What's the difference between position and sidereal?

Position


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.
  • (n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
  • (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
  • (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
  • (n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
  • (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
  • (2) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
  • (3) None of the strains was found to be positive for cytotoxic enterotoxin in the GM1-ELISA.
  • (4) The patterns observed were: clusters of granules related to the cell membrane; positive staining localized to portions of the cell membrane, and, less commonly, the whole cell circumference.
  • (5) In 49 cases undergoing systemic lymphadenectomy 32 were found to have glandular involvement, of which both aortic and pelvic nodes were positive in 17 cases (53.1%), aortic nodes positive but pelvic negative in six (18.8%), and pelvic nodes positive but aortic negative in nine (28.1%).
  • (6) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (7) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
  • (8) We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene.
  • (9) An unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of Escherichia coli was grown with a series of cis-octadecenoate isomers in which the location of the double bond varied from positions 3 to 17.
  • (10) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
  • (11) Stimulation is also observed with mixtures of APC expressing DPw3 and APC expressing A1, and likewise, DPw3+ APC become stimulatory when preincubated with supernatants from A1-positive cells.
  • (12) Nine of 14 patients studied for documented clinical relapse had positive repeat studies.
  • (13) Ca2+ transport was positively correlated with MR cell density.
  • (14) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
  • (15) A quadripolar catheter was positioned either at the site of earliest ventricular activation during induced monomorphic ventricular tachycardia or at circumscribed areas of the left ventricle.
  • (16) Fifteen sera ICA-IgG and ICA-protein A positive with high titres remained positive thereafter.
  • (17) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
  • (18) Induction of labor, based upon only (1) a finding of meconium in the amniocentesis group or (2) a positive test in the OCT group, was nearly three times more frequent in the amniocentesis group.
  • (19) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (20) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.

Sidereal


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
  • (a.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thousands of migrants continue to be dispatched from Libyan shores for Europe, while Isis this week attacked Es Sider, the country’s largest oil port.
  • (2) The North Korean-flagged tanker docked at Es Sider.
  • (3) Interrogators took these factors in con- sideration and used them effectively.
  • (4) Five flavonoid glycosides, 4'-O-methylisoscutellarein 7-O-[6"'-acetylallopyranosyl(1----2)glucopyranoside], 4'-O-methylisoscutellarein 7-O-allopyranosyl(1----2)glucopyranoside, 3'-hydroxy-4'-O-methylisoscutellarein 7-O-[6"'-acetylallopyranosyl(1----2) glucopyranoside], and hypolaetin-8-glucoside have been isolated from Sideritis javalambrensis aerial parts and identified by standard methods.
  • (5) On the other hand, there were no siderous granulations of protein: in normal epithelial cells of the lens, in unchanged fibres of the lens, in Wedl's cells and in Morgagni's or myelin droplets.
  • (6) On 11 March, the North Korea-registered ship slipped out of the Libyan port of Es Sider during a storm and headed out into the Mediterranean.
  • (7) In continuation with our work on the flavonoids of Sideritis species, we have now isolated and identified from Sideritis leucantha extracts, the novel flavonoid compound, isoscutellarein-7-O-[allosyl (1----2) glucoside].
  • (8) Competition body’s key role in ferry strike | Letters Read more “I’ve got a curtain-sider.
  • (9) This week the terror group launched attacks on Libya’s major eastern oil ports, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, setting storage tanks ablaze.
  • (10) Therefore, these monoclonal antibodies can eventually predict the virus infection to the animals before their sideration.
  • (11) The superoxide anion scavenging activity of 38 flavonoids, some of them isolated from Sideritis mugronensis, Sideritis javalambrensis and Cayaponia tayuya were investigated by measurement of their inhibition of nitroblue tetrazolium reduction.
  • (12) The anti-inflammatory activities of the n-hexane extract of Sideritis javalambrensis and several purified fractions were investigated using the carrageenan mouse paw edema test.
  • (13) It is less easy to interpret the significance of the numerous degenerating nervous fibres observed in the cone sidered area of medulla oblongata.
  • (14) As a consequence of the con-siderable activity in ongoing research on antiviral drugs the predictive value of the screening systems is expected to improve.
  • (15) These results show that responsiveness to the inductive effects of photoperiod varies significantly with time of the sidereal year.
  • (16) The "proprioceptive amnesia" and the "muscular sideration" permit a proprioceptive reorganisation and a new neuro-muscular fonctionnement elaborated from a new occlusal base.
  • (17) The Glasses and their children – Franny, Zooey, Seymour, Buddy and the rest - were West Siders, the entire Upper Westside of Manhattan was implicit in their lives.
  • (18) Hypolaetin-8-glucoside, a novel flavonoid isolated from Sideritis mugronensis and possessing anti-inflammatory and gastroprotective properties in the rat, was compared with the structurally related flavonoids hypolaetin, isoscutellarein, rutin, quercetin and kaempferol for inhibitory effects on the enzymes soybean 15-lipoxygenase and snake venom phospholipase A2.
  • (19) Since these macrophages contained siderous pigment, an intraocular haemorrhage probably played an important role in the development of the crystals.
  • (20) On the other hand, the presence of sideritoflavone, hypolaetin-8-O-beta-D-glucoside, cirsiliol and xanthomicrol in several species of Sideritis may provide a basis for the use of such plants as anti-inflammatory agents.

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