What's the difference between plot and section?

Plot


Definition:

  • (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.

Section


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
  • (n.) A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.
  • (n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division.
  • (n.) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct.
  • (n.) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.
  • (n.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.
  • (n.) A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /.
  • (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase.
  • (n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
  • (2) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
  • (3) Serial sections of mouse foetal liver, during the 9th and 16th days of gestation, were studied.
  • (4) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
  • (5) The diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer, though suspected, was deferred for permanent sections in all cases.
  • (6) Limited biopsic retroperitoneal lymphnode dissection subsequently extended following the result of the frozen section histology.
  • (7) Serially sectioned rabbit foliate taste buds were examined with high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and computer-assisted, three-dimensional reconstruction.
  • (8) Lung sections of rats exposed to quartz particles were significantly different.
  • (9) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
  • (10) When the posterior capsule was sectioned, no significant changes were noted in the severity of the sag or the rotation.
  • (11) A similar interference colour appeared after incubating sections of rat skin with chymase.
  • (12) From these results it was concluded that FITC-Con A staining method applied to smear specimens is more advantageous in the rapidity and the simplicity for tumor cell diagnosis than section specimen method.
  • (13) The enzyme was quantitated by incubation of 16-micron-thick brain sections with 0.07-2 nM of the converting enzyme inhibitor 125I-351A and comparison to 125I-standards.
  • (14) At day 7 MD occupy about 14% area of posterior retina in transverse sections in Campbell rats versus 7% in normal animals.
  • (15) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
  • (16) Pitlike surface structures seen in negatively stained whole cells and thin sections were correlated with periodically spaced perforations of the rigid sacculus.
  • (17) Females were killed at various times after the onset of mating or artificial insemination, oviducts were fixed and sectioned serially, and spermatozoa were counted individually as to their location in the oviduct.
  • (18) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
  • (19) Using a monoclonal antibody against dopamine and a rabbit antiserum against serotonin, 5-methoxytryptamine or tryptamine, we were able to achieve the simultaneous localization of two amines in glutaraldehyde-fixed sections of rat dorsal raphe nuclei.
  • (20) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.