(n.) One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
(n.) A crowbar.
(n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Example Sentences:
(1) 5-Azacytidine (I) stability was increased approximately 10-fold over its stability in water or lactated Ringer injection by the addition of excess sodium bisulfite and the maintenance of pH approximately 2.5.
(2) Whole gastrocnemius muscles were incubated in Ringer's solution enriched with H2-17O; the paired contralateral gastrocnemius muscles were incubated in a similar solution enriched with deuterons, as well.
(3) This study examined the microcirculatory alterations in the hindlimb of the rat caused by ischemia and vascular washout with lactated Ringer's solution.
(4) Rings of isolated coronary and femoral arteries (without endothelium) were suspended for isometric tension recording in organ chambers filled with modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution.
(5) The authors studied the effects of varying Na+ and Ca++ concentrations and of replacing H2O with D2O in Ringer's solution upon the actions of general and local anesthetics on isolated frog sciatic nerves.
(6) With magnesium-Ringer as external bathing solutions, amiloride and ouabain failed to stimulate oxygen consumption.
(7) The pattern of vasodilatation induced by warm Ringer solution was different from the vasodilatory effect of weak EM field radiation.
(8) In contrast ringer's solution had no significant effect on tissue pO2 whereas the hematocrit was comparable to the HES group in the time period of 30-60 min.
(9) The I50 is 7 x 10(-6) M. The inhibitory effect is instantaneous and completely reversed by washing the cells with a Ringer solution.
(10) The iontophoretic release of drugs from micropipettes into free (Ringer's) solution was described using an ion-selective microelectrode assay method.
(11) In zero Ca2(+)-EGTA Ringer solution, the low residual MEPP frequency is independent of terminal length, even when MPP frequency is sharply increased by tetanic stimulation.
(12) In rubidium Ringer solution at pH 7.4 the membrane conductance fell as the inside of the fibre was made more negative, in a manner consistent with the predictions of the constant field theory.4.
(13) Two hours after the bradykinin infusion was stopped, Ringer lactate equal to 10% of the dog's body weight was given intravenously to further increase lymph flow.
(14) 1) Short term follow-up study: Perfusion of the limb with Fluosol-DA solution significantly minimized edema formation and leakage of skeletal muscle enzymes (GOT, CPK) into the serum 5.5 hours after revascularization as compared to Collins sol., lactated Ringer's sol.
(15) The appropriate membrane was removed, the cornea given access to Ringer to swell, and then fluid exchange at that surface blocked with oil.
(16) From the results of application of high K(+) ringer, the conclusion is reached that this shift in e.m.f.
(17) The time required to empty a one litre bag of Ringer's Lactate from a 1.0 meter vertical drop was measured while using four different IV catheters (9.5, 10, 14 and 16 gauge), and the flow rates calculated.
(18) Results obtained in Ringer solution were not modified by pH adjustments or by the addition of ions present in Krebs-Henseleit medium.
(19) When muscles were stimulated with a K2SO4 (substituted for NaCl) Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (KRB) rather than a N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid-buffered medium, JLac was significantly elevated due to an increased intracellular pH as a result of the low external Cl-.
(20) Electron microscopy indicates that the major structural alterations produced by exposure to concentrated BWSV and 20 mM calcium Ringer solution are the swelling of nerve terminal mitochondria and the clumping of synaptic vesicles, large numbers of which remain in the terminals.
Trilogy
Definition:
(n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 'prequel' trilogy, featuring Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks, was released between 1999 and 2005 but Lucas has developed the franchise far beyond those six original films.
(2) Peter Mayhew, who played Han Solo's wookiee sidekick Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, stood at an impressive 7 ft 2" and also had what might be described as broad facial features.
(3) Alfred was previously portrayed by Michael Caine in Christopher Nolan 's Dark Knight trilogy and the late Michael Gough in the earlier Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher movies.
(4) Critical verdict The Tin Drum catapulted Grass to the forefront of European fiction and since then he has been Germany's "permanent Nobel candidate"; of the remainder of the Danzig trilogy, Cat and Mouse is the best regarded.
(5) If only she could have foreseen the levels of excitement and anticipation surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens , the seventh instalment, in which she will return alongside co-stars from the original trilogy including Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.
(6) An edited naturalism appeared for Roots, the first play of the Wesker trilogy; and for The Kitchen, abstraction: plates, simple structural blocks and sound and light effects were enough to make the audience see a workplace.
(7) Following his role in Gods and Monsters, McKellen went on to shoot what would prove his most popular role, as Gandalf in the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy .
(8) So when he made the second trilogy, which described events that took place before the first series, they were confusingly titled as episodes I, II and III.
(9) And the same applies to movies like Star Wars, which, three trilogies in now, is standing on two generations of giants’ shoulders.
(10) A compelling new documentary, The Thrilla in Manila, is unflinching in the way it documents the systematic racial abuse Ali directed against Frazier for the next five years - culminating in the final fight of their epic trilogy in 1975.
(11) The usually golden C-3PO himself is also shown sporting a silver leg in parts of the original trilogy.
(12) Despite the success of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was a whiff of snobbery.
(13) The Laidlaw trilogy is one of the finest things in modern fiction, in the Chandler and Simenon class."
(14) Now he's finished Bish Bosch, which he considers to be the final instalment in a trilogy, is he going to work on something completely different?
(15) It is expected to be the first of a trilogy based on James' novels.
(16) The spur to the public debate on the death penalty stemmed from a trilogy of miscarriages of justice In 1950, Timothy Evans was unjustly hanged on the evidence of a neighbour, John Christie, who was subsequently convicted of murder, in a house they shared in west London.
(17) The forthcoming Lego Movie - due out in February- will reportedly feature tiny plastic versions of several of the best known figures from Lucas's original trilogy.
(18) Perhaps the most relevant of Achebe's works to my generation is No Longer at Ease , the second book of his trilogy, which powerfully exposed the difficulty of navigating a world where one is expected to partake of western secular education and all the values and privileges that comes with it, and still be hostage to the commanding beliefs of one's own culture.
(19) From his brutal Pusher trilogy to the weird and wonderful anti-biopic Bronson , these films are more like art installations, shimmering with stylish violence and near-hallucinatory moments.
(20) My trilogy is going to be put on at the Royal Court.