(n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
(n.) A plantation laid out.
(n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
(v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
(n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
(n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
(n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
(n.) A plan; a purpose.
(n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
(v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
(v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
(v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Multiple stored energy levels were randomly tested and the percent successful defibrillation was plotted against the stored energy, and the raw data were fit by logistic regression.
(2) It was found that linear extrapolations of log k' versus ET(30) plots to the polarity of unmodified aqueous mobile phase gave a more reliable value of log k'w than linear regressions of log k' versus volume percent.
(3) Binding data for both ligands to the enzyme yielded nonlinear Scatchard plots that analyze in terms of four negatively cooperative binding sites per enzyme tetramer.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest With a plot based around fake (or real?)
(5) The ED50 and ED95 of mivacurium in each group were estimated from linear regression plots of log dose vs probit of maximum percentage depression of neuromuscular function.
(6) The aim of this study was to plot the course of the transcutaneously measured PCO2 (tcPCO2) in the fetus during oxygenation of the mother.
(7) Under standardized conditions, the relationship between antigen content and inhibition of chromium release was linear in a semilogarithmic plot, indicating that the antigen content can be determined from testing two dilutions of a given preparation.
(8) A combined plot of all results from the four separate papers, which is ordered alphabetically by chemical, is available from L. S. Gold, in printed form or on computer tape or diskette.
(9) In application to most proteins, this plot is linear and computer programs exist to evaluate it.
(10) Using the intersection point of these pH-logPCO2 lines as a point of equal hemoglobin-independent "base excess" for each condition, values for true base excess were plotted.
(11) We conclude that the biphasic nature of the Arrhenius plot of 5'-nucleotidase may be a property of the enzyme rather than its lipid environment.
(12) Ninety-eight different malignant adnexal tumors were analyzed for the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-specific binding sites and binding parameters were calculated by Scatchard plot analysis [G. Scatchard, Ann.
(13) From the well-known Chebyshev's inequality, it has been shown that the possible error which could be derived from the Tsou plot will be much smaller than the usual experimental error obtainable.
(14) For this purpose the molecular models of Monod-Wyman-Changeux (MWC) and of Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer (KNF) are tested by showing how the different plots, direct, reciprocal, Scatchard and Hill, vary as do the parameters considered in these models.
(15) The Mr of human serum biotinidase estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (Ferguson plot) and by sedimentation analysis was 68,000.
(16) The results are presented as effectiveness factor plots graphed as functions of bulk galactose and oxygen concentrations.
(17) A modified plot accounting for amphiphilic helices indicates 5-6 such alpha-segments.
(18) Similar plots for ethidium follow the latter pattern between 25 and 50 degrees C. These observations and our analyses of delta HB and delta SB are consistent with the hypothesis that the location in the DNA complex and the rotational motion of the alkylamine chain change substantially over the temperature range in this study.
(19) The results were analysed by scattergram plot and Wilcoxon's matched-pair signed ranks test.
(20) It is shown that when a constant current is applied such that a stable equilibrium and rhythmic firing are present, the following predictions are inherent in the HH system of equations: (a) Small instantaneous voltage perturbations to the axon given at points along its firing spike result in phase resetting curves (when new phase versus old phase is plotted) with an average slope of 1.
Recitative
Definition:
(n.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.
(a.) Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.
Example Sentences:
(1) When accused of muttering it while reciting Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo, during filming of BBC2s Top Gear, he said he had not, that he would absolutely never use "the most racist word of them all".
(2) For one day only, the criteria for success shift from the ability to do long division to the ability to do the long jump, a knack for reciting facts to a knack for running fast.
(3) As a central feature of every ceremony, Nepali shamans (jhãkris) publicly recite lengthy oral texts, whose meticulous memorization constitutes the core of shamanic training.
(4) These days large theatres such as the Met in New York still use the recitative, but most productions tend to opt for the original dialogue, while a few, including Sally Potter's production for ENO in 2007, attempt to make do without either.
(5) In fact, there are two – three if you count the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
(6) He even recited Tennyson's poem to a classroom of Russian children in Moscow, possibly a tad insensitively, given that it was about an incident in the Crimean war, though they nodded politely.
(7) In the footage, published on the newspaper's website , Clarkson appears to recite the beginning of the children's nursery rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe..." before appearing to mumble: "Catch a nigger by his toe."
(8) In the unaired version – which was later passed to the Mirror – the presenter then appears to recite the children's counting rhyme and use the N-word under his breath before pointing at the Toyota and shrugging: "Toyota it is."
(9) Commuters streaming into the bustling streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur earlier in the morning were overwhelmingly black-clad, while state television aired recitations from the Qur’an and showed photos of the victims.
(10) There are no ahhs of amazement as though you’re a pet hamster who’s suddenly executed a triple backflip while reciting the spoken-word bit of Shake It Off .
(11) He could recite moral rules; he could even, when asked to do so in court, recite Kant's famous categorical imperative .
(12) Accessible to non-specialists, the system conveyed by these recitations acts to validate shamanic intervention as a significant and intelligible activity.
(13) At the time, it felt like a story I recited so I didn't go under.
(14) One woman turned from her seat to survey the crowd: “I think the whole town is here.” The meeting began only after men removed their farm hats and Stetsons to recite the Lord’s Prayer.
(15) It was delightful to explore the modernised, easier to navigate site and listen again to Tennyson reading his The Charge of the Light Brigade, Sylvia Plath reciting Parliament Hill Fields , Hillaire Beloc singing Tarantella .
(16) One female mummy is displayed with a translation of an offering inscription, which visitors will be invited to recite to ensure her food supply in the next world.
(17) The words recited with the eight strokes of the comb hint at the uneven path ahead: "First comb for luck, second for longevity, third for contentment, fourth for safety.
(18) Daniels is not a bad actor, but the show gives him nothing to do except recite Aaron Sorkin’s self-important lines in a self important voice.
(19) Evacuated to Bournemouth at the outbreak of war, Drummond went to hear the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and a recital by Kathleen Ferrier, whose biography he was to film 20 years later in what was probably his most successful television production.
(20) When you read, as a Swede, that we have the third highest number of reported cases of violence against women in the EU – 46% of the Swedish women surveyed had such experiences, just behind Denmark's 52% and Finland's 47% – it's almost instinctive to recite the reasons why this is actually a good thing.