(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
(v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.
(v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
(v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
(v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
(n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
(n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
(n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
(n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
Example Sentences:
(1) Past measurements have shown that the intensity range is reduced at the extremes of the F0 range, that there is a gradual upward tilt of the high- and low-intensity boundaries with increasing F0, and that a ripple exists at the boundaries.
(2) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
(3) Shares in energy companies lost ground as the impact of the drop in oil prices rippled through European stock markets.
(4) The market is lightly regulated and any problems could ripple out into a wider credit crunch.
(5) But the move to inflate the price of Daraprim, which is the brand name for the generic drug pyrimethamine and was originally developed in the 1940s by corporate elements of the pharmaceutical giant now known as GlaxoSmithKline, has set off ripples of concern across the medical community.
(6) At least that seemed to be the lesson last week when the autumn statement confirmed a further £600m raid on the troubled universal credit – a move that didn't cause a ripple.
(7) Although only relatively few of the mildly impaired elderly in the nursing home volunteered for the joint activity, the ripple effect of the project extended beyond the direct participants.
(8) Panic rippled through the crowd as riot police advanced repeatedly with batons drawn before being later backed up by dozens of mounted police.
(9) He has described himself as "semi-retired" and, as unrest rippled through Tibetan areas in 2008, threatened to resign as leader of the administration-in-exile if violence continued.
(10) There is a ripple of applause and the odd cheer each time.
(11) The result suggests that the rearrangement of the ripple structure takes place during temperature change successively.
(12) The time has come to relegate psychoanalysis to its proper place as a moment in the historical development of psychiatry and a ripple in 20th century western culture.
(13) However, while the return of rising property prices which started in London has been rippling out to the regions, Zoopla claimed that in some parts of the country homes are worth less than at the turn of the year.
(14) (The day before, they filmed a car chase down the main street and the excitement still ripples through the glutinous air.)
(15) Random grenade blasts and gunfire sent ripples of tension through the crowds, tearful women ducking as explosions rocked the courtyard.
(16) The a parameter (proportional to the lamellar repeat distance) increases with increasing water content, while the b parameter (a measure of the ripple periodicity) decreases with increasing water content.
(17) Secondary rippled structures are observed in the low temperature L beta'-phase for cholesterol content below approx.
(18) They were formed by parallel filaments of 6-10 nm beaded periodically by electron-dense particles of 10-18 nm in a lattice, hexagonal or parallel-ripple pattern.
(19) Meanwhile, barely a ripple was caused by the seeming incongruity of insisting on those on higher incomes to shoulder more of the burden, while failing to repeat the pledge from last year’s Westminster manifesto to introduce a 50p top rate of tax.
(20) In contrast, application of 4-AP to nerves injured by the placement of loose ligatures results in the appearance of late rippled components in the compound action potential.
Sipple
Definition:
(v. i.) To sip often.
Example Sentences:
(1) These factors are also associated with multiple endocrinological neoplasms type II of Sipple's syndrome.
(2) In a case of familial Sipple disease, follicular lining cells were replaced in areas with ACTH-containing cells.
(3) We recommend the calcium infusion test for: (a) screening for MCT in all Sipple relatives with normal or only slightly elevated basal S-CT, (b) postoperative control in both sporadic and hereditary MCT, (c) investigation of supposed non-MCT tumours with calcitonin production.
(4) Particular attention is drawn to two cases with bilateral sites (one male child, one woman with Sipple's syndrome) and the detection of possible local and distant malignancy.
(5) One hundred and fourteen cases of Sipple's syndrome have been reported in Japan.
(6) MCT would thus appear to be more frequently visualized by MIBG in cases of Sipple's syndrome than in sporadic cases.
(7) Sipple's syndrome (bilateral phaeochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma) is a multiple endocrinopathy with a familial occurrence.
(8) Approximately twice as often an isolated variant of the familial type of medullary carcinoma is involved, as compared with association with another endocrine affection, in particular pheochromocytoma (Sipple's syndrome), but associated forms will increase in number perspectively (multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A).
(9) Whether this is due to a real geographical variation of incidence, to a larger number of unreported cases in the Northern parts, or to presence of families with Sipple's syndrome in the South is unclear.
(10) Extensive studies revealed that the patient was suffering from a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (type 2A or Sipple's syndrome) with bilateral pheochromocytomas and a medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(11) Of the multiple endocrine syndromes, the association between pheocromochytoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and parathyroid-hyperplasia (Sipple's syndrome, MEN IIa), and the association of MTC, with multiple monocutaneous neuromas and with a characteristic facial appearance (MEN IIb syndrome) are well known.
(12) In our opinion MR may replace both CT and nuclear scans in the work up of Sipple disease.
(13) Twenty-nine patients had the familial form of MTC; they were subclassified, on the basis of the phenotype, into a group of 15 patients with Sipple syndrome (or multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) Type 2A) and a group of 14 patients with mucosal-neuroma phenotype (or MEN type 2B).
(14) Although an exact reason for this remained unknown, our data could suggest that the adrenal tumors in Sipple's syndrome are primarily different from other types of pheochromocytoma, and thorough examinations for detecting the thyroid carcinoma should be necessary when the adrenal tumor is rich in epinephrine.
(15) This calcium infusion test was used in a prospective screening for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) in 4 families with Sipple's syndrome as well as in 3 sporadic cases of MCT.
(16) Our patient had a strong family history for Sipple syndrome, which is considered to be transmitted as an autosomal dominant.
(17) However, such other symptoms of Sipple syndrome as presence of endocrine tumors are absent.
(18) This case report describes the localization and categorization of tumors using 99mTc(V)-dimercaptosuccinic acid and [131I]metaiodobenzylguanidine scans in a very uncommon case of medullary thyroid carcinoma associated with pheochromocytoma (Sipple's syndrome) and hepatocellular carcinoma.
(19) This study deals with 11 cases of thyroid medullary carcinoma of which 7 were familial cases including 3 cases of Sipple's syndrome and 4 cases of sporadic cases.
(20) A parallel between this situation and Sipple's disease in humans has previously been suggested.