What's the difference between transposition and twist?

Transposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
  • (n.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation.
  • (n.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
  • (n.) A change of a composition into another key.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of incomplete peno-scrotal transposition, with a perineal anorectal duplication, vesico-ureteric reflux and thoracic hemivertebrae is presented.
  • (2) This modified transposon may be useful for studies of other bacteria that support transposition of Mu, but not Tn5, derivatives.
  • (3) This report adds another modification of the standard gastrocnemius muscle flap: transtibial transposition of the muscle through the posterior cortex.
  • (4) Together these rearrangements occur at about 10% the rate of IS10 transposition.
  • (5) A final experiment confirmed a prediction from the above theory that when recalling the original sequence, omissions (recalling no word) will decrease and transpositions (giving the wrong word) will increase as noise level increases.
  • (6) An accurate description of the coronary anatomy is desired before anatomic correction of d-transposition of the great arteries.
  • (7) Restriction endonuclease analysis of the resulting plasmids have shown, that among them were the end products of the Tn2555 transposition from RP4 to pBR325.
  • (8) Transposition of En-1 in the potato clone was analysed by Southern blot hybridization and confirmed by molecular isolation of En-1 excision and integration events.
  • (9) Transposition of prolabium not required in the definitive lip repair into the floor of the nose permits subsequent columellar construction.
  • (10) Six had a univentricular heart of left ventricular morphology, three had a single ventricle of right ventricular morphology, one had tricuspid atresia with transposition of the great arteries, one had pulmonary atresia, intact ventricular septum, and hypoplastic right ventricle, and one had corrected transposition with hypoplastic systemic ventricle.
  • (11) Twenty-four patients had uncomplicated ventricular septal defect, 2 had single ventricle, 5 had transposition of the great arteries, 5 had atrioventricular canal defects, and 2 had coarctation of the aorta and ventricular septal defect.
  • (12) However, the very low frequency (5 X 10(-8)) at which intramolecular transpositions in the bireplicons occurs, as compared to the single replicon (10(-4)), suggests that a complete transposition reaction may not be necessary to generate deletions.
  • (13) The most commonly associated lesions were ventricular septal defect (50%), hypoplastic aortic arch (45%), patent ductus arteriosus (41%), transposition of great arteries (22.7%) and other intracardiac lesions comprised 30%.
  • (14) Anterior transposition of the cervical pedicles and fixation of the myometrium to the anterior vagina ensure that the fitting is solid and in the correct direction.
  • (15) Self-integration and methylation of Tp1 elements may function to limit transposition frequency.
  • (16) The associated of hemophilia and transposition, observed also by others, is extremely unlikely by chance and suggests genetic errors of endothelial cell function.
  • (17) The process of diagnosis by echocardiography of transposition of the great vessels is based fundamentally on the recognition of the position and relative orientation of the two ventricles and of the two vessels of the base of the heart.
  • (18) The diagnosis based on physical ECG and X-rays was correct in only 42% of cases, and was most accurate in children with transposition of the great arteries, syndrome of Fallot, coarctation of the aorta and ventricular septal defects.
  • (19) This radionuclide study suggests that following surgery for transposition of the great arteries: mean right ventricular systolic ejection fraction remains at levels consistent with values usually found for the "normal" right ventricle; group right ventricular function does not deteriorate in the years following surgery; and tricuspid regurgitation may be detected in the early postoperative years.
  • (20) Like all other elements studied to date, the integrity of the extremities of IS1 are essential for efficient transposition.

Twist


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
  • (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
  • (v. t.) To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
  • (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
  • (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
  • (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
  • (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
  • (v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
  • (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
  • (n.) The form given in twisting.
  • (n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
  • (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
  • (n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
  • (n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
  • (n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
  • (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
  • (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
  • (n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
  • (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
  • (n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
  • (v. t.) A twig.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aberrant forms (elongated and twisted) in the vacuole and double virions in the plasma membrane were observed as early as 65 h after infection.
  • (2) Electron microscopy shows that at neutral pH, CEA particles consist of homogeneous, morphologically distinctive, twisted rod-shaped particles, about 9 X 40 nm.
  • (3) Rapid swelling of the knee following a blow or twisting injury is considered a significant injury.
  • (4) Intermolecular contacts occur in both oligomers in the minor groove: in the B form through twisted guanine-guanine hydrogen bonding, and in the Z form through base-base stacking and the water network.
  • (5) Ings twisted the knee during his first training session with Klopp in charge and tests have shown the former Burnley forward ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament, meaning that a player who has just broken into England’s senior team will be out for a minimum of six months.
  • (6) Leicester looked a little sorry for themselves and, with their concentration down, United twisted the knife.
  • (7) Gowher Rizvi, chief representative of the prime minister, Sheik Hasina, told the Guardian that preparations for the forthcoming elections, were "completely on track" and that the tribunal, probing crimes committed during the 1971 war in which Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan, was about bringing justice previously denied by "the twists and turns" of the country's history.
  • (8) The base orientations are characterized by a substantial inclination and propellor twist.
  • (9) Among the non-standard postures examined were: twisting while lifting or lowering, lifting and lowering from lying, sitting, kneeling, and squatting positions, and carrying loads under conditions of constricted ceiling heights.
  • (10) A vicious feud playing out within Uzbekistan's ruling family took a new twist on Monday , when prosecutors announced that the clan's most flamboyant member faces charges of involvement in mafia-style corruption.
  • (11) The possible arrangements of molecules within the twisted ribbons have been deduced and are found to be fairly closely related.
  • (12) Idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD) is characterized by sustained, involuntary muscle contractions, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
  • (13) These results indicate that the polypeptide chain, driven by energetics (nonbonded and electrostatic interactions), is folded into a typical left-handed twisted four-helix bundle with an approximately 4-fold symmetric array, as observed in most four alpha-helix proteins.
  • (14) In the mutants twist and snail, which fail to differentiate the ventrally derived mesoderm, mitoses specific to the mesoderm are absent.
  • (15) Fulham were helped by United being forced into a trio of substitutions at the interval, as Rafael succumbed to a twisted ankle, Cleverly had double vision and Evans had back trouble.
  • (16) Blockage of the balloon system was possibly caused by twisting the system to reach and pass the lesion in the branch of left circumflex coronary artery.
  • (17) In the tradition of the American author Patricia Highsmith, creator of the charming psychopath Tom Ripley, Rendell used twisting plots to expose twisted minds.
  • (18) From previous genetic and biochemical studies it was hypothesized that dorsal might be responsible for the activation of the zygotic gene twist.
  • (19) Finally, the twisted nose was treated by freeing the nasal components, straightening the bone and cartilage, and replacing them in their anatomical positions.
  • (20) It doesn’t do a lot at the moment, but there’s a lot of potential for a modern twist on board games here.