(a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
(a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first symptom is usually Raynaud's phenomenon, followed by skin changes; at the beginning the skin is swollen and oedematous, and then becomes thick, taut, shiny and atrophic.
(2) The first mechanism is based on the extraordinary obliquity of the constantly taut PCL guiding bundle, which produces torque in the final extension stage.
(3) Arthroscopic evaluations revealed that the allografts were elaborately remodeled, viable, and taut.
(4) The zonular traction maintained the posterior capsule taut so that the vitreous pressure was distributed equally over the entire surface of the capsular diaphragm.
(5) An age-related decline of performance occurred in most of the sensory-motor tasks; locomotor activity was reduced in a novel environment and in a runwheel, and the ability to prevent falling was reduced in tests on a taut wire, rotorod, inclined screen, and several types of elevated bridges.
(6) Cibacron Blue F3GA dye has been used to probe subtle conformational changes in protein structure associated with the conversion of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase (GS) between relaxed, taut, oxidized, and dissociated forms.
(7) The taut transverse metatarsal ligament appears to play a critical role compressing the interdigital nerve but the exact pathomechanics producing the neuroma and the role of the intermetatarsal bursa remain unclear.
(8) This vertical retraction syndrome mimics Duane's syndrome and benefits from recession of the taut vertical recti.
(9) "The thread is pulled very taut at the moment," he says.
(10) Just anterior to the globular region, flattened cells are present on the surface with many taut cellular processes.
(11) ACL grafts did not show any biodegradation with time but maintained a thick and viable appearance, although 3 of the taut ones showed partial necrosis in the anterolateral part.
(12) Because the compression device was held in a static position, the only variable was the tautness of the nerve root across the tip of the device.
(13) In seven experiments, subjects perceived the distances from the hand of occluded metal disks attached to a taut nylon strand.
(14) The membranes surrounded the tack heads and extended in taut bands to form a tractional detachment of the pars plana.
(15) Using a cryoprobe as a "handle" can greatly facilitate resection by providing a taut surface for transection and improving visualization of ductal and vascular structures.
(16) Each of the cruciate ligaments contains functionally different fiber groups; one fiber bundle is always taut; numerous others are taut in intermediate or extreme positions.
(17) The course of the healing process was rated by 4 subjective symptoms (itching, burning, skin tautness and pain) and by the following objective criteria: number of days in the vesicular stage and duration of complete healing, abortive lesions and new lesions.
(18) To rule out the possibility that fusion was induced by a mechanical stress imparted by the internal pressure of a taut granule, we performed control experiments using cells in which vesicles were shrunken with hyperosmotic solutions.
(19) A 38-year-old HIV-seropositive homosexual man presented with fever, chills, malaise, and a cutaneous eruption consisting of indurated, shiny, erythematous plaques that were confluent on the face and scalp leading to alopecia and extreme tautness of the skin.
(20) Muscle spasm, tension, spasticity, taut bands, scar tissues, or fibrositic nodules can be documented.
Tut
Definition:
() Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
(n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
(n.) A hassock.
Example Sentences:
(1) He would later tut-tut about this, as an error of judgment, and as a cause of relief to him that he was outbid.
(2) This manifests itself as a bit of a grimace when a kiddie pops up in front of his gun, a tut when colleagues show a lack of concern for collateral damage. "
(3) Menogaril (TUT-7) is a novel antitumor antibiotic belonging to anthracyclines.
(4) Shorter operative time and less post-operative bleeding were found in the TUT group, which included 3 failures.
(5) The chorus of tut-tutting reached such a volume – from small-town gossip to high politics – that her friends felt duty bound to intervene.
(6) In mouse L 1210 leukemia system, antitumor activity of TUT-7 administered orally was as good as that by i.v.
(7) Nothing of it shows above ground; 20ft down is a confused, inaccessible jumble of rooms, corridors and frescoes, buried beyond the reach of the public, an enormous Tut's tomb with nothing of value in it.
(8) Their successors tut at Cameron’s talk of swarms.
(9) Fantasy fancies Recent discussion of Kristen Stewart , the actor whose mother may or may not have confirmed her bisexuality, has been accompanied by clapping and tutting – but not a lot of self-examination.
(10) routes, were better than that of adriamycin administered i.v.. TUT-7 showed antitumor activities against various mouse tumors (L 1210 leukemia, P 388 leukemia, colon 38 adenocarcinoma, B 16 melanoma), LX-1 human tumor xenografts, and Yoshida sarcoma in rat.
(11) It was like trying to get into King Tut’s Tomb, downloading five apps to access the fucking thing.” The particular structure of the film, she said – one scene in the final reel especially – had her weeping with nerves as to whether she would be able to manage such extended sequence without recourse to easy edits.
(12) The antitumor activity of TUT-7, a new anthracycline compound, was compared to that of adriamycin in the screening system with rat ascites hepatomas.
(13) In some quarters, Celebgate prompted hand-wringing and tut-tutting about contemporary mores from Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.
(14) You know how frustrating it is when you put a cartridge in your printer, and it tuts at you about “not an approved part”, after which, printing becomes even more of a lottery than usual?
(15) If you are lucky, he might even tut at you for joining the wrong queue (it's a confusing system, OK, Mr Katsouris?
(16) TU3 was as effective as TUT-cocktail in inhibition of PHA response and CTL generation but unlike TUT spared NK effectors.
(17) Enter, tutting, Gillian Anderson , an Arctic roll in a pencil skirt.
(18) But more than anything, it's about the sense of entitlement, the presupposition that an entire page of a national newspaper should be given over to the sexual gratification of men, and we should tut and tolerate and turn the other cheek while the Sun's anti-rape campaign languishes in the women's section, as our problem.
(19) When it didn't run on time, I was shouted at, tutted at, and reminded of how much money I'd lost the company.
(20) Mascherano doesn’t laugh, but he tuts instead, shaking his head in that way players do when the possibility of Brazil exiting a World Cup is mentioned.