending to the exterior or outside.
  • (n.) External form; exterior.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
  • (2) In electrophysiological studies with neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis, THA inhibited the slow outward K+ current and consequently increased the duration of the action potentials.
  • (3) The whole-cell outward currents develop in a characteristic sequence.
  • (4) In the presence of high external Cl, a component of outward current that was inhibited by the anion channel blocker diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC) appeared in 70% of the cells.
  • (5) From this proliferating layer, precursor cells migrate outwards to reach the developing neostriatum in a sequential fashion according to two gradients of histogenesis.
  • (6) As early as E-28 many growth cones have lamellipodia that extend outward from the core region as far as 10 microns.
  • (7) Outward Na+ cotransport fluxes significantly rose (p less than 0.05) after acetate hemodialysis and decreased (p less than 0.05) after bicarbonate hemodialysis.
  • (8) Outwardly, his life was successful, happy, on course.
  • (9) The delayed outward current was initially depressed but later augmented epecially in case of ATP and ADP where Ica was enhanced.
  • (10) The effects of capsaicin (CAP) on membrane properties, action potentials (APs) and outward membrane currents were investigated using the single electrode current and voltage clamp.
  • (11) The results also demonstrate the effect of an outward current to prolong the action potential and the effect of an outward current blocker to abbreviate the action potential.
  • (12) The outward current decays exponentially with an early and late phase.
  • (13) We propose that OXO-M induces a novel outward K+ current that can be slowly de-activated by Ca(2+)-entry during a depolarizing stimulus.
  • (14) With the same protocol a diminished transient outward current was measured.
  • (15) The top of the fence can also be manipulated in certain ways such as including curvature outward at the top of the fence to make scaling it much more difficult for most.” Some critics, including Washington DC congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, have warned against excessive fortification, but the report argues: “We recognise all the competing considerations that may go into questions regarding the fence, but believe that protection of the President and the White House must be the higher priority.” “Every additional second of response time provided by a fence that is more difficult to climb makes a material difference in ensuring the President’s safety and protecting the symbol that is the White House.” The panel also urges that a new head of secret service, to replace ousted head Julia Pierson, be brought in from outside the agency, ensuring it is better staffed and trained in future.
  • (16) Divalent cations (2 mM-Ni2+, 1 mM-Ba2+ or 2 mM-Ca2+) reduced only the outward current in the Tris Na(+)-free solution, while in the 150 mM-Na+ solution, they reduced both the inward and outward components of the current which had a reversal potential of around -10 mV.
  • (17) In the absence of Ca2+ (but with Mg2+ present) the inward current disappeared but a large, inactivating outward current appeared when V greater than 0 mV.
  • (18) A voltage-dependent, fast inactivating outward current may underlie these responses.
  • (19) One valve displayed a fixed outward eversion of the free margin of two leaflets.
  • (20) Five of 20 ambulatory patients and 8 of 10 patients in acute respiratory failure showed inward abdominal motion coincident with outward rib cage motion during inspiration, suggesting ineffective diaphragmatic function.

Towards


Definition:

  • (prep.) In the direction of; to.
  • (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
  • (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
  • (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
  • (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
  • (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
  • (2) In X-irradiated litters, almost invariably, the incidence of anophthalmia was higher in exencephalic than in nonexencephalic embryos and the ratio of these incidences (relative risk) decreased toward 1 with increasing dose.
  • (3) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (4) Enhanced sensitivity to ITDs should translate to better-defined azimuthal receptive fields, and therefore may be a step toward achieving an optimal representation of azimuth within the auditory pathway.
  • (5) Postpartum management is directed toward decreasing vasospasm and central nervous system irritability and maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance.
  • (6) Another important factor, however, seems to be that patients, their families, doctors and employers estimate capacity of performance on account of the specific illness, thus calling for intensified efforts toward rehabilitation.
  • (7) Normal and tumor cell cultures exhibited increased sensitivity toward TNF in the presence of mifepristone.
  • (8) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
  • (9) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
  • (10) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
  • (11) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
  • (12) The Pakistan government, led as usual by a general, was anxious to project the army's role as bringers of order to a country that was sliding quickly towards civil war.
  • (13) This paper presents findings from a survey on knowledge of and attitudes and practices towards AIDS among currently married Zimbabwean men conducted between April and June 1988.
  • (14) Local minima of hand speed evident within segments of continuous motion were associated with turn toward the target.
  • (15) Moreover, it allows the clinician to be alert towards findings which could be missed when not carefully searched for and which may be useful to raise or strengthen the suspicion of this disease.
  • (16) An N-acetylation polymorphism is described that is expressed toward arylamine carcinogens in tumor target organs of an inbred rat model.
  • (17) Expansion of the cell sheet following attachment, and the fusion of epiblasts advancing toward each other, does not require the presence of mineralocorticoid.
  • (18) It was then determined whether reducing the PA wedge pressure during exercise with prazosin (9 patients) or dobutamine (6 patients) reduced ventilatory levels toward normal.
  • (19) The toluene group were more approving in their attitudes towards taking other drugs.
  • (20) The inhibition by DCMU of palmitoylcarnitine oxidation by isolated liver mitochondria was used to calculate a flux control coefficient of the respiratory chain towards gluconeogenesis.