What's the difference between purity and sacred?

Purity


Definition:

  • (n.) The condition of being pure.
  • (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
  • (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
  • (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
  • (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
  • (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
  • (2) We have compared two new methods (a solvent extraction technique and a method involving a disposable, pre-packed reverse phase chromatography cartridge) with the standard method for determining the radiochemical purity of 99Tcm-HMPAO.
  • (3) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
  • (4) The observed purity under the selected conditions ranges from 80%-99% and is in accordance with the estimates of the purities made on the basis of the simultaneously recorded pulse shapes.
  • (5) When PMC purified to greater than 99% purity were cultured in methylcellulose with IL-3 and IL-4, approximately 25% of the PMC formed colonies, all of which contained both berberine sulfate-positive and berberine sulfate-negative mast cells.
  • (6) The Nazi party’s office of racial purity claimed that the Jewish character was essentially drug-dependent.
  • (7) It is suggested that more attention be paid to the 'purity' of scales if meaningful interpretation is to be made in treatment assessment.
  • (8) Based on the ratio of plasma membrane marker enzyme activity determined in the nuclear preparation, the purity of the isolated nuclei was ascertained.
  • (9) In contrast to high-purity commercial concentrates, fibronectin was considerably concentrated.
  • (10) The curiously double nature of the virgin in this tale, her purity versus her duplicity, seems unquestionably related to the infantile split mother, as elucidated by Klein--a connection explored in an earlier paper.
  • (11) Using 14C-labelled nitrous bases as starting substrates, labelled nucleosides and nucleotides can be obtained with the 75-80% yield that have radioactive purity of 95-99%.
  • (12) Purity was controlled by disc electrophoresis on polyacrylamide e gels at pH 4.3 and by two dimensional immunoelectrophoresis, respectively.
  • (13) The enzyme obtained by this procedure has both the biochemical and the spectral properties of EPO and shows a reasonable degree of purity, as judged by its rz value.
  • (14) Intact Golgi apparatus have been isolated with good purity from rat testis by a simplified sucrose gradient technique.
  • (15) Finally the higher purity degree of monoclonal antibodies in the cell culture supernatant is also a major advantage of serum free media.
  • (16) Once availed of the fallacy that athletes are role models, there’s a certain purity that feels almost quaint in an era of athlete as brand.
  • (17) A sensitive and specific analytical method was developed to determine the enantiomeric purity of naproxen.
  • (18) It imposes a standard of logical reductionism and methodological purity that not only violates the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge, but imposes an invalid standard of verification and scientific confirmation.
  • (19) Under these conditions, 79--100% of the cells were removed, yielding epithelial fractions of 65--90% purity.
  • (20) The purity of each sample was assured by measurement of the protein concentration of each sample and comparison of this parameter to known normal values for perilymph, serum, and CSF.

Sacred


Definition:

  • (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
  • (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
  • (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
  • (a.) Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
  • (a.) Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
  • (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As commander in chief, I believe that taking care of our veterans and their families is a sacred obligation.
  • (2) He sought only to help the Syrian people and I ask you for all that is sacred to help us and allow him to return home safely to those he loves and those who love him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Cantlie in Syria in 2012.
  • (3) My Paul Nuttalls routine has floated back up the U-bend | Stewart Lee Read more Nuttall told Marr that “nothing should be a sacred cow in British politics.
  • (4) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
  • (5) 'If you meet, you drink …' Thus introduced to intoxicating liquors under auspices both secular and sacred, the offering of alms for oblivion I took to be the custom of the country in which I had been born.
  • (6) The Bernabéu blockade was dismantled, by necessity, in favour of an approach far closer the sacred Real tradition.
  • (7) Money should not shape the outcome; this sacred and ancient landscape is irreplaceable and unique for so many reasons, we cannot afford to get this wrong.
  • (8) Many in Khomeini’s inner circle opposed making peace, arguing that the “sacred defence” had to continue until Saddam’s rule collapsed.
  • (9) It is a sacred moment, and you feel blessed merely to have witnessed it.
  • (10) In short, Bamako remains uneasy, and the "sacred union" of the last few days can only be temporary.
  • (11) Cynics will tell you Camra’s membership know all about identity crises – once the rebels of the 1970s, they’re now mostly older dads and grandads – purists upholding Camra’s “cask only” creed as sacred.
  • (12) McLaughlin, the daughter of LaDonna Brave Bull Allard , a Standing Rock Sioux tribe member and founder of the Sacred Stone camp , is one of hundreds of women who have led the growing movement to stop the $3.7bn project threatening their land and culture .
  • (13) We concluded that the sacU gene does not affect sacB expression at the level of secretion but acts on a target within sacR.
  • (14) Faces of the North Dakota pipeline protest: 'Sacred land is who we are' Read more When I asked that question, I was thinking about what I heard from climate activist and environmental lawyer Carolyn Raffensperger, who had spent time at the camp earlier and has a long history in the area.
  • (15) Druids and New Age followers still claim the site as their sacred place.
  • (16) The performances come after the intended release on 24 September of the new LP, which is Sting's first album of original material since 2003's Sacred Love.
  • (17) But what is fundamental, sacred even, is the audience.
  • (18) The only thing she wouldn't do was We Shall Overcome, too sacred to perform on a whim she tells me when I meet her later, besides which - and here she giggles - "we probably won't overcome.
  • (19) Frustrated not over economics but “sacred rights”, they were willing to sacrifice “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” against the world’s mightiest empire.
  • (20) It’s a great tragedy.” All Yazidi celebrations, such as weddings and the party-like annual pilgrimage to their sacred temple, Lalish, have been put on hold.