What's the difference between predetermine and preresolve?

Predetermine


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To determine (something) beforehand.
  • (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
  • (v. i.) To determine beforehand.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 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.
  • (2) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
  • (3) The duration of electrophoresis was based on the migration of a marker dye for a predetermined distance.
  • (4) Ventricular fibrillation was then induced and, after predetermined downtimes ranging from 5 to 60 minutes, thoracotomy was performed, and open-chest bimanual cardiac massage was started.
  • (5) Anesthetized, intubated kittens were subjected to one of two procedures: (1) insertion of a suction catheter to a predetermined distance and withdrawal with or without the application of suction or (2) insertion of the catheter until resistance was met and withdrawal with or without the application of suction.
  • (6) Minute ventilation (VE) was kept constant at a predetermined individual level during all treatments.
  • (7) Thus, it appears that the increased expression of the regulatory MLC2 gene in SHR atrial cells is a predetermined event, which, most likely, participates in functional adaptation of the myocardium in response to pressure overload and subsequent hypertrophy.
  • (8) Furthermore, the minimal actual treatment differences that can be detected with a reasonable (80%) probability at a predetermined (5%) significance level using a crossover design were estimated for different electrophysiologic variables.
  • (9) Each student conducted a medication-history interview with one of two simulated patients who presented a predetermined history; interviews were videotaped from behind a one-way mirror.
  • (10) The %s of fibroblasts, PMN's lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages were estimated in a predetermined standardized area close to the apical termination of the junctional epithelium.
  • (11) Under in vitro inhibition of alpha-glucosidasic activity by glucose in hemolymph of Bee prenymphas, the reaction order (n) (predetermined according to the initial natural glycemia) decreases with increasing inhibitor concentration and the affinity constant between enzyme and substrate undergoes lower variations than in other cases where (n) does not change.
  • (12) The effect of indomethacin administration on the mortality rate of brain-injured rats was studied in four groups of animals subjected to a level of injury with a fluid-percussion apparatus predetermined to cause 50% mortality (50% lethal dose, or LD50).
  • (13) To estimate the mean cardiac output, at least two measurements should be made at predetermined points of the ventilatory cycle.
  • (14) Microliter volumes of cell suspension were placed directly onto a computer-controlled cryostage and cooled to a predetermined subzero temperature.
  • (15) A genetic procedure is directed for the isolation of chromosomal deletions and duplications with predetermined endpoints.
  • (16) Specific checklists completed by patients and predetermined scoring protocols yielded reliable data and reduced faculty time.
  • (17) "It seems that the Metropolitan police, the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] and even the court have all colluded to implement a predetermined decision which was made in Washington.
  • (18) Various techniques can be used to deposit the dose accurately in a predetermined intracranial volume.
  • (19) The same brush was then agitated in a SBW vial, which was centrifuged, the cell pellet being smeared over a predetermined area of a slide.
  • (20) Eleven children with severe perennial asthma and a poor clinical response to disodium cromoglycate were studied in a 4-month, double blind trial involving 1 month's treatment with placebo, disodium cromoglycate, betamethasone 17 valerate, and both drugs combined according to a predetermined random design.

Preresolve


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.

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