(n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Example Sentences:
(1) Results by these three assays were also highly reproducible.
(2) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
(3) 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.
(4) Three categories of UV response have been identified.
(5) Sierra Leone is one of the three West Africa nations hit hard by an Ebola epidemic this year.
(6) Comparison of wild type and the mutant parD promoter sequences indicated that three short repeats are likely involved in the negative regulation of this promoter.
(7) Three of the patients had had fractures of the femoral neck.
(8) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(9) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
(10) 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.
(11) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(12) A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily.
(13) Induction of labor, based upon only (1) a finding of meconium in the amniocentesis group or (2) a positive test in the OCT group, was nearly three times more frequent in the amniocentesis group.
(14) The RNA polymerase activity was tested after the solubilization and chromatographic resolution of the three types of polymerases with exogenous template.
(15) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
(16) The norepinephrine values remained constant on the three days.
(17) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
(18) Three overlapping clones, spanning a total of 19 kb of the human SC gene, including 3 kb of the 5' flanking region, were characterized.
(19) The 68C intermolt puff of Drosophila melanogaster contains a cluster of three glue protein genes, Sgs-3, Sgs-7, and Sgs-8.
(20) By hybridization studies, three plasmids in two forms (open circular and supercoiled) were detected in the strain A24.
Trilling
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trill
(n.) One of tree children born at the same birth.
(n.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
Example Sentences:
(1) They opened it with a flourish to reveal a packet of Trill bird seed.
(2) Professor Monojit Chatterji Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge • Daniel Trilling lays into the EU for failing to act collectively over the migrants issue.
(3) The BBC's coverage is up and running and, as the grating MC persona trills, the boys are being called to the baize.
(4) It makes me feel good … I would very much like to go,” trilled the Chile international.
(5) With the sleeve strapped on, Burkhart trilled his fingers.
(6) The major differences were in the formant patterns of vocalic elements; the frequency of occurrence of fricatives, affricates, and trills; histograms of syllable type; and variation in vowel usage.
(7) Scott’s next retreat is 20-24 April, ecoyoga.org Kriya me a river, south-east Devon Facebook Twitter Pinterest A light-hearted, instinctive teacher, London-based Tania Brown leads seven, one-hour classes over a weekend at comfy, organic Trill Farm near Lyme Regis.
(8) "I had a dream last night where Evra and Suarez came face to face they suddenly took each other in their arms and began to waltz beautifully around the pitch while the crowd hummed the Blue Danube," trills Rick Harris.
(9) "Or emotional illiteracy," as my modern daughters sometimes trill.
(10) Further down the line lay the Notting Hill riots of 1958, Joe Harriott at Ronnie Scott's, the Notting Hill street carnival, the Equals singing Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys, the Clash singing Police and Thieves, football fans throwing bananas at black players, black players becoming international captains, Lenny Henry offering to be repatriated to Dudley, Paul Gilroy's There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, the Brixton and Toxteth riots of 1981, Janet Kay trilling Silly Games on Top of the Pops, Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors, the London Community Gospel Choir, the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zephaniah turning down an MBE, pirate radio, natty dread, funki dred, drum'n'bass, dubstep, grime, Dizzie Rascal.
(11) Results showed that each bird species exhibited superior identification of conspecific final "trill" or "whistle" elements, relative to the alien species.
(12) No rush, lads, you whistle an insouciant trill and scratch the old jacksie.
(13) Fox had taken the stage right after Leadsom, Britain’s luckiest escape, who had trilled wide-eyed: “We’re selling coffee to Brazil, sparkling wine to France and naan bread to India.” We were even, Andrea smiled excitedly, selling “bottled English countryside air for up to £80 a go”.
(14) By the end of the century, he predicted, "the harridans who have been so proud of their spite will be trilling denials at their dinner tables".
(15) It is concluded that trills, twitters, and pecking are produced by activation of dopaminergic mechanisms.
(16) Three females gave brief trills with alternating fast and slow components.
(17) The frequency spectra of the clicks within trills were fully masculinized in females implanted at PM0, PM1, and PM2.
(18) Apical trill was regarded as the correct pronunciation of R in 17th-century German, but malarticulations of this difficult sound were widespread.
(19) Trill rate varied from 16-180 Hz with a mean of about 100, approximately four times the mean trill rate reported for adult talkers.
(20) She called him BAH‑rruck, with a trill of the r's.