(n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
(n.) An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.
(n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
(n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
(n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
(n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
(n.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
(n.) A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
(v. t.) to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
(2) The mRNA produced in vitro was injected into Xenopus oocytes with the mRNA encoding the Na+,K+-ATPase beta subunit of Torpedo electroplax.
(3) • Democratic senators were angry at what they saw as a House attempt to "torpedo" – Harry Reid's word – what they saw as a perfectly viable, bipartisan Senate agreement.
(4) Comparison of the binding of AD and control IgG to Torpedo cholinergic NF-H revealed that AD IgG bind to this neurofilament protein more than control IgG.
(5) In contrast with the membrane fragments of Electrophorus, however, those of Torpedo give dose-response curves of in vitro excitation that shift towards higher concentration of the agonists by one to two orders of magnitude compared with the actual binding curves of agonists to the receptor sites.
(6) Two-phase systems consisting of water, dextran and poly(ethylene glycol) have been used for partition of membranes obtained from Torpedo marmorata electric organ.
(7) Chemiluminescent detection was applied to measure the continuous spontaneous Ca2+-independent liberation of acetylcholine (ACh) from Torpedo electric organ synaptosomes.
(8) Such extravagant claims will be familiar to the scheme's architect, Richard Rogers, whose designs for the office development beside St Paul's Cathedral in the 1980s were torpedoed when Charles implied in a public speech that the plans were more offensive than the rubble left by the Luftwaffe during the blitz.
(9) The affinities of 125I-alpha-bungarotoxin for the calf and human peptides were 15- and 150-fold less, respectively, than for the Torpedo peptide.
(10) At pH 7.4, the apparent Kd for a dodecameric peptide (alpha 185-196), consisting of residues 185-196 in the alpha-subunit of the nAChR from Torpedo californica, was 1.4 microM.
(11) Acetylcholine (AcCho) release from purely cholinergic Torpedo synaptosomes was evoked by K+ depolarization in the presence of Ca2+.
(12) The cellular and subcellular distribution of 5'-nucleotidase in tissues of the electric ray Torpedo marmorata has been investigated by means of an antiserum raised against the native enzyme purified from the electric organ.
(13) Crotoxin also blocks the increase of 22Na+ efflux caused by carbamylcholine from excitable microsacs prepared from Torpedo marmorata electric organ.
(14) N,N-dimethylanatoxin (DMAnTX), the quaternary derivative of the potent nicotinic agonist (+)-anatoxin-a (AnTX), has been evaluated for potency and efficacy at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of frog motor endplates and Torpedo electric organs.
(15) Torpedo dystrophin was also crosslinked at the same concentrations as were effective for the 43-kD protein and gamma subunit.
(16) Assembly of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) subunits was investigated using mouse fibroblast cell lines stably expressing either Torpedo (All-11) or mouse (AM-4) alpha, beta, gamma, and delta AChR subunits.
(17) In optimal conditions of reduction but with the minimal concentration of BAC that permitted 100% alkylation of the human AChR's alpha-bungarotoxin sites, only 74% of the Torpedo AChR's binding sites were alkylated.
(18) Amino acid sequence data comparisons suggest that D2 encodes a serine esterase with strong sequence identity to Torpedo acetylcholine esterase and a Drosophila esterase.
(19) We investigated the enzymatic properties of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) from Bacillus cereus towards glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchored acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from bovine erythrocytes and Torpedo electric organ as substrate.
(20) Some regions of the delta subunit molecule, including the region containing the putative disulphide bridge and that encompassing the clustered putative transmembrane segments M1, M2 and M3, are relatively well conserved between calf and Torpedo.
Underwater
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Scientists and clinicians concerned with underwater vision have not considered the relationship between chromatic aberration, water color, and the refractive state of the eye.
(2) The implications for other professional divers and for recreational underwater divers who follow standard decompression protocols are reassuring.
(3) I don’t do the social media myself, so who knows.” The Pentagon said the drone, also described as a “glider” or unmanned underwater vehicle, was deployed by civilian contractors aboard the USNS Bowditch, a scientific research ship.
(4) Additional findings include directional dominance for Underwater Swimming and Audiogenic Reactivity, and significant sex differences for eight of the 14 factors.
(5) Each component of the bonding agent (Syntac: Ivoclar Vivadent) was labelled with a fluorescent dye, the unfilled resin being light cured for 30 s with the composite restoration placed in one increment and light cured for 40 s. The samples were longitudinally sectioned using a slow speed diamond saw underwater, either immediately or 24 h post placement.
(6) Another wonderful thing to do is to take a ferry from Tobermory to Fathom Five national marine park and swim to one of the many underwater wrecks.
(7) In a bid to strengthen its claims, China has constructed concrete installations on some underwater formations, complete with basketballs and helipads.
(8) Floodwater surrounds Sehwan on three sides; the town airport is still underwater.
(9) Search depths for MH370 4 October: It is revealed that the new underwater search involves ships dragging sonar devices called towfish through the water at about 100 metres above the seabed to hunt for wreckage.
(10) The poor are often the people deeply rooted in place, whether they’re fisherfolk in the Mekong Delta (due to go underwater from rising seas) or farmers in desertifying Africa or India, where a horrific heatwave and drought killed at least 300 last month and left 330 million without enough water.
(11) Each subject was measured for height, weight, triceps and subscapular fatfolds, and body density by underwater weighing (UWW).
(12) The results demonstrated that divers are able to discriminate among signals emanating from acoustic sources at various distances underwater and to do so at levels well above chance.
(13) The results stress the importance of divers' monitoring during their underwater activity and the necessity of improving their physical training.
(14) It is very short time since underwater shock wave has been initially applied to human body.
(15) Acoustic tomography in many instances yields blurred images precluding its efficient use for mapping underwater objects in oceanic waveguides.
(16) The body fat content of lean and obese women was measured by six different methods: underwater weighing, the current "standard"; body water dilution; whole-body counting; skinfold measurements; bioelectrical impedance; and magnetic resonance imaging.
(17) Investigators grappling to solve the mystery of the jet's disappearance are set to scour a zone 1,100 miles (1,800km) west of Perth – previously subject to an aerial search – when an underwater probe resumes in August, the West Australian newspaper said.
(18) There was an early water loss of about 1 kg, probably due to mobilization of glycogen stores, and a subsequent fat loss of about 4 kg (as estimated from readings of skinfold thickness and confirmed by underwater weighing).
(19) The underwater seal is allowed to intermittently "bubble," thereby permitting partial gastric decompression.
(20) BP, which has released the first underwater footage of the spill , told the City this morning that the cost of dealing with it had now hit $450m.