(a.) That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
(a.) An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
(a.) The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
(a.) That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
(a.) All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
(a.) Propriety; correctness.
(v. t.) To invest which properties, or qualities.
(v. t.) To make a property of; to appropriate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The binding properties of formalin-fixed amelanotic melanoma cells were not identical to those of endothelial or unfixed target cells.
(2) Virtually every developed country has some form of property tax, so the idea that valuing residential property is uniquely difficult, or that it would be widely evaded, is nonsense.
(3) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
(4) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(5) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
(6) The anticonvulsant properties of the endogenous excitatory amino acid antagonist, kynurenic acid (KYA), were studied in prepubescent and adult rats using the amygdaloid kindling model of epilepsy.
(7) In animal experiments pharmacological properties of the low molecular weight heparin derivative CY 216 were determined.
(8) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(9) Plasma membranes were isolated from rat kidney and their transport properties for sodium, calcium, protons, phosphate, glucose, lactate, and phenylalanine were investigated.
(10) In these liposomes, the amounts and molecular states of SL-MDP were determined from ESR spectra and are discussed in connection with its immunopotentiating property.
(11) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
(12) To investigate the immunomodulating properties of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP), we studied the drug's effects on natural killer (NK) lymphocyte cytotoxicity.
(13) These results indicate that both the renal brush-border and basolateral membranes possess the Na(+)-dependent dicarboxylate transport system with very similar properties but with different substrate affinity and transport capacity.
(14) The influence of calcium ions on the electrophoretic properties of phospholipid stabilized emulsions containing various quantities of the sodium salts of oleic acid (SO), phosphatidic acid (SPA), phosphatidylinositol (SPI), and phosphatidylserine (SPS) was examined.
(15) The flow properties of white cells were tested after myocardial infarction, by measuring the filtration rates of cell suspensions through 8 microns pore filters.
(16) • This article was amended on 1 September 2014 because an earlier version described Platinum Property Partners as a buy-to-let mortgage lender.
(17) The seve polypeptide chains investigated had generalyy similar properties; all contained two residues per molecule of tryptophan and N-acetylserine was the common N-terminal amino acid residue.
(18) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
(19) In contrast sham-hemodialysis in group CA and group PS, respectively, did not result in significant increases in amino acid efflux from the leg implying that the protein catabolic effect of blood membrane contact depends on the chemical properties of dialysis membranes.
(20) The favourable properties of one of these agents - n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate are presented by authors.
Puffing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puff
() a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Puf- strain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides (PUFB1) was constructed by deleting a portion of the proximal region of the puf operon and inserting a kanamycin resistance gene cartridge.
(2) Chromosome banding patterns are very similar between tissues, but puffing patterns show considerable differences.
(3) The adjacent region, 23B2, is slightly puffed and displays typical RNP particles, some of which may be observed close to band 2-23B1,2.
(4) At the same time the RNA quantity increases by a factor of 2. thermal denaturation profiles of formaldehyde fixed chromosomes show that the Tm of this region in puffed and non puffed state differ by 10 degrees C. Moreover these profiles suggest that a large fraction of histone-bound DNA is destabilized during puffing.
(5) He huffed and puffed, gazed at the heavens at times, and at one point he accused the country’s foremost human rights officer of verballing him.
(6) Habitual smokers of perforation-ventilated cigarettes and of channel-ventilated cigarettes (18 male and 18 female subjects each; nicotine yield 0.1-0.3 mg, 0.2 mg, respectively) were compared with respect to different smoke exposure indicators and puffing behavior.
(7) The boosts for perforation-ventilated cigarettes remained unchanged and were reached with only moderately intensified puffing behavior.
(8) Where there were pictures of powerful women, the images tended to be subversive: the same photograph of a grimacing Theresa May was used to illustrate three different stories about the home secretary, and two of the three pictures of the German chancellor showed Angela Merkel puffing out her cheeks, looking mildly absurd.
(9) People don’t have sex within only one borough – an example of why balkanisation is more expensive than collectivism The immediate anxiety was that elected officials are often not public health experts: you might get a very enlightened council, who understood the needs of the disenfranchised and prioritised them; or you might get a bunch of puffed-up moralists who spent their syphilis budget on a new aqua aerobics provision for the overweight.
(10) Southern blot analysis demonstrated that in PUFB1, the defective copy of the puf operon had replaced, through homologous recombination, the normal chromosomal copy.
(11) Heat a little oil in a pan then cook the dumplings until crisp and puffed, then roll in the cinnamon sugar.
(12) Fluorescence polarization measurements of the lipopholic probe, 1, 6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), in the purified lymphocyte plasmalemma from mice fed a diet high in PUF indicated an increase in mobility.
(13) The pufBA messages, which end in a large intercistronic stem-loop structure, are long-lived processing products of the puf operon transcripts.
(14) The best subset of predictors, especially with respect to puffing parameters, was found to vary considerably across smoking conditions and dependent variables.
(15) The influence of temperature (17 and 31 degrees) on the maternal effect of mutation Puffed (Pu) in Drosophila hybrids has been studied.
(16) Last month I was given unrestricted access to the enormous archive the PCGG has assembled in its years of global detective work: the president’s handwritten diary, frequently puffed with self-regard; the notepaper headed “From the office of the president”, with scribbled sums endlessly totting up his cash; minutes of company meetings with his comments scrawled in the margins; contracts; “side agreements”; records of multiple bank accounts; hundreds of share certificates; private investigators’ reports; and tens of thousands of pages of court judgments.
(17) The polytene chromosome puffing patterns of Drosophila guanche were established and compared with those of Drosophila subobscura.
(18) David Cameron was “pumped up” ; Russell Brand and Ed Miliband exchanged “aint’s” and “innits” and puffed out their chests.
(19) The individual response to smoke might be assessed by an analysis of puffing on a single cigarette.
(20) Neither between-subject consistency nor within-subject reproducibility was improved by this paced puffing procedure, despite apparent topographical control.