(a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
(n.) The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
Example Sentences:
(1) Forty-nine patients (with 83 eyes showing signs of the disease) were followed up for between six months and 12 years.
(2) In 49 cases undergoing systemic lymphadenectomy 32 were found to have glandular involvement, of which both aortic and pelvic nodes were positive in 17 cases (53.1%), aortic nodes positive but pelvic negative in six (18.8%), and pelvic nodes positive but aortic negative in nine (28.1%).
(3) Fifty-six percent of Lac+ transconjugants were resistant to the S. cremoris M12R lytic phage.
(4) These included bringing in the A* grade, reducing the number of modules from six to four, and a greater attempt to assess the whole course at the end.
(5) The rash presented either as a pityriasis rosea-like picture which appeared about three to six months after the onset of treatment in patients taking low doses, or alternatively, as lichenoid plaques which appeared three to six months after commencement of medication in patients taking high doses.
(6) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(7) Prior to oral feeding, little or no ELA was detected in stools and endotoxinemia was ascertained in only six of 45 infants (13%).
(8) A group I subset (six animals), for which predominant cultivable microbiota was described, had a mean GI of 2.4.
(9) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(10) This time is approximately six months for the neuroleptics given orally, one month for antidepressants, and five and a half half-lives for benzodiazepines.
(11) Six hours later, bronchoalveolar lavage was performed.
(12) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
(13) Sixty-six patients were followed for 12 months in an open safety study.
(14) Four delayed going to a medical facility and six did not have hypotension corrected.
(15) All patients were discharged home from two to six days after surgery (mean (SD) 3.7 (1.2) days).
(16) Six of the patients were operated using the McIndoe and Bannister technique while on the other two the Tobin and Day technique was used.
(17) Nine of the 12 long-term survivors showed lymph node metastasis and six of the 12 revealed cancer cells at the surgical margins.
(18) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.
(19) This method, which permits a more rapid formation of anastomoses, has been used to form Roux-en-Y jejunojejunostomies without extensive complications in six patients.
(20) Six of 7 SAO shock rats treated with U74006F survived for 120 min following reperfusion, while none of 7 SAO shock rats given the vehicle survived for 120 min (P less than .01).
Touchdown
Definition:
(n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Example Sentences:
(1) Matt Schaub has done nothing so far today to persuade them otherwise, completeing 13 of 21 passes for 134 yards, no touchdowns and one interception.
(3) The Chiefs lost key running back Jamaal Charles to a suspected concussion early but it did not appear to affect KC as Alex Smith threw four touchdown passes and Knile Davis ran for a score to help the Chiefs to a 38-10 lead early in the third quarter of the wild card game.
(4) On Sunday, Foles did something that only six other players have achieved in NFL history, throwing for seven touchdowns in a single game as the Eagles obliterated the Oakland Raiders 49-20 .
(5) Peyton Manning won football's MVP award this season, broke Marino's 21-year-old record for most touchdowns in a season (49), and has thrown for more than 29,000 career yards, but all he has to show for it this morning is another playoff hangover administered by the New England Patriots' defense … The numbers are great, but all he really wants to be is Tom Brady."
(6) Quick outs • Random subplot of the week: Peyton Manning throwing Denver’s first touchdown to Jacob Tamme, a man who rarely gets much attention in that high-powered Broncos offense, but who has been riding to every home game with the quarterback, plus receiver Eric Decker, for the last two years .
(7) LeGarrette Blount provided more than half of those, rushing for 166 yards and four touchdowns to tie one franchise playoff record and break another.
(8) The kinematic analysis revealed non-significant results for hip, knee and ankle joint angles at touchdown for the various stride rates.
(9) Buccaneers 17-42 Saints When Drew Brees runs in for a touchdown in the fourth, that's pretty much end of the game.
(10) It touched a lot of us, it added fuel to our fire,” Mason, who raised his hands following a fourth-quarter touchdown, told the Associated Press after the Rams’ 52-0 win.
(11) Average movement velocity, foot velocity at touchdown, and body mass were variables demonstrating weak or nonsignificant correlations with the rearfoot parameters.
(12) The quarterback's passing figures – 22-of-33 for 287 yards and three touchdowns – are not to be sniffed at, but what truly stood out was his poise, the manner with which he hung in the pocket, keeping his eyes downfield to the last moment even when defenders were closing in around him.
(13) A trademark 40-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch levelled the scores before San Francisco edged in front again when QB Colin Kaepernick passed to Anquan Boldin in the end zone.
(14) 7.28pm GMT 49ers 6-10 Panthers, 1:05, 2nd quarter 2nd and 5 on the Carolina 25, Kaepernick connects with Boldin for a 15 yard pass and only nine yards separate the 49ers from their first touchdown.
(15) "At the time I didn't think I was doing that great – I was really focused on the offensive side, where I was playing wide receiver and only caught one touchdown," Crawford told me last April.
(16) But now, it will be tough to take out Foles, who has 13 touchdown passes and no interceptions this season.
(17) Freshman kicker Cade Foster missed the attempt which fell into the arms of Auburn's Chris Davis who returned it from 109 yards for the game winning touchdown.
(18) 3.05am GMT Florida State 10-21 Auburn, :12, 2nd quarter The ruling on the touchdown is confirmed because duh.
(19) The purpose of this investigation was therefore to show whether the pronation angle and the torsion angle differ when running barefoot, with spikes, and with running shoes (forefoot touchdown, N = 9 left and right).
(20) Winston is on pace (190.1) to break quarterback Russell Wilson's record for best passer efficiency rating in a season and set Football Bowl Subdivision freshman records for yards passing (3,820) and touchdown passes (38).