(v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
(superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
(superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
(superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
(superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
(superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
(superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
(superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
(superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
(superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
(adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.
(a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
(a.) A field of battle.
(v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
(v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(2) Plain radiographs should be the initial screening modality for a suspected foreign body.
(3) The radiologic findings on conventional examinations (plain films and cholangiograms) in a large group of patients with proven hepatobiliary tuberculosis are reviewed.
(4) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(5) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
(6) These patients will generally require a plain roentgenographic examination with subsequent scintography, MRI, CT, laboratory work, and biopsy as indicated by any positive findings during the diagnostic work-up.
(7) The ultrasonographic features, the findings of plain abdominal X-ray studies, and of intravenous urography are described.
(8) CZP reduced the incidence of convulsions only after the larger dose, but plain solvent (propylene glycol, ethanol, water) was equally effective.
(9) Forty-six percent of the plain abdominal radiographs were suspected for cecal volvulus, but only 17 percent were diagnostic.
(10) But perhaps the most striking example of how differently much of the world sees London – and the importance of religion – from the way the city plainly sees itself came from the US, where Donald Trump caused uproar with a call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
(11) Shenhua Watermark Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Shenhua Group, is waiting for final approval from Hunt for a $1.2bn open-cut coalmine on the edge of the plains, a little more than three kilometres from Hamparsum’s property.
(13) Tension pneumocephalus was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) scan and plain skull X-ray.
(14) This time, the syndrome was observed on adult cattle reared in the Accra Plains (Ghana) and infected by S. typhimurium.
(15) Plain abdominal radiography demonstrated calcification in three patients and evidence of Thorotrast (thorium dioxide) deposition in one.
(16) The absence of a visible fracture on plain skull radiographs does not exclude a fracture, and those patients with clinical signs of a fracture should be treated appropriately and further investigations performed.
(17) The success of correction was evaluated on plain radiographs using A P and "false profile" views as well as by CT.
(18) (7) Histologically, in the chick, the wall of the truncus and the conus contain cardiac muscle as late as stage 28, but from then on the walls of the truncus are transformed into connective tissue and plain muscle.
(19) The tumor was palpable on physical examination, but not apparent on plain radiographs.
(20) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
Range
Definition:
(n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
(n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
(n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
(n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
(n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
(n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
(n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
(v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
(v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
(v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
(v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
(v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
(v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
(v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
(v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
(v.) A kitchen grate.
(v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
(v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
(v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
(v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
(v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
(v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
(v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
(v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
(v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
(v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
(v.) See Range of cable, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
(2) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
(3) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
(4) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
(5) 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).
(6) Finally the advanced automation of the equipment allowed weekly the evaluation of catecholamines and the whole range of their known metabolites in 36 urine samples.
(7) There were 12 males, 6 females, with mean age of 55.1 yrs (range 39-77 yrs).
(8) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
(9) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
(10) Polygraphic recordings during sleep were performed on 18 elderly persons (age range: 64-100 years).
(11) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(12) In seven girls with early adrenarche, plasma concentrations of DHEA were in the upper range of normal values, whereas T levels were within the normal range.
(13) In the patients who have died or have been classified as slowly progressive the serum 19-9 changes ranged from +13% to +707%.
(14) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
(15) Displacement of a colinear line over the same range without an offset evoked little, if any, response.
(16) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
(17) The technique resolved chromosomes in the size range of 100 kb-1 Mb.
(18) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(19) We report the treatment of 44 boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) at a mean chronological age of 14.3 years (range, 12.4-17.1) and bone age of 12.1 years (range, 9.1-15.0).
(20) The average follow-up was 3.5 years (range 2-5.5 years).