(a.) Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The oxidative properties of Vv can be used in the photocolorimetric determination of those reducers which give no other reactions with vanadium ions-penta and tetravalent.
(2) (which gives different products) but is attributed to an oxidizing intermediate resulting from the two electron oxidation of Fe2+ to a peroxo complex, or a derivative of tetravalent iron.
(3) The retention of the tetravalent and pentavalent vanadium forms was also investigated 1 d after oral administration.
(4) Two different tetravalent polysaccharide vaccines against group A, C, Y, and W135 meningococci were given to 118 infants aged 6 to 23 months; the same vaccines were administered in a second dose 12 months later to those infants aged 6 to 11 months at first vaccination.
(5) The cytostatic and cytocidal effects of a newly synthesized tetravalent platinum drug (CBDCA-ox) on two experimental ascites tumors as well as on normal tissues of the mouse were investigated.
(6) The data suggest that aldehydes formed during the process of lipid peroxidation induced by tetravalent vanadium react with the proteins in LDL to form fluorescent chromolipids and that the oxidative process originates within the hydrophobic domain of LDL.
(7) For a model experiment, artificial phospholipid membranes have been used to study the effect of uni-, di-, tri- and tetravalent cations on the adhesion process.
(8) Succinylated-Con A (bivalent) binds to the same receptors as native Con A (tetravalent) but does not elicit lamellipodium extension unless crosslinked with anti-Con A IgG.
(9) The effects of tetravalent conconavalin A and its succinylated derivative on the intracellular production of superoxide anion (O-2) and its release into cell exterior of peritoneal macrophages were observed.
(10) We conducted a prospective randomized double blind study to determine: (1) the safety and immunogenicity of live oral tetravalent human-rhesus rotavirus reassortant vaccine in neonates; and (2) whether a second dose at the age of 6 to 8 weeks enhances the immunogenicity.
(11) Opsonic and bactericidal functions of serum were examined in the half-brother after immunization with tetravalent meningococcal vaccine.
(12) Conformational alterations induced in DNA by the binding of various bivalent and tetravalent platinum complexes were characterized by means of differential pulse polarography and circular dichroism spectroscopy.
(13) The binding of tetravalent concanavalin A to the surface glycoproteins of macrophages caused a marked increase in the rate of oxygen consumption due to the activation of the hexose monophosphate shunt.
(14) It is shown that the process of DNA condensation becomes spontaneous in the presence of divalent cations in methanol, and in the presence of tri- or tetravalent cations in water media.
(15) Such prevalence is lower than the one rated in the civil population, demonstrating the major importance of vector control to limit spreading of such an epidemic as a tetravalent vaccine is not yet available.
(16) Anti-CR2 antibody HB5, tetravalent P13, and P28 conjugated to BSA, enhanced the ability of F(ab')2 fragments of the IgG fraction of goat anti-human mu antibody to increase human B cell [Ca2+]i.
(17) This results suggest a possible positive influence of tetravalent vanadium on the stability of cell membranes.
(18) Also hemotoxicity of this tetravalent drug was markedly lower than that of CBDCA.
(19) While the stimulatory effect of vanadate, an anion of pentavalent vanadium, on adenylate cyclase (AC) has been repeatedly demonstrated in various tissues only a few studies have been hitherto devoted to the effect of vanadyl, a cation of tetravalent vanadium, but these have provided contradictory results.
(20) PFRAP results reported here show that: (a) most clustered AChR (approximately 86%) are rotationally immobile within a time scale of at least several seconds; and (b) most nonclustered AChR (approximately 76%) are rotationally mobile with characteristic times ranging from less than 50 ms to 0.1 s. External cross-linking with the tetravalent lectin concanavalin A immobilizes many nonclustered AChR.
Titanic
Definition:
(a.) Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
(a.) Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) "With the full backing of British Gymnastics, the trainers who helped take Smith and Tweddle to Olympic glory are ready to turn the nation's pop stars, actors, newsreaders and chefs into heroes of the high bars and titans of the tumble track," it added.
(2) Titanic's trailer is two minutes 37 seconds of lifeboat-related stampeding intercut with women swishing about in big hats doing seasick Dowager Countess expressions.
(3) So what was shocking to me about Titanic was that the guy gave his life for the woman and not for his country – I just couldn’t understand that mindset.” “The other shocking thing about that movie was that it was set 100 years ago, and I realised that our country is in the 21 st century and we still haven’t reached that level of development,” she said.
(4) In 1982 BCCI was described as "on its way to becoming the financial equivalent of the SS Titanic!".
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Palmer was unaware the Coalition's Direct Action bill was before the Senate You are very naïve when it comes to politics, my girl Figuring out how Palmer envisages this could ever eventuate is one aim as we sit down the next morning for an interview in the resort’s “Titanic II room”, adjacent to the resort’s foyer, pool room and empty breakfast bar.
(6) ITV's Titanic, also written by Fellowes, was produced in Canada and Hungary.
(7) The Titans tour has had a difficult birth this summer.
(8) Where other titans became “Old Farts” overnight – “ No Elvis, Beatles or Rolling Stones in 1977” as the Clash had it – Bowie stayed revered.
(9) New type of drone called an ‘atmostat’ Titan Aerospace was founded in 2012, with research and development facilities in New Mexico, aiming to create a new type of drone called an “atmostat”, which could fulfil the role of a near-Earth satellite at a fraction of the cost and without needing to be launched into orbit.
(10) Malema is in a titanic struggle with Zuma, who once declared him a future president, and has been brought before the ANC's disciplinary committee on charges of bringing the party into disrepute.
(11) Jaguars 29-20 Titans Surely, but surely the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to get their first win of the year in Tennessee this afternoon.
(12) Titanic now comes in behind 1977's Star Wars, 1965's The Sound of Music, 1982's ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, and even the 1956 Charlton Heston biblical epic The Ten Commandments.
(13) 12.03pm BST Afternoon The Titanic was supposed to be an unsinkable ship, immune to the perils of the seas and so forth.
(14) A monodimensional electrophoretic method for the separation of glycosaminoglycans on Titan III Zip Zone cellulose acetate plate based on their different electrophoretic mobilities in barium acetate and different solubilities in ethanol was applied to the Chemetron electrophoretic equipment.
(15) In each patient one side of the dentition was treated with the Sonicflex and the other with the Titan-S sonic scalers.
(16) The stuff of those islands mostly ended up in Singapore, which needs titanic amounts to continue its programme of artificially adding territory by reclaiming land from the sea.
(17) She began as a ringletted country singer, teenage sweetheart of the American heartland, but between 2006’s eponymous first album and now she’s become the kind of culturally titanic figure adored as much by gnarly rock critics as teenage girls, feminist intellectuals and, well, pretty much all of emotionally sentient humankind.
(18) Mike Pratt, 38, Norfolk Cronus Titan 23 November 2016 4:23pm The UK economy has been swamped with low wages and I see it very difficult for this ever to be resolved without joe public yet again having to take a bullet for the rich.
(19) Modern ultrasonic transducers mainly employ lead zirconate titanate (PZT) but vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene copolymer (P (VDF-TrPE)) is becoming more competitive.
(20) Though he loves sport, he is now sworn off attending NFL matches at the MetLife stadium after attending a Jets v Titans game with his girlfriend and being “vilified from the parking lot to my seat for wearing a scarf”.