(n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
(n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
(n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
(n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Example Sentences:
(1) Parameters evaluated were rotation speed, plunger frequency, medium volume, medium type, medium sampling location, number of plunger ribs, and number of gum pieces.
(2) The second person exerts sufficient pressure on the plunger of the syringe to produce intermittent minimal flow of saline.
(3) Plunger loads were alternated so that each was used, initially, 50% of the time.
(4) When marked resistance to withdrawal of the plunger occurs and on release the plunger rebounds to its original position the oesophagus has been intubated.
(5) The ease of insertion without a plunger and gloves (inserter tube diameter 3 mm) and the ease of removal (force of traction approximately 1 N) mean safety also for the medical and paramedical fitter of the CU SAFE 300 IUD.
(6) A standard plastic luer hub allows the trephine to be used with a syringe, either a standard type or one with a spring-assisted plunger.
(7) The plunger is operated by hand to homogenize a sample in 2-20 microliter of buffer in a tube.
(8) Prostaglandins are not suited for menstrual regulation; use of the Karman catheter with pressure on the plunger instead of negative pressure has proven very successful.
(9) The toxic material originated from zinc compounds that were present in the rubber stopper and plunger of the container and that subsequently leached into the formulation.
(10) Two methods, the so-called "oil drop" and "Teflon plunger" methods, were designed to monitor lipase hydrolysis of natural long-chain triacylglycerols through the variation with time of the oil-water interfacial tension.
(11) 'Micropets' of different volumes are easily made from inexpensive, commercially available Drummond 100 microliter glass tubes (bores) fitted with teflon plungers.
(12) An unmanned spacecraft with a giant telescoping plunger would fly to the asteroid, suck it in, and secure it in a truly industrial-strength Hefty bag of sorts.
(13) This does not just apply to shale gas operations – conventional gas drilling also produces leaks, which can be stanched by a variety of technologies, including one known as "plunger lift".
(14) The suspension cultivation in test tube with cotton plunger could not support the schizogony of P. vivax, while other groups could at least complete two schizogony cycles.
(15) He recommends filter coffee, with "plungers, pour overs , siphons , Aeropress etc" using water two minutes off the boil, and 60g a litre for all filter coffees.
(16) We suggest that for optimal PO2 determinations syringes should not only allow minimal air contamination but also have plungers that reduce injection pressure to a minimum.
(17) The required thin layer of the fluid is created between the cellulose tube walls and its metal cap, that functions as a plunger.
(18) Adding ATP (1 mM) to myosin B suspension and mixing was carried out by hand, using a mixing plunger, and also using the automatic adder mixer.
(19) Intraocular pressure as a function of plunger weight and the reading of measurement is shown in mmHg.
(20) A simple method is described which highlights the leaching of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and 2-(2-hydroxy-ethylthio)benzothiazole from the rubber plunger-seals of disposable syringes: contact of rubber with bidistilled water, extraction of this liquid with chloroform, chromatography on silica gel with the solvents previously studied and spraying with N-chloro-2,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone monoimine.
Reckless
Definition:
(a.) Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
(a.) Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
Example Sentences:
(1) That’s precisely the point made by Jubilee Debt Campaign: the reckless lenders that poured speculative cash into the country in the runup to the crisis escaped largely unscathed (though they were forced to accept some reduction in the face value of their bonds – known as a haircut – in the 2012 restructuring that accompanied Greece’s second emergency bailout).
(2) I remember seeing the film and walking on air as I emerged in Leicester Square, recklessly crossing roads as if no car could damage me.
(3) "This behavior could be a sign of many things, from a nervous breakdown to mere youthful recklessness," writes Franco.
(4) While Reckless won Rochester and Strood in 2010 with 9,953 votes to spare over his Labour challenger, there was no Ukip candidate on that occasion.
(5) I can't face any more reckless decisions like this, in which politicians don't think about the children involved.
(6) Another was a mock-up of a speeding ticket for Mr G Bale, Campeón de Copa, for overtaking recklessly, crossing a continuous white line.
(7) Their endorsement would be a significant coup for Farage’s party as it seeks to build on the two by-election victories following the defection of Tory MPs, Mark Reckless and Douglas Carswell.
(8) It is the bonus culture – not high pay, recklessness or incompetence – that has polluted banking's public image.
(9) They are not rebellious reckless youth, but 50,000 of the cleverest and most hardworking adults of their generation; the cream of their school science classes, serious-minded grown-ups in their 20s and 30s.
(10) Extensive research among the Afghan National Army – 68 focus groups – and US military personnel alike concluded: "One group sees the other as a bunch of violent, reckless, intrusive, arrogant, self-serving profane, infidel bullies hiding behind high technology; and the other group [the US soldiers] generally views the former as a bunch of cowardly, incompetent, obtuse, thieving, complacent, lazy, pot-smoking, treacherous, and murderous radicals.
(11) The inquiry’s chairman, Sir Thayne Forbes, a former high court judge, concluded in 2014 that the most serious claims were “deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility”.
(12) Finally the new president will be condemned for his recklessness, ignorance and incompetence,” the newspaper said in an editorial .
(13) It would have been reckless to cut more just ahead of the biggest shake up in the benefits system for over 60 years.
(14) The lecture worked and one of his substitutes, James Ward-Prowse, opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 56th minute following a reckless foul on Shane Long by Alex Bruce.
(15) We believe in due diligence and will NOT recklessly involve innocent individuals #OpKKK November 2, 2015 The incorrect information appears to originate from a Twitter account with the name @sgtbilko420, which also claimed to be behind a denial of service attack that allegedly took down, among other sites, the website KKK.com on 31 October.
(16) The SNP can now contend that it is not they who are the reckless parochialists To an extent that is not widely appreciated, Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to go for broke by calling for a fresh plebiscite represents a dramatic shift in her strategy.
(17) It’s time for governments, business and people the world over to respond and the most obvious place to start is by calling a halt to Shell’s reckless search for Arctic oil.” NSIDC is yet to provide a full analysis of this year’s melt, noting that there is a chance that changing wind patterns or low season melt could see the ice recede further.
(18) He's hounded out of town in the most hysterical way, but the film is reckless with its logic and fails to observe due processes of plot, milieu, verisimilitude – massive failings when dealing with such a sensitive subject.
(19) During the launch event in Rochester, the seat of Ukip’s second MP Mark Reckless, Farage also moved to shut down speculation that he would back an insurance-style health system instead of the NHS.
(20) That seemed not to worry Unite's Len McCluskey, his erstwhile blustery critic, who sent out paeans of reckless praise: "This is a tour de force … the best speech from a Labour leader I have heard."