(n.) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.
(n.) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
Example Sentences:
(1) An aerodynamic particle sizer was used to categorise samples according to respirable particle release rates.
(2) Inferences of aerodynamic diameter based on measurements by the laser aerosol spectrometer consistently undersized that determined by the aerodynamic particle sizer by a factor of 1.5.
(3) To test the reliability of the instrument, we measured particle size distributions of saline aerosols generated by four kinds of nebulizer and compared the results with those from a Malvern 2600D particle sizer as a standard of comparison.
(4) An aerodynamic particle sizer (APS) can be used to make real-time measurements of the aerodynamic particle size distribution over the range of 0.5 to 32 microns.
(5) Inhaled pentamidine has become an important method of treatment and prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and we have compared nebuliser efficiency in terms of drug output and droplet sizes in four brands of jet nebuliser (Acorn-22, Inspiron, Cirrus, Respirgard II) and one brand of ultrasonic nebuliser (Fisoneb), at 2 pentamidine concentrations and 3 flow rates, using a laser particle sizer.
(6) A pilot grinding operation was constructed, and the size distribution and concentration of airborne particles were measured with the aerodynamic particle sizer (APS).
(7) The influence of manufacturing temperature, type of monomer, drug concentration and ethylcyanoacrylate concentration on the particle size were investigated with a Coulter Nano Sizer.
(8) Tropical tree loss Sizer said it was “very concerning” that the data reveals that tree loss in Brazil and Indonesia is on the rise again – by 16% and 30% respectively since 2013 – despite longer term downward trends.
(9) A polydisperse aerosol of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP or DOP) was sampled directly into an aerodynamic particle sizer and through a stage of the personal impactor.
(10) We have, therefore, been exploring the use of a Laser Diffraction Particle Sizer, the Malvern 2600 long bench model, for the measurement of mean spheroid diameter and size distribution.
(11) Annular size was then measured intraoperatively with calibrated sizers.
(12) Sizers are probably the major regulatory mechanism for cell growth under conditions of nutrient and growth factor excess.
(13) The balloon catheters were simultaneously inflated to 4 atm pressure for 10 s. Before and after balloon valvotomy the valve area was calculated with a conical sizer, and radiological studies were also performed to study the effect of balloon valvotomy on calcified aortic commissures.
(14) Radiological studies and calculation of the valve area, using a conical sizer, were performed both before and after balloon dilatation.
(15) It will be important to gather more detailed information about the exact location of the fires and their causes, which could have important implications for the companies and government agencies involved," said Nigel Sizer of WRI.
(16) The efficiency of emulsification was studied using a laser diffraction sizer to determine particle size distributions of the resultant emulsions.
(17) The distribution of particle sizes of aerosols of different allergen solutions was determined by a TSI Aerodynamic Particle Sizer.
(18) Dr Nigel Sizer, study co-author and director of the forests programme for the World Resources Institute (WRI) , said the increase of fires in northern forests had worrying implications for the climate.
(19) Measurement methods based on differing physical principles were selected for evaluation and compared: particle inertia (aerodynamic particle sizer and quartz crystal microbalance cascade impactor); light scattering (laser aerosol spectrometer); and projected-area microscopy (scanning electron microscope).
(20) An aerodynamic particle sizer (APS) that uses laser Doppler velocimetry was used to determine aerodynamic diameters of spores of fungal and thermophilic actinomycete species common in mouldy hay, aerosolized at different humidities and temperatures.