(n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
Example Sentences:
(1) The slope of this line was substantially steeper than the regression line slope for treadmill running.4.
(2) The mean in the newborn-to-6-month-old group was 47.59 D; in the 12-18-month-old group it had decreased to 45.56 D. The cornea appears to stabilize at about 54 months, with an average reading of 42.69 D. Evaluation of 11 eyes diagnosed as having persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous revealed that eyes with this diagnosis generally have steeper corneas than normal eyes at any given age.
(3) Air N2 curve of COPD, however, showed a much steeper ascending plateau without CO.
(4) Stimulation of these endings also caused the TE vs TI relationship to become steeper in cats and to be displaced downwards in rabbits.
(5) When EDTA was present in the homogenization medium the curve obtained was of simpler, curvilinear type showing an increased activity at temperatures above 20 degrees C. The Na+-K+ ATPase activity in similar preparation from adult brain were not complex but curvilinear whether EDTA was used or not; however, EDTA increased the activity at temperatures above 20 degrees C. When such chelating agents as EDTA or histidine were used in preparation of microsomes from immature rat brain, the temperature dependence curve of Na+-K+ ATPase in this membrane fraction was changed to a steeper and simpler curve with increased activity especially at temperatures above 20 degrees.
(6) The slope of the 1-nitrosopyrene survival curve for XP cells was also 2.5 times steeper than that for the normal cells, but the HCMM cells showed a normal response.
(7) The slope of the 1-nitropyrene survival curve for XP cells was 2.5 times steeper than the slope of the curve of the normal cells; the slope of the 1-NP survival curve for the HCMM cells was intermediate between the XP cells and the normal fibroblasts.
(8) Many subjects in both UCLP and CP groups showed an intrinsic maxillary retrusion and a steeper mandible.
(9) The slope of this increase was 2.5 times steeper for S units than for FR units.
(10) After increasing doses of T4 administered to thyroidectomized rats, serum and cerebrocortical T4 concentrations increased in a dose-dependent manner, but the increment in the latter was steeper than that in the former.
(11) Comparison with other epidemiologic studies suggests that the typical ultraviolet radiation dose-nevus yield curve might be steeper in males than females.
(12) Contractures induced by using, instead of normal Krebs solution, a solution in which potassium was replaced by sodium (Krebs potassium) were also decreased dose-dependently by amiloride, but the slope of the linear log dose-effect curve line was steeper.
(13) The pattern of dose-response curves was a continuous change from being flat (maximal delta FEV1 less than or equal to 5%), becoming steeper with a plateau that occurred at a greater change in FEV1 as the curves were shifted more to the left, to being the steepest without a plateau response.
(14) In BAPN-treated rats, the medial cross-sectional area was reduced, postmortem distensibility of vascular wall was greater, and baroreceptor reflex, estimated from heart rate responses to BP changes, showed steeper regression curves.
(15) I began the long climb up Swirral Edge, a ridge that gets progressively steeper and narrower until two-legged runners were reduced to clamberers on all fours.
(16) Growth curves of chest tumors (residual tumors) in Group B after amputation of the tumor-bearing leg were significantly steeper than those of both Group A, whose tumor-bearing legs were not amputated, and Group C, whose normal legs were amputated, at the same tumor age.
(17) The instantaneous I-V curve was linear while in the steady state the curve became flatter at low negative membrane potentials and steeper at high negative membrane potentials.
(18) Serum SHBG correlated negatively with age in both treated hypopituitary and normal boys, but the slope of the regression line was significantly steeper in treated hypopituitary boys (P less than 0.01).
(19) When administered intravenously, Ple 1053 was approximately 5 times more potent on a weight basis than furosemide, its dose-response relationship was closer and the slope was steeper.
(20) These include "a steeper than expected downturn in Europe, financial contagion related to the sovereign debt crisis, rapidly rising oil prices and geopolitical risks".
Sweeper
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is no graffiti and no rubbish, because a street sweeper is using a machine to blow leaves into piles.
(2) According to the occupation registered on their licence, the 6630 drivers were distributed into three groups: (1) professional drivers (n = 1726), (2) non-professional drivers "more exposed" to exhaust gas and fumes (this group included occupations such as vehicle mechanic, policeman, road sweeper; n = 712), and (3) non-professional drivers "less exposed," composed of all other occupations (n = 4192).
(3) Wright was not used as a sweeper but rather as a spare man in a flat back four.
(4) In the Barbara Vine book, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy (1998), the death of a leading author, Gerard Candless, leads to the discovery that almost every detail of his life had been a fiction.
(5) Comparisons between indoor aspirator catches and outdoor mechanical sweeper collections enabled mosquito resting habits to be classified as: (1) endophilic (Anopheles culicifacies, An.
(6) What can I do?” The street sweeper demanded 75 Turkish lira and pointed to a small hole in the fence, not far from the main gate.
(7) We present a case of occupation-related carcinoma of the scrotum (chimney sweeper's disease) in a black man.
(8) Thanks to Manuel Neuer the era of “sweeper-keepers”, boasting strong lines in fancy footwork, is upon us.
(9) He was credited with developing the "sweeper-keeper" style of play, when a keeper acts as an extra defender when needed.
(10) He set about interviewing the crossing-sweepers, Punch and Judy entertainers, sandwich-sellers, rag-gatherers, rat-killers, doll's-eye makers, thieves, prostitutes, beggars, and all the other pieces of human flotsam and jetsam that had washed up in the capital.
(11) As a goalkeeper, he was ahead of his time, operating not only with athleticism and anticipation in the goal itself, but always ready to act as a kind of sweeper if his defence were breached, dashing well beyond his penalty area to kick the ball clear.
(12) This study intends to identify the occupational risks that the street sweepers are exposed by handling diary with the urban trash.
(13) Road sweepers, street cleaners all deserve a decent home, they certainly don’t deserve to be priced out of council property.
(14) Until we have a rainfall, or the city’s huge street sweeper mob arrive, you often find dust particles in your eyes and mouth.
(15) The ball came to the sweeper Augenthaler, who flipped an inviting angled pass over the top.
(16) "It is not men who immigrate but machine-minders, sweepers, diggers, cement mixers, cleaners, drillers, etc," writes Berger beneath a picture of two officials looking out over hundreds of workers at a recruitment centre in Istanbul.
(17) Other street cleaners are self-employed: street sweepers who move round after the dustmen work for tips from local residents, and bottle collectors make a living – just about – by selling on plastic bottles for recycling.
(18) The man glanced around uneasily, and finally approached a street sweeper in a blue jumpsuit.
(19) Measurements performed on 176 subjects, without isolating them from day-to-day work, showed 220Rn levels having a median of 0.74 Bq, with the group consisting of sweepers and helpers showing the highest average level (1.68 Bq).
(20) That means the extra defensive cover of a sweeper system and just one change from the side that started against Cameroon: Peter Beardsley for the injured John Barnes.