(n.) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Example Sentences:
(1) We studied changes in the distribution pattern of relative RNA content during the in vitro aging of TIG-3 cells by flow cytometry (FACS III).
(2) It is concluded that TIG is not superior to ATS in managing moderate and severe grade cases.
(3) Low-level exposure to hexavalent chromium associated with TIG stainless steel and mild steel welding do not appear to be a major hazard for human spermatogenesis.
(4) G0-arrested human diploid fibroblasts, TIG-1, was stimulated to induce DNA synthesis by serum, epidermal growth factor (EGF), colchicine, colcemid, or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA).
(5) In TIG-1 cells, when taxol was added within 6 h, about halfway into the initiation of DNA synthesis after the addition of FBS or EGF, the inhibition of DNA synthesis still occurred.
(6) SCE was lower in welders working with both MMA and TIG welding than in reference persons.
(7) In addition, TIG provides an organized approach to managing data acquisition on instruments equipped with automated sampling systems.
(8) We proposed that the newly designed EIA kit could be used for understanding the TIG level in women who are in the age group for giving birth and in the tetanus vaccination group.
(9) The gangliosides in human diploid fibroblasts--TIG-1, TIG-7, and IMR-90--were analysed at different cell densities at early and late passages to clarify the relationship between age and cell density dependent changes of the gangliosides.
(10) The migration of human fetal lung fibroblasts (TIG-1 and TIG-3) decreased only very slightly with increasing passage, whereas the migration of human fetal skin fibroblasts (TIG-3S) declined gradually: the difference in cell migratory ability between early and late passages was significant (P less than 0.05).
(11) On the basis of our data, we concluded that old rabbit serum stimulates, not inhibits, the proliferation of RSF and TIG-1 cells.
(12) Six human lung diploid cell strains established for the study of in vitro cellular aging (TIG-1, TIG-7, WI-38, IMR-90, MRC-5, MRC-9, and HeLa cells as a control) were studied by cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis for allozymic differences at 18 enzyme loci.
(13) Treatment of quiescent human embryonic lung fibroblastic cells (TIG-3) with 10 nM epidermal growth factor (EGF) resulted in 4-6-fold activation of a protein kinase activity in cell extracts that phosphorylated microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) on serine and threonine residues in vitro.
(14) The electrophoretic mobility of 13 human diploid cell strains, TIG-1, TIG-2, TIG-3, TIG-7, WI-38, IMR-90, MRC-5, MRC-9, TIG-1H, TIG-1L, TIG-2M, TIG-2B, and TIG-3S, which were established from different tissues of human embryos, was studied at different passages.
(15) The results were similar to those obtained with TIG-1 cells.
(16) Changes in the allozyme genetic signatures were not observed throughout the life span of TIG-1 and MRC-9 cells.
(17) Colchicine itself did not induce these genes in TIG-1.
(18) We also isolated MAPs from TIG-3 cells and identified their 190 kD MAP as a major heat-stable component.
(19) Antitoxin of equine origin and human tetanus immune globulin (TIG) were equally effective.
(20) Manual metal arc (MMA) welding and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding were the dominant welding processes.
Tip
Definition:
(n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
(n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
(n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
(n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
(n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
(v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
(v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
(v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
(v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
(v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side.
(n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.
(n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee.
(n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(2) Sickle and normal discocytes both showed membrane elasticity with reversion to original cell shape following release of the cell from its aspirated position at the pipette tip.
(3) The complication might have been prevented by measurements of U and I, reflecting changes in impedance or by measurements of catheter tip temperature (T).
(4) But what about phenomena such as table tipping and Ouija boards?
(5) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(6) Eight electrodes of different size and tip characteristics were evaluated at different temperatures and time settings, both in vitro and in vivo.
(7) Neither was the intra-VMH infusion of MA effective if: (i) the rats were not primed with estrogen; (ii) the tips of the cannulae were outside the VMH; or (iii) it was preceded by an intra-VMH infusion of the alpha 1b-antagonist, chloroethylclonidine (CEC).
(8) "We know that a country has tipped when local-to-local connections outnumber local to foreign," he added.
(9) An inner cannula containing PGE2 or PGF2alpha at its tip was inserted into the previously implanted outer cannula.
(10) The linear flow accelerator failed to prevent, but did delay, catheter tip recoil in proportion to the prolongation of contrast medium injection time.
(11) The inter-connecting linkage system develops postnatally, and the 'tip-linkages' are already found in one-week-old mice, suggesting that the critical organization of the micromechanics of the stereocilia matures rapidly during the postnatal period.
(12) A new simplified technique for evaluating the internal pudendal artery and the penile vessels is described using a new catheter configuration with a very short 90 degrees-angled tip.
(13) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
(14) When used in snail neurones such electrodes gave very similar pHi values to those recorded simultaneously by recessed-tip glass micro-electrodes.
(15) This study demonstrates the limitations of the Q-Tip test and reconfirms the need for more sensitive and specific urodynamic investigations of the incontinent woman.
(16) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(17) After 4 weeks of in vivo growth, extensive growth of arborizing ducts was apparent in recombinants composed of urogenital sinus mesenchyme and a single adult prostatic ductal tip.
(18) Conversely, serum starvation decreased TIP levels within 1 hr.
(19) He unleashes a scorching drive from about 18 yards, which Joe Hart tips wide via his right post.
(20) One patient harbored a basilar trunk aneurysm, 1 an aneurysm of the proximal posterior cerebral artery, 3 an aneurysm of the superior cerebellar artery, and 10 an aneurysm at the basilar tip.