What's the difference between racker and racket?

Racker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who racks.
  • (n.) A horse that has a racking gait.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Liposomes containing this preparation exhibit a respiratory control ratio [Hinkle, P. C., Kim, J. J., & Racker, E. (1972) J. Biol.
  • (2) The role of length and unsaturation of phospholipid acyl chains in the activation of ATPase complex was studied with synthetic phosphatidylcholines and a phospholipid-dependent preparation obtained after cholate-extraction of submitochondrial particles (Kagawa, Y. and Racker, E. (1966) J. Biol.
  • (3) The nonionic detergent, octylglucoside, egg phosphatidylcholine, and the lipid-deficient, oligomycin-sensitive F0.F1-ATPase (Serrano, R., Kanner, B., and Racker, E. (1976) J. Biol.
  • (4) In agreement with a recent report that the purified active ATPase molecule is largely phosphorylated (Yanagita, Y., Abdel-Ghany, M., Raden, D., Nelson, N., and Racker, E. (1987) Proc.
  • (5) In combination with asolectin, the cholate dilution technique (H. Miyamoto and E. Racker, J. Biol.
  • (6) This preparation of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase has many properties in common with the adenosine triphosphatase coupling factor from mitochondria (Racker, 1961).
  • (7) The claim of Racker and co-workers (Lin, Z. F., Lucero, H. A., and Racker, E. (1982) J. Biol.
  • (8) The amino-terminus of M13 coat protein is also found exclusively on the outside of dilauroyl or dimyristoyl lecithin vesicles, formed with coat protein by the cholate dilution technique [Racker, E., et al.
  • (9) Transformation by ras oncogenes has also been reported to result in enhanced PLC response to bradykinin resulting from increased receptor numbers (G. Parries, R. Hoebel, and E. Racker, Proc.
  • (10) 1 h of incubation and the original Racker's method gave similar results.
  • (11) The study of the properties of these mutants has shown that Cys149 is clearly responsible for the information of a charge-transfer transition, named the Racker band, observed during the NAD+ binding to apoGAPDH.
  • (12) (Lin, Z. F., Lucero, H. A., and Racker, E. (1982) J. Biol.
  • (13) With pig muscle enzyme, at pH 6.0, the time course of formation of the characteristic Racker band can be monitored by a rapid mixing stopped flow technique.
  • (14) This result excludes a similarity between the Racker band and the charge-transfer transition observed following the alkylation of GAPDH by 3-chloroacetyl pyridine-adenine dinucleotide.
  • (15) A. Thomas, R. N. Buchsbaum, A. Zimniak, and E. Racker.
  • (16) The bovine heart F0F1-ATPase preparation (Serrano, R., Kanner, B., and Racker, E. (1976) J. Biol.
  • (17) An eminent biochemist gives his personal view of misconduct in science, one largely based on an experience with the case of fraud by a young researcher, Mark Spector, in Racker's own laboratory at Cornell University.
  • (18) The phospholipid composition of oligomycin-sensitive ATPase fractions from mitochondria, precipitated under different ammonium sulfate concentrations according to the Kagawa-Racker method, was studied.
  • (19) Racker argues that fraud committed by talented professional scientists springs from an unbalanced mind, that each case must be handled individually and pursued in the courts if the evidence warrants it, and that Congress must be persuaded that the research community can and will assume responsibility for the detection and punishment of scientific misconduct.
  • (20) As compared with the enzyme isolated by well known Lien and Racker method, the enzyme preparation obtained is slightly activated by heating, is not activated by trypsin and has a lesser ability to recover ATP synthesis in EDTA-treated chloroplasts.

Racket


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
  • (n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
  • (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
  • (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket.
  • (n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
  • (n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
  • (v. i.) To make a confused noise or racket.
  • (v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
  • (v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I would hope that a Labour party led by Ralph Miliband's son would recognise that, and be committed to ending the capitalist racket once and for all.
  • (2) In language eerily familiar to student politicians across the land, Abetz continued: “The new managing director will inherit an unbalanced and largely centralised public broadcaster which has become a protection racket for the left ideology.” For decades the highly trusted public broadcaster has weathered a relentless stream of attacks by the crusaders of the (increasingly) hard right in Australia.
  • (3) "I was skint," claims Reni, adding, "when I went to audition for this lot I thought that they were a horrible racket, but I was struck by their commitment.
  • (4) There is the tennis racket kitted out with motion sensors to help you improve your game .
  • (5) The influences of body weight, skill level, and tennis racket construction onto the magnitude of vibrations at wrist and elbow were investigated.
  • (6) for the word "brave" at the end of the national anthem, still booed the Panthers' players as they entered the field and still made a racket as the opposition lined up for key third downs.
  • (7) Libertarianism in the hands of these people is a racket.
  • (8) "I've always liked being on the court, I never like just putting the rackets away for two and a half, three weeks.
  • (9) Mexican drug cartels have been waging an increasingly bloody war to control smuggling routes, the local drug market and extortion rackets, including shakedowns of migrants seeking to reach the United States.
  • (10) He's still a genius, he's still got it, and that bigger racket seems to be suiting him perfectly.
  • (11) Jamie changed rackets after netting a smash on the final point of the fourth game but there seemed something more fundamentally wrong with his tennis than his equipment.
  • (12) If the 40-year-old and his three co-accused are sent to the US they will face charges of racketeering, money laundering and copyright theft, carrying potential jail terms of 20 years.
  • (13) Their influence was such that they dealt directly with government ministers, he said, and steered clear of low-level criminal activities such as racketeering.
  • (14) Murray earned $1.9m (£1.1m) for his maiden major victory to go with career earnings of $21.5m (£13.4m) and is worth £24m through endorsements and prize-money; Perry turned pro after beating Budge and made much more through his famous shirts than he ever did with a tennis racket.
  • (15) Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit, filed in California, accuses the group of violating the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act.
  • (16) Ben Stephenson, the BBC's head of drama, said much the same at the Edinburgh festival but did not add that television is a racket, too.
  • (17) The officer told Amnesty some police have established a racket with funeral homes, who pay them for each dead body sent their way.
  • (18) The assistants – old garage heads who clearly loathed this racket the kids were making – dismissively lobbed a pile of white labels on to the counter.
  • (19) German publishers have attempted to sue Eyeo , the makers of the most popular ad-blocking software, Ad Block Plus, which charges publishers for putting them on a “whitelist” of sites whose ads it allows to pass through its systems (an approach Jarvis labels “racketeering”).
  • (20) Much of the mutual "business" of the SNB is based on simple rackets, construction on some of the biggest plots and state tenders, all controlled by a group of top people in the SNB.

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