What's the difference between remain and remanent?

Remain


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
  • (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • (v. t.) To await; to be left to.
  • (n.) State of remaining; stay.
  • (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
  • (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, as other patients who lived at the periphery of the Valserine valley do not appear to be related to any patients living in the valley, and because there has been considerable immigration into the valley, a number of hypotheses to explain the distribution of the disease in the region remain possible.
  • (2) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
  • (3) "As the investigation remains live and in order to preserve the integrity of that investigation, it would not be appropriate to offer further comment."
  • (4) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
  • (5) The constitution of chromosomes in the two plasmacytomas remained remarkably stable in their homogeneous modal population.
  • (6) The purpose of the present study was to report on remaining teeth and periodontal conditions in a population of 200 adolescent and adult Vietnamese refugees.
  • (7) Fifteen sera ICA-IgG and ICA-protein A positive with high titres remained positive thereafter.
  • (8) By 24 hr, rough endoplasmic reticulum in thecal cells increased from 4.2 to 7% of cell volume, while the amount in granulosa cells increased from less than 3.5% to more than 10%; the quantity remained relatively constant in the theca but declined to prestimulation values in the granulosa layer.
  • (9) The present findings indicate that the deafferented [or isolated] hypothalamus remains neuronally isolated from the environment if the operation is carried out later than the end of the first week of life.
  • (10) In conclusion, abdominal Marlex-mesh rectopexy can be recommended as safe and effective treatment for rectal prolapse, despite some patients developing constipation and some remaining incontinent.
  • (11) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
  • (12) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (13) Minimal levels were evident 16 weeks after irradiation; Hct then increased, but remained below preirradiation values.
  • (14) The norepinephrine values remained constant on the three days.
  • (15) Medication remained effective during the average observation time of 22 months.
  • (16) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
  • (17) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (18) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
  • (19) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
  • (20) Maximal aberration yields were observed for 2,4-diaminotoluene, 2,6-diaminotoluene and cytosine beta-D-arabinofuranoside from 17 to 21 h, eugenol from 15 to 21 h, cadmium sulfate from 15 to 24 h and 2-aminobiphenyl, from 17 to 24 h. For adriamycin at 1 microM, the % aberrant cells remained elevated throughout the period from 9 to 29 h, while small increases at 0.1 microM ADR were found only at 13 and at 25 h. For most chemicals the maximal aberration yield occurred at a different time for each concentration tested.

Remanent


Definition:

  • (a.) That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
  • (a.) Remaining; residual.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For dead cells, this remanent field was constant, but for viable macrophages, the remanent field decreased rapidly so that only 42% of its initial magnitude remained 5 min after alignment.
  • (2) The remanent rectification was not due to block by the main permeant cation, Na+.
  • (3) The design principles of instrumentation for magnetizing intracellular particles and for detecting weak remanent magnetic fields are described.
  • (4) This order effect could be explained by a remanent effect of amisulpride after 6 wash-out weeks.
  • (5) However this compounds are very expensive and less remanent than D.D.T.
  • (6) Scratching the itchy lesions often spreads the condition by transplanting the remanent resinous toxin to other parts of the body.
  • (7) This observation shows that glyceryl thioglycolate may be responsible for allergic contact dermatitis in hairdressers; it emphasizes the long remanence of the allergen in the hair that makes its eviction specially difficult.
  • (8) After magnetization from outside the chest wall, the remanent magnetic field (RMF) strength generated in the trachea was sequentially measured with a flux-gate magnetometer.
  • (9) Remanent field strength (RFS) from the AM containing Fe3O4 particles was measured immediately after magnetization.
  • (10) The CT scan accurately predicted the location of the round window remanent.
  • (11) The terms "remanent" and "archeomodular" are used to describe a relic modular format, traces of which are shown here to persist despite the changes that have occurred in the primary structures of ribonucleic acids during the course of their evolution.
  • (12) To study effects of cigarette smoke on the cytoplasmic motility (CM) of alveolar macrophages (AM), we measured remanent field strength (RFS) in guinea pigs with and without systemic capsaicin pretreatment in vivo.
  • (13) The latter are particular in that they possess remanent antimicrobial properties, given their ability to carry antiseptic molecules.
  • (14) In comparison with their precursor lipoproteins, the remanants of the triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins are reduced in contents of triacylglycerols and apolipoproteins AI and AIV, whereas the contents of cholesterol (free and esterified) and apolipoprotien E are increased.
  • (15) It will also determine the degree of remanent articular mobility.
  • (16) Its presence should be clinically suspected if a mechanical icterus with septic angiocholitis, sometimes associated with an external biliary fistula (from the residual cavity), occurs in the postoperative course of these patients, especially if the primary operation has excluded the remanance of an obstacle at the level of the main bile duct.
  • (17) They must be seen within the context of the current philosophical approach to the illness, and the economic climate which prevails, at a time when new drugs, for example fludarabine (Leiby et al, 1987; Reman et al, 1988; Whelan et al, 1991), are showing promise, and differentiating agents are being tested in remission (Cunningham et al, 1985).
  • (18) Subthreshold oscillations could be explained by changes in K conductance together with a remanent of the sodium leakage current.
  • (19) As a measure of intracellular motility, gamma-Fe2O3 particles in cells were magnetically aligned and the decay rate of the remanent magnetic field (RMF) in the direction of initial magnetization was monitored over time.
  • (20) The remanent photosensitivity syndrome is characterized by an extreme photosensitivity which may be very disabling, preventing the patient to go outdoors; photo-allergological exploration discloses numerous positive patch-tests or photopatch-tests to various allergens, but the role played by these allergens in the occurrence of photosensitivity remains unclear.

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