(n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
(n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
(n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart.
(n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) One hundred twenty nine patients with T1 N0 M0 breast cancer were selectively treated with QUART.
(2) We conclude first, that small pT2 breast carcinomas may also be safely treated with QUART, second, that the electron beam is a radiotherapeutic technique able to produce a good cosmetic result and to assure a satisfactory local control and, finally, that the use of tamoxifen in postmenopausal stage II breast carcinomas is safe and easy to combine with radiotherapy in the conservative management of early breast cancer due to the lower toxic effects, compared to those observed in premenopausal women treated with chemotherapy.
(3) One thousand two hundred and thirty-two women with invasive breast cancer lesions measuring less than 2 cm in diameter, clinically assessed as T1N0-1M0, were treated from 1970 to 1983 at the National Cancer Institute of Milan with quadrantectomy, axillary dissection, and radiotherapy (QUART).
(4) Our study confirms the role of QUART as an effective and reliable method in the treatment of small breast carcinomas.
(5) The experimental apparatus consisted of a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, an aerosol generator, spiral UV lamps placed around a quart glass tube, an Andersen air sampler and a vacuum pump.
(6) The upper limits of drinking may be as high as three quarts of 1200 proof per day for a person over 200 lbs.
(7) Kay criticised it in a memo: "Have I got a deal for you: a Honda with a one-quart gas tank."
(8) The majority exhibited defects of the endocardial cushion variety and approximately one quarte had complete atrioventricular canals (CAVC).
(9) At home they greedily chug down a quart of amped-up babyccino .
(10) Annually by household oil disposal in Massachusetts is estimated to be 8.8 million quarts.
(11) Nineteen of 20 healthy Oriental adults living in the United States developed abdominal cramps and diarrhea after ingesting an amount of lactose equivalent to that in one quart of milk; 14 reported similar symptoms after one or two glasses of milk; all had consumed milk as infants without having such symptoms.
(12) Over 42% of the injuries concerned the head and face, about a third the lower extremities and a quart the upper extremities.
(13) The method for the determination of free crystalline silica (quarts), as previously described by two of the authors, has been employed on atmosphere dust of unconfined spaces.
(14) A combination of quadrantectomy, axillary dissection, and radiotherapy (QUART) is the regimen most favored by Japanese surgeons among a variety of breast conserving therapies currently available against breast cancer.
(15) From January 1981 to December 1987, 264 patients affected with small breast cancers were treated with quadrantectomy plus axillary dissection and radiation therapy on the breast remnant (QUART).
(16) One of the best essays on why that happened was from Reuters' culture critic Alissa Quart , who explained that the critics' anger over this film being "politicized" reflects a broader syndrome where political indifference is viewed as some sort of virtue: "In the postwar decades, the best reviewers of the day saw addressing the politics within the cultural works they reviewed as part of their jobs.
(17) The sizes of features in STRFs from this mammal appeared significantly smaller in their temporal and spectral extents than those reported in the torus semicircularis of an amphibian and were roughly comparable to the few units reported from cat ventral CN [Eggermont et al., Quart.
(18) No vitamin D was detected in 3 of the 14 samples of skim milk tested (lower limit of assay, 4.7 IU per quart [5.0 IU per liter]).
(19) Analysis of the dairy's vitamin D-fortified milk revealed concentrations of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) that ranged from undetectable to as high as 232,565 IU per quart (245,840 IU per liter).
(20) Regarding the limited power of this compilation a reduction of postoperative wound infections is to be expected in "clean-contaminated" procedures to a quart, in "clean" procedures to a half in comparison with procedures without prophylaxis.
Suit
Definition:
(n.) The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
(n.) The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
(n.) The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
(n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
(n.) That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.) Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.) A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
(n.) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
(n.) Regular order; succession.
(v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
(v. t.) To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
(v. t.) To dress; to clothe.
(v. t.) To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
(v. i.) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
Example Sentences:
(1) The suits ensures the conditions for the function of the musculoskeletal apparatus and the cardiovascular system which are close to those on the Earth.
(2) Many problems at the macroscopic level require clarification of how an animal uses a compartment of suite of muscles and whether morphological differences reflect functional ones.
(3) It is concluded that the present method for demonstration of aryl sulphatase activity is not well suited for microscopical identification of lysosomes in rat liver parenchymal cells.
(4) Quantitative esophageal sensibility, therefore is concluded to be particularly suited to evaluation by electric stimulation.
(5) We ganged up against the tweed-suited, pipe-smoking brigade.
(6) This variability, coupled with the lack of extreme specificity in the secondary auditory cortex, suggests that secondary cortical neurons are not well suited for the role of "vocalization detectors."
(7) In addition to working with hist colleagues on general review and health-policy matters, he also handled issues related to the special needs of children and helped to get third-party benefit packages altered to better suit the treatment needs of children.
(8) Ligament tissue seems to be less well suited to the microsphere technique; however, further study is warranted.
(9) Stimulus-response characteristics suggested that this system was well suited for a role in tonic inhibition of sympathetic activity.
(10) During placement of the Fletcher suit one of the ureters is catheterized by a special stent which appears on the X-rays control used for dosimetry.
(11) CIE has several operational advantages over ELISA and best suited to laboratories with limited resources.
(12) While the Spielberg of popular myth is Mr Nice Guy, Lean was known as an obsessive, cantankerous tyrant who didn't much like actors and was only truly happy locked away in the editing suite.
(13) A sweet-talking man in a suit who enlists the most successful barrister in town holds remarkable sway, I’ve learned.
(14) These studies thus provide a well-characterized repertoire of MAbs that are well suited for potential clinical trials involving the radiolocalization and possibly therapy of human colon carcinoma lesions.
(15) As Aesop reminds us at the end of the fable: “Nobody believes a liar, even when he’s telling the truth.” When leaders choose only the facts that suit them, people don’t stop believing in facts – they stop believing in leaders This distrust is both mutual and longstanding, prompting two clear trends in British electoral politics.
(16) Short of setting up a hotline to the Met Office – or, more prosaically, moving to a country where the weather best suits our condition, as Dawn Binks says several sufferers she knows have done – migraineurs can do little to ensure that the climate is kind to them.
(17) A test suite has been developed for evaluating hearing aids.
(18) Owing to its broad spectrum of action (covering both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms and anaerobes) and its consistently strong molar action, mezlocillin is well suited as a beta-lactam combination component for intensive care patients.
(19) These design methods are suited for constructing the most efficient gradient coil that meets a specified homogeneity requirement.
(20) What we’re saying is the advertising is false.” Prosecutors are not asking the court to halt the company’s services while the suit proceeds.