(a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
(a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
(a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
(n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
(n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,
(n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
(n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
(n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
(n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.
(n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
(n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
(v. t.) To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.
(v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
(v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
(v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
(v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(2) The time-course and dose-response for this modification of pp60c-src paralleled PDGF-induced increases in phosphorylation of pp36, a major cellular substrate for several tyrosine-specific protein kinases.
(3) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
(4) There was no correlation between serum LH and chronological or bone age in this age group, which suggests that the correlation found is not due to age-related parallel phenomena.
(5) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(6) Stimulation of parallel fibers or iontophoresis of acetylcholine excited P cells.
(7) Label was found widely distributed among all the organs except the nervous system and its rate of disappearance from the tissues paralleled its disappearance from the circulation.
(8) The bundles may lie parallel to the plasma membrane and to the long axis of the cell.
(9) Alterations in DNA synthesis induced by a single dose of cyclophosphamide in normal and tumorous tissues in vivo paralleled in many respects the changes seen when the more time-consuming techniques of the LI or granulocyte colony formation were employed.
(10) Dose distributions were evaluated under thin sheet lead used as surface bolus for 4- and 10-MV photons and 6- and 9-MeV electrons using a parallel-plate ion chamber and film.
(11) The influences of the inhibitor(s) for both tumours and in both culture systems were parallel.
(12) Parallel studies in vivo were carried out to determine the contribution of the phosphatidylserine decarboxylase pathway, relative to pathways utilizing ethanolamine directly, to the synthesis of brain ethanolamine glycerophospholipids.
(13) Plasma renin activities (PRA) and aldosterone concentrations increased in parallel over a wide range of plasma volume deficits produced in unanesthetized rats by extravascular administration of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution.
(14) Combined study of lungs of 85 foetuses and newborns of various gestational age and 8 newborns dying during the first month of life showed the lung surfactant (LS) system to develop in parallel with formation of respiratory parts and lung capillary network.
(15) Ordering of these filaments into a parallel array is the basis of birefringence in the A region, and loss of birefringence is therefore a measure of decreased order.
(16) Comparing the regression lines of HR-QT and HR-QS2 separately for both groups, we found that both intervals decreased in parallel and the mean QT remained shorter than QS2 in both groups during exercise.
(17) Parallel changes in free T4 and the free T4 index indicate adequacy of the index in representing pineal-induced changes in free T4.
(18) In the course of its history, psychiatry has grown richer parallel to the development of its spatiotemporal system of the reference.
(19) Furthermore, the changes in both interstitial fluid and testicular venous blood levels of testosterone do not always parallel those in peripheral venous blood, suggesting that changes in testicular blood flow and peripheral clearance rates of testosterone may also be important in the control of circulating testosterone concentrations.
(20) On the basis of these data, the computer, upon the basis of a program specially developed for this purpose, automatically calculates the corresponding amount of negative-points, which parallels the severity of the joint changes, i.e.
Reeding
Definition:
(n.) A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.
(n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
Example Sentences:
(1) 53 outpatients with HIV-infection classified according to the Walter Reed staging system (WR1 to WR6).
(2) Labour MP Jamie Reed, whose Copeland constituency includes Sellafield, called on the government to lay out details of a potential plan to build a new Mox plant at the site.
(3) That's, in fact, just what Reed Brody was thinking.
(4) In 19% of all cases, Reed-Sternberg cells were positive for epithelial membrane antigen and in 93% they were positive with TAL1B5 (anti-class II MHC).
(5) Furthermore, the large atypical cells of lymphomatoid papulosis also expressed other antigens (for example, T3, T4, HLA-DR, IL-2 receptors) that have previously been demonstrated on Reed-Sternberg cells.
(6) Belfast in Odd Man Out Released in 1947, directed by Carol Reed Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol Reed is a brilliant director of cities in films.
(7) Reed and Heller represent the two states – Rhode Island and Nevada – with the highest unemployment rates in the US.
(8) Using this assay EBV was detected in the Reed-Sternberg cells of 33% and 45% of the two series of HD cases examined in this study.
(9) He did, but not for long: it was Reed's last season as a professional referee.
(10) But it was predictably a thin reed on which to build a doctrine.
(11) In a sneak preview of the findings, Howard Reed of Landman Economics, who was commissioned to do the work, told a meeting this week that "most of the gain" from raising the income tax allowance goes to "families who aren't very poor in the first place", and instead increasing tax credits for working low-income families was the "best targeted way of encouraging work among lone parents and workless couples".
(12) Archer, which Reed originally pitched to the FX channel as "James Bond meets Arrested Development" takes this premise – the comedy of displacement activity – and runs with it.
(13) Besides non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, paraffin sections of 87 biopsies from Hodgkin's disease were investigated for CIg in Hodgkin's and Sternberg-Reed cells.
(14) This requirement is one that Americans comply with every day to engage in mundane activities like cashing a check, opening a bank account or boarding a plane,” said Reed Clay, a special assistant under Abbott.
(15) Using monoclonal antibodies to leukocyte common antigen, granulocyte-related antigen, and B-cell specific antigens, L&H variants of Reed-Sternberg (R-S) cells in Hodgkin's disease, lymphocyte predominance type (nodular), exhibited a unique staining profile as compared with R-S cells of other histologic types.
(16) Jack Reed of Rhode Island, an honorary and non-voting member of the committee due to his seat as ranking member of the Senate armed services committee, also signed the letter, which was dated Tuesday and publicly released on Wednesday.
(17) The diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease continues to depend upon the finding of Reed-Sternberg cells in an appropriate histological setting.
(18) It's also a big day for company results, both in the UK: David Buik (@truemagic68) UK results today - INMARSAT, WINCANTON, HALFORDS, C&W COMM, SUPERGROUP, REED ELSEVIER, WM MORRISON, INVENSYS, TATE & LYLE, RANDGOLD November 7, 2013 And across Europe: Squawk Box Europe (@SquawkBoxEurope) Big earnings day in Europe.
(19) Other cell types including foam cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, Reed-Sternberg-like and ganglion-like cells were commonly present.
(20) Both talents combined to push the genre to its limits: Reed could make great art out of pop.