(v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
(v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
(v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
(v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.
(v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
(v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
(v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
(v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
(v.) A rest; a pause.
(v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
Example Sentences:
(1) The restless legs syndrome is a sensory and motor disorder of evening, repose, and sleep.
(2) Comparison of posterior airway space was evaluated radiographically on patients with sleep apnea in a mandibular reposed position vs. a mandibular protruded position.
(3) The assumption, that different hormones or peptide fragments are reposible for the different action on bone and kidney is discussed; In our series of 152 patients acute hyperparathyroid crisis occurred eight times.
(4) The dynamic angle of repose of six lots of a multivitamin preparation were compared for inter- and intralot variation.
(5) The flow properties of these substances including angle of repose, timed delivery through an orifice and compressibility were determined.
(6) In the multivitamin formulation, lubricants at lower concentration levels did not show a significant effect (p greater than 0.05) on the dynamic angle of repose when compared with flow rates.
(7) Interviewed about the cuts and the economic outlook on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 on Sunday , Osborne looked grim and statesmanlike in repose – he has grown fleshier in office – but every time he began to speak his dimpled mouth formed a half-smile and his quick eyes were almost merry.
(8) An alimentary prophylaxis of atherosclerosis should repose on the utilization of food mixtures representing complexes of the antioxidants of the direct and indirect action and trace elements entering the composition of the antiperoxidized enzymes.
(9) The fracture is exposed by a minimal incision, and both fragments are bored open axially and exactly reposed.
(10) The photographs were taken with lips in repose, relaxed soft tissue and centric occlusion.
(11) Believe me when I tell you that Trumpers, whose face is quite intimidating in repose, has one of the best and most gratifying smiles I've ever encountered.
(12) A gentle traction is often sufficient to repose unstable lesions of the cervical spine, when a retention by means of conservative methods is not possible.
(13) We know how profoundly significant and sensitive this matter is to victims’ families, especially those whose loved ones have yet to be identified,” the museum’s management says in a section about the repository on its website, adding that the medical examiner’s office believes “this new repository will provide a dignified and reverential setting for the remains to repose – temporarily or in perpetuity – as identifications continue to be made.” The city officials said that they consulted with some victims’ relatives before going ahead with the plan.
(14) Their main applications include: 1) augmentation of a regional deficiency and preparation of a bed for skin grafting; 2) rehabilitation of the paralyzed face and so improved appearance in repose and animation; 3) protection for vital vascular structures such as the carotid or innominate artery; and 4) assistance in mastication and deglutition when transposed to a paralytic or deficient area.
(15) In repose, his expression tends towards the frightening.
(16) Resulting deformities consisted of chin ptosis and bizarre soft-tissue pogonial bunching and dimpling in repose or on animation in 9 of the 10 patients (90 percent).
(17) Yet at the same time she is likely to discover her delight in her baby's repose and her own tranquillity at times of feeding.
(18) Part of Obama's problem is his repose face which is serious and nods along with Romney (seeming to accede points) whereas Romney in repose consists of an indulgent smile which suggests he knows best.
(19) The manifest screen is shown to be part of the dream work to achieve pleasurable repose conducive to continued sleep; disturbing traumatic narcissistic injuries revisited under its shield are sometimes reworked in extravagant megalomanic efforts at repair.
(20) A--A natural hydrostatic phenomenon, at the level of the ends of the plantar arcs, diffuses body weight, as PAIN plays the role of outsentry (fig.--1) (5); B--Plantar perforating ulceration (PPU) is caused by a combination of INSENSITIVITY and TRAUMATIS (1); C--The patient reposing, as body weight (traumatism) effects disappear, cicatrization process can be easily observed; D--PNEUMATIC INSOLE, being elastic, diffuses localized compression at the ends of the plantar arcs, reduces attrition, makes easier blood circulation, as well as cure and prophylaxis of PPU (fig.--6) (3).
Resting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rest
() a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i.
Example Sentences:
(1) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(2) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
(3) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
(4) The results also suggest that the dispersed condition of pigment in the melanophores represents the "resting state" of the melanophores when they are under no stimulation.
(5) Immediate postexercise two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated exercise-induced changes in 8 (47%) patients (2 with normal and 6 with abnormal results from rest studies).
(6) Only in 17 of the 97 examinees all the examined parameters were found normal, in the rest deviations from the normal echographic picture were revealed.
(7) Subjects then rested supine until 10.00 h when blood was again taken, and blood pressure recorded.
(8) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(9) Under resting conditions, the variance of cerebral metabolism seems to be primarily related to regions which are closely involved with the limbic system.
(10) In a comparative study 11 athletes and 11 untrained students were investigated at rest, of these 6 trained and 5 untrained individuals during exercise as well.
(11) Channel activation persists through the process of platelet isolation and washing and is manifested in higher measured values of [Ca2+]cyt and [Ca2+]dt in the "resting state."
(12) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
(13) The spikes likely correspond to VP3, a hemagglutinin, while the rest of the mass density in the outer shell represents 780 molecules of VP7, a neutralization antigen.
(14) Furthermore, experiments with the fluorescence-activated cell sorter revealed increased forward light scatter from resting exudate PMN compared to blood PMN.
(15) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.
(16) Among the 295 nonpathogenic strains, 115 were sensitive to all antibiotics whereas the rest were resistant to 1-5 kinds of antibiotics.
(17) The children's pulse, pulse rate variability, and blood pressure were then measured at rest and during a challenging situation.
(18) The functional capacity to present antigens to T cells was lacking in normal resting B cells, but was acquired following LK treatment.
(19) Assessments were made daily by patients, using visual analogue scales, of their pain levels at rest, at night and on activity, and of the limitation of their activity.
(20) An "overshoot" elevation of ejection fraction above resting levels was demonstrated following termination of exercise in most patients.