(n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.
(n.) A sharp-pointed instrument.
(n.) A sharp projection, as of an antler.
(n.) The fang of a tooth.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine if the type of mechanical ventilation used (ie, face mask, nasal prongs, or endotracheal tube) was associated with GPNN, a matched case-control analysis was performed.
(2) After amputation of the closed tip, a cap from a syringe was inserted via a slit made at the base into one prong of a pair of nasal cannulae.
(3) The system called PRONG (Parallel Recording Of Neural Groups) includes a microelectrode, a lightweight reusable connector, a 24-channel FET-hybrid preamplifier, a 3-band 24-channel amplifier, a 24-channel spike monitor, high-speed digital and analog interfaces and a computer.
(4) The studies were performed with a pneumotachograph applied to the upper airway by means of an inflatable face mask or latex nasal prongs.
(5) Twenty patients did not reach the target level of 8.6 kPa (65 mmHg) PaO2 with the nasal prongs, but the reservoir cannula allowed nine of these "refractory" patients to hit this therapeutic goal, a result indicating a clear trend towards improved immediate oxygen response.
(6) The reservoir cannula Oxymizer Pendant (Chad-Therapeutics Inc.) is a nasal prong system incorporating a pendant reservoir which stores oxygen during expiration and delivers it as a bolus at the onset of inspiration.
(7) Oxygen delivery using nasal prongs was assessed using a lung model for spontaneous ventilation.
(8) The surprise offer, described by one member of the audience as having an air of desperation, appeared to form part of a two-prong strategy.
(9) Based on a model successfully used in the US , the three-pronged Operation Shield combines community mobilisation and opportunities for young people to move away from crime with harsh collective punishment for those who remain in gangs.
(10) There was the doll's house-sized two-pronged fork, and the bivalves themselves, pale and ivory against the silvered shell.
(11) Stun gun torch Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Zap Light sends one million volts between six metal prongs at the front of its torch.
(12) In Britain, there has been a three-pronged approach: the bank rate has been cut from 5% to 0.5%, a lower level than at any time in the 316-year history of the Bank of England; public borrowing has risen to around 11% of GDP, a record for peacetime; and the Bank has pumped £200bn into the money supply through quantitative easing.
(13) Nasal prongs are the usual method for delivering O2 on long-term basis, and portable O2 supply systems permit patients to use O2 continuously without significant restriction of their activities.
(14) Coronary artery segments were mounted between two L-shaped prongs in tissue baths with buffer solution.
(15) The students collect fasting samples of expired air from each other using a simple nasal prong technique.
(16) Read more The official added: “Dedicated conduct and discipline personnel deployed in field missions continue to support each field mission with the implementation of the United Nations three-pronged strategy to address sexual exploitation and abuse through prevention, enforcement and remedial actions.
(17) After studying a group of countries including Brazil, Cambodia, Mali, Peru and Tanzania, the Bank said a six-pronged approach was needed to tackle inequality.
(18) It appeared that the multi-pronged formula would inexorably lead to Greece being deemed to be in sovereign default, at least temporarily.
(19) In his meeting with the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers on Wednesday night, the prime minister echoed a two-pronged message he delivered in a recent interview with the Spectator .
(20) The treatment works by mounting a two-pronged attack on cancer.
Wrong
Definition:
() imp. of Wring. Wrung.
(a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
(a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
(a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.
(a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
(adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
(a.) That which is not right.
(a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
(a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
(a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.
(v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
(v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
(2) But this is to look at the outcomes in the wrong way.
(3) It is not that the concept of food miles is wrong; it is just too simplistic, say experts.
(4) "But this is not all Bulgarians and gives a totally wrong picture of what the country is about," she sighed.
(5) No malignant tumour failed to be diagnosed (100% reliable), the anatomopathological examination of specimens in benign conditions was never wrong (100% reliable).
(6) The Bible treats suicide in a factual way and not as wrong or shameful.
(7) "That attracted all the wrong sorts for a few years, so the clubs put their prices up to keep them out and the prices never came down again."
(8) More than half of carers said they were neglecting their own diet as a result of their caring responsibilities, while some said they were eating the wrong things because of the stress they are under and more than half said they had experienced problems with diet and hydration.
(9) A final experiment confirmed a prediction from the above theory that when recalling the original sequence, omissions (recalling no word) will decrease and transpositions (giving the wrong word) will increase as noise level increases.
(10) Other details showed the wrong patient undergoing a heart procedure, and the wrong patient given an invasive colonoscopy to check their bowel.
(11) Mulholland and others have tried to portray the Leeds case in terms of right or wrong.
(12) And of course, as the articles are shared far and wide across the apparently much-hated web, they become gospel to those who read them and unfortunately become quasi-religious texts to musicians of all stripes who blame the internet for everything that is wrong with their careers.
(13) And I was a little surprised because I said: ‘Doesn’t sound like he did anything wrong there.’ But he did something wrong with respect to the vice-president and I thought that was not acceptable.” So that’s clear.
(14) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
(15) "I don't think that people are waiting for the wrong solution."
(16) I can’t hear those wrong notes any more,” she says.
(17) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
(18) Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong.
(19) in horses is imputed to the small numbers of people involved in the work, to the conservation of the authorities responsible for breeding, to the wrong choice of stallions for A.I.
(20) The Sun editor also said his newspaper was wrong to use the word "tran" in a headline to describe a transexual, saying that he felt that "I don't know this is our greatest moment, to be honest".