What's the difference between pace and pacer?

Pace


Definition:

  • (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
  • (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.
  • (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
  • (n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
  • (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
  • (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.
  • (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
  • (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
  • (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
  • (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.
  • (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
  • (v. i.) To pass away; to die.
  • (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
  • (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
  • (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the stage 24 chick embryo, a paced increase in heart rate reduces stroke volume, presumably by rate-dependent decrease in passive filling.
  • (2) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (3) All 3 drugs increased the basic cycle length of pacing at which VT was induced and the cycle time of the resulting VT.
  • (4) George Osborne said the 146,000 fall in joblessness marked "another step on the road to full employment" but Labour and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) seized on news that earnings were failing to keep pace with prices.
  • (5) Rapid right ventricular pacing increased the extent and degree of dyskinesia of the left ventricle, but premedication with nicorandil improved the wall motion.
  • (6) The decrease in cardiac performance observed during ventricular pacing was related to the severity of asynchrony rather than the direction of the ventricular depolarization or change in regional myocardial tension.
  • (7) Propafenone depressed the spontaneous heart rate and prolonged the postatrial pacing recovery times.
  • (8) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
  • (9) Twelve patients (group 1), all with coronary artery disease, produced myocardial lactate during pacing.
  • (10) During rapid pacing at 600, 500, 400, 350, 300, and 250 msec cycle lengths, mixed venous oxygen saturation decreased as cycle length decreased.
  • (11) Electrophysiological findings in the patients with LQTS showed no characteristic findings, but only mild abnormalities with functional atrioventricular conduction disturbance on programmed atrial pacing.
  • (12) For this purpose, the fastest possible self-paced single isometric forefinger extensions and the fastest alternating forefinger movements were tested.
  • (13) A "J-shaped" atrial lead was used for ventricular pacing with excellent long-term results.
  • (14) Advocates would point to the influence Giggs maintains in the United midfield – developing a more creative game from a central role to compensate for the loss of his once blistering pace.
  • (15) Use of sunglasses that block all ultraviolet radiation and severely attenuate high-energy visible radiation will slow the pace of ocular deterioration and delay the onset of age-related disease, thereby reducing its prevalence.
  • (16) The reasons are often financial, but can also be a desire for a change of pace or new experiences.
  • (17) Our strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are isochromosomal and isomitochondrial due to all of them have originated from one haploid pace XII of Sacch.
  • (18) The effect of programmed electrical stimulation on the first post-pacing interval was determined during sustained ventricular tachycardia and, following its spontaneous termination during an episode when ectopic activity could only be induced by pacing.
  • (19) In tests on 13 cells pacing at a 200 mua drain without recharging, the simulated mean duration of pacing before total discharge was 4.8 years.
  • (20) To eliminate pacing stimulus afterpotential and detect an evoked response, a hardware feedback circuit and a software template matching algorithm were used to produce a triphasic charge-balanced pacing pulse.

Pacer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No patient had rejection before the pacer implantation.
  • (2) Myopotential inhibition of demand pacemakers is a common phenomenon and is responsible for a greater degree of morbidity and possible mortality in patients with pacers.
  • (3) 3.19am BST Pacers 49-66 Heat - 4:47 remaining, 3rd quarter So yeah, this is not how Indiana wanted to start things.
  • (4) 2.59am BST Tweets fredrik nygren (@fredriknygren) @HunterFelt Can the Pacers sign Jason Kidd for the rest of this game so he can at least not turn the ball over?
  • (5) A case of endocarditis associated with six entrapped endocardial pacer leads is presented.
  • (6) The Pacers don't look capable of winning a seven-game series against anyone, if their late-season struggles continue to bleed into the postseason.
  • (7) Indiana Pacers 106-99 New York Knicks Pacers win series 4-2 The Indiana Pacers will face the Miami Heat in their first NBA Eastern Conference finals since 2004 after extinguishing the New York Knicks' championship aspirations 106-99 in Game Six.
  • (8) For example, the Pacers lost 107-97 , at home on Tuesday, in a game where their starting center Roy Hibbert's disappearing act reached nearly-comical levels as he racked up 0 points, 0 rebounds, 1 meager assist and four personal fouls in 12 minutes of playing time.
  • (9) Standardbred pacers were studied at four different nominated speeds and selected gait kinematics were analysed to determine factors which contribute to pacing speed.
  • (10) 3.03am BST Pacers 40-54 Heat - 11:21 remaining, 3rd Quarter George Hill hits a three pointer right out of the gate, absolutely necessary for Indiana, but there's no stopping Miami on the other end as Chalmers makes a layup.
  • (11) After their previous season ended in their Game Seven loss to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, a road game for them, the Pacers have come to realize that home field advantage can mean the difference between a championship and disappointment .
  • (12) When the RP is retriggered three times in the course of a single pacemaker cycle, the pacer varies its mode of functioning, being the pacing rate increased to a value identical to the magnet rate.
  • (13) The Fontan patients have a higher incidence of symptomatic dysrhythmias, hospitalizations, and antidysrhythmic medication requirements after pacer insertion.
  • (14) In retrospect at least, we can easily track the Pacers' gradual improvement over the last few seasons, this was a team that gave the Miami Heat pressure in the 2012 playoffs and then took them to a Game 7 in the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals.
  • (15) Whatever play the Pacers drew up during the timeout wasn't meant to be because instead, Indiana's George Hill immediately turned it over.
  • (16) The Heat settled for the East's second seed, after they conceded first place to the Pacers.
  • (17) Evaluation of candidates for implantable devices, both pacers and defibrillators, is provided, together with the long-term results and the likely future role of such devices.
  • (18) Average life of pacers varies from 8.5 to 28.3 months; the average life of fixed rate pacers is higher.
  • (19) 382 pace-makers were used in these 52 patients: the average life of every pacer was 20 months.
  • (20) In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls played without Derrick Rose, the Celtics didn't have Rajon Rondo and the Pacers were without Danny Granger.