(v. t.) To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
(v. t.) To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
(v. t.) Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
(v. i.) To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
(2) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
(3) Proliferating cells were abundant and scattered throughout the stratified epithelium before the appearance of villi.
(4) Furthermore, experiments with the fluorescence-activated cell sorter revealed increased forward light scatter from resting exudate PMN compared to blood PMN.
(5) Quantitative measurements of image contrast were carried out for B-mode images of anechoic spheres (cysts) embedded in a random scattering medium.
(6) The angular distribution of the scattered light was obtained as a function of time and compared with the rates at which hydrolysis products were formed.
(7) It is found that, whereas the spatial resolution achievable with such a system is only dependent upon its temporal resolution, the scattering characteristics of the tissue being imaged will strongly affect the ultimate imaging performance of such a system.
(8) In these cells no autonomous periodic activities were observed by light scattering.
(9) 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.
(10) Type C-like particles were found inter- and intracellularly in gland and vessel lumina and scattered in the connective tissue.
(11) 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).
(12) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(13) Dome-shaped, fungiform papillae were scattered among these filiform papillae.
(14) Visible light activates a large guanosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate (cGMP)- and phosphodiesterase (PDE)-dependent infrared light-scattering change in suspensions of photoreceptor disk membranes.
(15) The angular distribution of the scattered acoustic field from an inosonifying source will directly relate to the distribution of surface fibrillatory changes.
(16) The electron spectroscopic diffraction (ESD) mode of operation of an energy-filtering electron microscope offers the possibility of being able to avoid the background from inelastic scattering in selected-area electron diffraction patterns.
(17) Single particles or small clusters were scattered across the cell membrane.
(18) Fibrinogen was scattered in the intercellular spaces, and located in the inner layer or edges of the thickened intima of the bifurcation with increasing plaque formation.
(19) From the different shapes of the scattering curves of the native phosphofructokinase at pH 7.5 in the presence of 15 mM ATP and of the cross-linked tetramer or octamer, it can be inferred that the shapes of the protomers are different: in the presence of ATP the protomers are elongated, having an axial ratio of 1.8 to 2.0; the cross-linked state reveals a spherical protomer of radius 33.0 A, similar to that of the native enzyme at pH 7.5 in the presence of fructose 6-phosphate or fructose 1,6-bisphosphate.
(20) Cells taking up label are found scattered throughout the large cartilaginous epiphyses.
Spray
Definition:
(n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
(n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
(n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
(n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
(v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
(v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
(v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
(v. t.) To let fall in the form of spray.
(v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(2) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
(3) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
(4) Thus, enhancers are required to obtain significant nasal absorption of glucagon and calcitonin and powders and spray solutions did not differ in terms of systemic availability.
(5) True Love Impulse Body Spray, Simple Kind to Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser and VO5 Styling Mousse Extra Body marked double-digit price rises on average across the four chains.
(6) BP sprayed almost 2m gallons of Corexit on the slick and at the leak site on the seabed.
(7) An infection rate of 0.46% was comparable to the incidence previously observed for conventional methods using an iodine spray as a skin preparation.
(8) The effect of spraying plants with rain-water was to enhance slightly the total content of all trace metals analysed.
(9) In pest control operations, organophosphorus compounds (OP) have been sprayed as insecticides, blood cholinesterase (ChE) activities and urinary alkylphosphate levels were measured for both OP-sprayers (n = 102) and non-sprayers (n = 35) in pest control companies, and the relationship between the analytical results and spraying conditions was investigated.
(10) Liquid nitrogen spray followed by light electrodesiccation treatment is helpful in the management of flat warts, small skin tags, seborrheic keratoses, and cherry angiomas.
(11) In global evaluations some 60% of patients had good to excellent results with the nasal spray and some 75% with the eye drops.
(12) Enrichment cultures were established with the aromatic fraction of a crude oil and screened for aromatic-degrading pseudomonads, using a sprayed plate technique.
(13) Heart rate increased significantly by 2.0 min in the tablet group but did not change in the spray group.
(14) Water from the reactors that were the source of Sonoda's drink is being used to spray trees to limit the buildup of dust and prevent fires.
(15) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An activist sprays T-shirts during a training protest organised by NoG20 Rhein-Main.
(17) We may be able to control as die back with fungicides but we would need to spray every few weeks over the whole country.
(18) The hydrolysate obtained was then subjected to two different dehydration techniques: drum drying at 121 degrees C and 18 seconds retention, and spray drying at 101 degrees C and 40 psi pressure.
(19) Large-scale residual spraying was not totally effective and was very costly, and mass chemoprophylaxis was not feasible.
(20) 46 boys were sent for operation and have been treated primary with LH-RH nasal spray.