(v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
(n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
(n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.
(n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
(n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
(n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
(n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
(n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.
(n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
(n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
(n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
(n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
(v. i.) To shine, as with rays.
(n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The level of gadd45 mRNA increased rapidly after X rays at doses as low as 2 Gy.
(2) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
(3) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(4) In the German Democratic Republic, patients with scleroderma and history of long term silica exposure are recognized as patients with occupational disease even though pneumoconiosis is not clearly demonstrated on X-ray film.
(5) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
(6) Thin films (OD approximately 0.7) of glucose-embedded membranes, prepared as a control, showed virtually 100% conversion to the M state, and stacks of such thin film specimens gave very similar x-ray diffraction patterns in the bR568 and the M412 state in most experiments.
(7) In 0.17 M Na+(aq), tRNA(Phe) exists in its native conformation and the number of strong binding sites (Ka greater than or equal to 10(4)) was estimated to be 3-4 by titration experiments, in agreement with X-ray structural data for crystalline tRNA(Phe) (Jack et al., 1977).
(8) Radiological findings on chest X-rays taken two weeks after BAI were evaluated according to Takeuchi's criteria.
(9) The intermandibularis is probably present only in electric rays.
(10) Carbopol-940 gels, being the best of those used, were studied further for the effect of its concentration and of additives (benzalkonium chloride, phenylmercuric nitrate, chlorbutol and disodium edetate), autoclaving at 121 degrees C for 30 min and irradiation with gamma rays (2.5 Mrad), on the end product.
(11) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
(12) If this is what 70s stoners were laughing at, it feels like they’ve already become acquiescent, passive parts of media-relayed consumer society; precursors of the cathode-ray-frazzled pop-culture exegetists of Tarantino and Kevin Smith in the 90s.
(13) Chromosome aberrations were scored in BHK21 C13 Syrian hamster fibroblasts, exposed to 60Co gamma-rays, 250 kV X-rays, 15 MeV neutrons or neutrons of mean energy 2.1 MeV produced from the 9Be(d,n)10B reaction.
(14) The scatter measurement was made using a standard imaging geometry with both beam stops and an additional x-ray detector placed behind the standard imaging detector.
(15) Chest X-ray revealed multiple nodular lesions in both lung fields.
(16) The treatment group received 75 mg of roxatidine acetate hydrochloride at 9 PM and 12 to 13 hours later gastric juice secretion was measured with gastric x-ray films in both groups.
(17) All patients received an X-ray study of swallow at 3 months after the operation.
(18) Modifications in quaternary structure induced by variation of these physicochemical parameters were followed by means of X-ray and quasi-elastic light-scattering and quantified in terms of weight average molecular weight (M), radius of gyration (Rg) and hydrodynamic radius (Rh).
(19) Congenital defect of a cervical pedicle produces a rare clinical syndrome with a characteristic X-ray picture associated with vague clinical signs often accentuated after trauma.
(20) A chest X-ray examination showed a large mediastinal mass on the right.
Rutilate
Definition:
(v. i.) To shine; to emit rays of light.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anatase and rutile are titanium dioxides (TiO2) with different crystal lattices.
(2) The hydrogen bonding ability of the surfaces of these rutiles were compared with inert rutile and quartz.
(3) Only two, both synthetic rutiles, were found to be active.
(4) These results suggested that perovskite and rutile existed at the interface between hydroxyapatite and titanium after plasma-spraying and made hydroxyapatite to bond tightly to the titanium.
(5) Biological studies of two titanium dioxide polymorphs, rutile and anatase, have produced conflicting results.
(6) The binding properties of the active rutile have been found to be consistent with those properties associated with biologically active quartz.
(7) Rutile samples containing trace amounts of nickel or chromium had an activity similar to that of pure rutile.
(8) An average of 613 million particles, of exogenous origin, per gram of dry lung tissue were found, the major classes of particles being silica, talc, aluminum silicates, and rutile.
(9) We exposed rats to an aerosol of either anatase or rutile and determined the TiO2 retention in the lung up to 132 days post exposure.
(10) The surface properties of rutile are the determinants of its activity.
(11) The other more boxlike crystals (coesite, anatase, and rutile) displayed little change in these parameters.
(12) The crystals studied were quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, anatase, and rutile.
(13) The evidence suggests that both anatase and rutile are "nuisance" dusts.
(14) Rutile and anatase induced similar effects, and both had a very low biological activity in comparison to alpha-quartz.
(15) The biological reactivity of two crystalline forms of titanium dioxide, rutile and anatase, has been compared in in vitro and in vivo assays.
(16) Titanium dioxide-polymethacrylate composites were prepared with triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), 1,6-bis(methacryloxy-2-ethoxycarbonylamino)-2,4,4-trimeth ylexane (UDMA) and rutile structure titanium dioxide.
(17) It has been reported that rutile can be considered "inert".
(18) Here we describe an XAS study of divalent cobalt (Co(II)) complexes sorbed on three different solids, gamma-Al2O3, rutile (TiO2) and kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
(19) Because natural and synthetic rutiles possess different surface properties, they display different activities.
(20) Pure rutile or anatase preparations show only a weak chemiluminescent response.