(n.) Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
(n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
(n.) Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
(v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
(v. i.) To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
(2) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
(3) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
(4) At the steady state the intracellular concentration of PteGlu was 120-fold higher from that of the medium.
(5) In a steady-state exercise test this difference developed gradually during the first 10 min of exercise.
(6) An electrogenic sodium-potassium pump appears to contribute materially to the steady-state potential and to certain of the transient potential responses of vascular smooth muscle.
(7) This 520-nm change can be used for the continuous measurement of pH changes in thylakoids during steady-state illumination.
(8) Steady state levels of chloroplast mRNA encoding the core PSII polypeptides remain nearly constant in the light or the dark and are not affected by the developmental stage of the plastid.
(9) The changes in muscle activity had the same pattern and similar phase-frequency properties to those observed under analogous vestibular stimulation during the maintenance of steady posture.
(10) Indeed, the nationalist and religious right bloc merely held steady , gaining just one seat.
(11) In all cases studied, the presence of a translation termination codon correlates with a decrease in the steady-state level of mRNA.
(12) We measured the steady-state volumes of distribution for radioactive chloride, sucrose, and albumin in the lung of six anesthetized, spen-thorax sheep.
(13) As many as 25 turnovers of the transport cycle per monomer can occur prior to attainment of steady state.
(14) For these augmented breaths, tidal volume, inspiratory time, and expiratory time were not different from the next augmented breath occurring in the same run in the steady state.
(15) Carotid nerves block provoked transient ventilatory depression, decreasing VT by 46% and fR by 26%, followed by recovery to steady-state values in VT, fR and PETCO2.
(16) Use 3-ml Luer-Lok syringes and 30-gauge needles and thread the needle carefully into the vessel while using slow and steady injection with light pressure.
(17) The stiffness of the fibre first rose abruptly in response to stretch and then started to decrease linearly while the stretch went on; after the completion of stretch the stiffness decreased towards a steady value which was equal to that during the isometric tetanus at the same sarcomere length, indicating that the enhancement of isometric force is associated with decreased stiffness.
(18) Rates for homicide have remained steady and have a distinct profile.
(19) A method is described for the accurate, rapid measurement of the unbound fractions of estradiol and of progesterone in small volumes of plasma or serum at 37 degrees C by a miniature method of steady-state gel filtration.
(20) The possibility that S. mutans was capable of aciduric adaptation during a biologically-generated pH reduction was examined by mixing cultures of both organisms after each had been grown to steady state at pH 5.5 in separate chemostats.
Truelove
Definition:
(n.) One really beloved.
(n.) A plant. See Paris.
(n.) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
Example Sentences:
(1) Truelove thinks Monitor wants many providers to go bust so the staff will go back to direct employment with the NHS.
(2) Particularly, I stressed usefulness of a 5-day intensive intravenous regimen which was developed by Truelove and Jewell in 1974, as the best method for determining if urgent surgery is indicated in cases of acute severe or fulminant types of ulcerative colitis.
(3) A hitherto undescribed species of yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative Clostridium sp., possessing nitrogenase activity, has been isolated from a number of sampling sites on the Truelove Lowland of Devon Island in the Canadian high Arctic.
(4) According to Truelove and Witts, ulcerative colitis has been rated only by clinical classification without taking into account morphological alterations, and so far (in contrast to Crohn's disease) no activity index has been available for clinical studies.
(5) Stuart Truelove, managing director of Everycare (Wessex), which provides home and healthcare staffing, said there was no doubt NHS agency spend needed to be controlled.
(6) We compared these tests to various indices of disease activity in Crohn's disease, to Truelove's grading in ulcerative colitis, and to endoscopy, x-ray, and pathology in both diseases.
(7) In ulcerative colitis, 111In fecal excretion did not correlate with Truelove's grading but reflected colonoscopic assessment of severity.
(8) • On Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990), Sean Young was fired by Beatty from the role of Tess Truelove and replaced by Glenne Headly.
(9) The effect of treatment was evaluated in terms of days it took for a severe condition to improve to an intermediate one defined by Truelove and Witts' categories for UC severity.
(10) They’re taking a huge sledgehammer to crack a walnut.” Truelove said if the caps were fully implemented it would be a disaster for the NHS: “Fundamentally, Monitor is forcing agencies providing healthcare to break the law from the 1 April, when maximum pay rates are further capped,” he said.
(11) Despite facing the difficulties in documenting objective criteria of improvement in a condition such as the irritable colon, defined as a "collection of functional disorders of the colon of mixed aetiology" (Truelove), our results demonstrate that Mebeverine is able to improve abdominal cramps and disturbances of bowel habit in this common disorder without side effects, as seen with standard anticholinergic preparations.
(12) Stuart Truelove, agency managing director Sibanda is among the thousands of NHS workers employed via one of the scores of healthcare agencies.