(a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
(a.) Alone; having no companion.
(a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
(a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
(a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
(a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
(a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
(a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
(v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
(v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
(v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.
(v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
(n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
(n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
(n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
(n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
Example Sentences:
(1) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
(2) Renal micropuncture and microdissection techniques with ultramicro fluid analysis have been applied to evaluate single nephron function in the skate, Raja erinacea.
(3) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(4) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
(5) The coefficient of variation in the integrated area of a single peak is 16%.
(6) The diffusion of Myocamicin in the prostatic tissue of patients undergoing prostatectomy after a single oral dose of 600 mg has been studied.
(7) Infection with opportunistic organisms, either singly or in combination, is known to occur in immunocompromised patients.
(8) Radioligand binding studies revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity (Kd = 2-6 X 10(-10) M) binding sites for ET-1 in both cells, although the maximal binding capacity of cardiac receptor was about 6- to 12-fold greater than that of vascular receptor.
(9) Pituitary weight, mitotic index and chromosomes were studied in male rats following a single or repeated dose of estradiol-benzoate for a total period of 210 days.
(10) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
(11) Cop rats, however, possess a single 'suppressor' gene which confers complete resistance to mammary cancer.
(12) Comparison if single injections of MSB and atropine in normal subjects also demonstrated a more reliable dose-response relationship with MSB.
(13) Since interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) is useful as a single agent, it is important to determine if interferon can be combined with standard chemotherapy to improve both response and survival in patients with cancer.
(14) This suggests that Mg2+ accelerated both reactions from a single class of site.
(15) In crosses between inverted repeats, a single intrachromatid reciprocal exchange leads to inversion of the sequence between the crossover sites and recovery of both genes involved in the event.
(16) Median effect analysis was applied for the evaluation of in vitro effect by the growth inhibition, and the in vivo effect by comparison of the increase of life span (ILS) in a combined group with the sum of ILS's in 2 single agent groups.
(17) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
(18) The results indicated that roughly 25% of patients treated in this way will become hypothyroid after 5 years and that 85% are cured (need no further therapy during the follow-up period) using a single dose of iodine-131.
(19) In the triploids, the 40 female chromosomes present (mouse, n = 20) were derived from a single diploid pronucleus formed after the extrusion of a first polar body, and following the monospermic fertilization of primary oocytes.
(20) Such an approach to investigations into subclinical mastitis is not feasible by means of either single- or double-parameter techniques.
Tennis
Definition:
(n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
(v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The calf pain prodrome of "tennis leg" requires rest and then a stretching program.
(2) I’ve been in tennis for 10 years and he has always given 100%.
(3) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
(4) At each age level the boys consistently performed better than the girls in four of the six motor tests (catching, standing long jump, tennis ball throw and speed run).
(5) The possibility of a connection between grip tightness during and after the impact phase and the occurrence of the well-known "tennis elbow" is also discussed.
(6) Anthropometric characteristics, passive hip flexion, and spinal mobility were examined and back pain was registered in 116 top Swedish male athletes representing four different sports (wrestling, gymnastics, soccer, tennis).
(7) Responding to a question from host Karl Stefanovic about Kyrgios’s behaviour at Wimbledon and Tomic’s attack on Tennis Australia , which led to him being dumped from the Davis Cup team, Fraser said: “They should be setting a better example for the younger generation of this country, a great country of ours.” “If they don’t like it, go back to where their fathers or their parents came from.
(8) I think it takes some serious balls to respond the way I did.” Controversy followed him to his homeland overnight when the Australian former Olympic swimming champion Dawn Fraser said of Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic , who criticised Tennis Australia and was subsequently dropped from the Davis Cup team: “They should be setting a better example for the younger generation of this country, a great country of ours.” “If they don’t like it, go back to where their fathers or their parents came from.
(9) The party was founded to fight for a better deal for thousands of local co-operatives during the first world war, and in the years afterwards elected a handful of MPs (including Sam Perry, the father of Fred Perry the tennis champion).
(10) As Johanna Konta contemplates the next stage of her wide-reaching tennis journey and a possible place in the fourth round of the US Open, she recalls in a quiet moment how it all started, and how she might never have played the game at all but for the fact there were tennis courts next to her school.
(11) We look forward to many more years of working with Maria.” Sharapova, who has been provisionally banned while the International tennis Federation decides her fate, has thanked her fans for their support and vowed to return to the game.
(12) The start of 2016 has seen a worldwide focus on alleged match-fixing in tennis,” said the report.
(13) So many young female tennis players look like dolls, the confusion of woman with (sex) doll is almost natural for the broadcaster swimming in the miasma of his own idiocy.
(14) As a result she won’t be watching her son in the final because she has flown back to prepare Britain’s women’s tennis team for the Federation Cup, starting in Budapest on Wednesday.
(15) Participation in vigorous sports activities, such as jogging, swimming, tennis, etc., helps to protect against the development of hypertension, even when other predisposing factors are present.
(16) Last week ITV snatched the rights to the French Open tennis tournament , as the BBC looks to reduce what it spends on sport as part of the "Delivering Quality First" cost-cutting initiative.
(17) If the scoreline has a pleasing symmetry, the tennis was gruesome to watch – at least from the Luxembourg bench, where their coach, the human rights lawyer on his holidays, Jacques Radoux, looked as if he had just been asked to defend Rebekah Brooks.
(18) There is a bit of tennis left in this tie, with Australia awaiting in the semi-final following their comeback win against Kazakhstan.
(19) I know that he’s playing the tennis of his life in last 15 months.
(20) Today it is a Russian banker paying for a couple of sets of tennis with the PM and the mayor of London.