What's the difference between polystrate and upright?

Polystrate


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Upright


Definition:

  • (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
  • (a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
  • (a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
  • (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
  • (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A significant effect for pirenzepine was seen for episodes greater than 5 min (t = 2.61, P = 0.023) and a trend towards significance was seen for total (upright and supine positions combined) percent time of reflux (t = 2.13, P = 0.055).
  • (2) Nine patients were admitted to the hospital, placed on a diet containing 150 mEq sodium, and studied for periods of 4 hours, on different days, in the following conditions: (1) supine position, (2) upright posture (UP), (3) UP after 10 mg domperidone, intravenously in bolus, and (4) UP after 3 days of domperidone, 30 mg orally.
  • (3) Mean arterial pressure rose in upright posture in many cases, but its changes (percentage) showed no correlation with the changes (percentage) in GFR.
  • (4) The veteran almost had one with the best effort of the first half, a typical drive from the edge of the Stoke penalty area that shaved Thomas Sorensen's left-hand upright, though that possibly said more about the quality of the attacking play in the first half than the dynamism of Scholes's attempt.
  • (5) Possible mesial root extrusion was found in 60.0% of the uprighted molars.
  • (6) There was a marked increase in forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in the upright posture in both elderly and young subjects.
  • (7) In 7 multiple pregnancies the changes in maternal and fetal cardiac-circulation parameters resulting from a passive change in presentation from left lateral to steady upright were measured for the duration of pregnancy and the puerperium and compared with corresponding data from a single-fetus collective.
  • (8) Prediction of change by deviation of the lateral asymmetry index on ISIS examination were compared with measured change on standard upright roentgenograms.
  • (9) The upright-tilting test was considered positive if syncope developed in association with hypotension or bradycardia, or both.
  • (10) Aggressive behavior was evoked by introducing a group-housed male mouse (intruder) into the home cage of the isolated or nonisolated mouse (resident).d-Amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylphenidate, cocaine, and L-dopa decreased attack and threat behavior by resident mice, the isolates requiring 2--4 times higher drug doses for the antiaggressive effects than the nonisolates, d-Amphetamine, methamphetamine, and methylphenidate caused intruder mice to be more frequently attacked by their non-treated resident opponents, to escape more often, to assume the defensive upright posture less, and to move about more often.
  • (11) The numerals were either upright, or inverted, or rotated perpendicular to the arm axis.
  • (12) An upright chest radiograph revealed a left hydropneumothorax.
  • (13) The pressure sore resulted from the commonly practised habit of grasping the upright of the wheel chair with the upper arm in order to gain stability.
  • (14) Konoplyanka had already thudded a free-kick against the upright, with Joe Hart and the entire City defence anticipating a cross, before the Ukraine international opened the scoring on the half-hour, capping off a 10-minute spell of concerted pressure.
  • (15) Estimation of the microcapillary flow was made both after supine resting and on standing upright.
  • (16) By changing the monkey's body position (upright, ear-down, supine), postrotatory nystagmus was elicited in the horizontal, vertical, or torsional direction.
  • (17) The gigantic lintels that bridge the uprights were also elaborately worked to even their size and height.
  • (18) The role of the vestibulo-spinal system involved in the maintenance of upright standing posture was studied by a time series analysis with a 5-dimensional feedback model.
  • (19) Overnight supine and 4-h upright PRA, plasma aldosterone, and 24-h urinary tetrahydroaldosterone (THA) and aldosterone secretion rates (ASR) were measured.
  • (20) The exercise test protocol consisted of pseudorandom binary sequences (PRBS) of workload (W) performed on a bicycle ergometer in the upright position (20 W - 80 W, 15 bits, 30 s per bit; the sequence was repeated three times).

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