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Unknown


Definition:

  • (a.) Not known; not apprehended.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The reference library used in the operation of a computerized search program indicates the closest matches in the reference library data with the IR spectrum of an unknown sample.
  • (2) The macrophage-derived product, interleukin 1 (IL 1) is thought to play an important regulatory role in the proliferation of T lymphocytes; however, its mechanism of action is unknown.
  • (3) Second, the unknown is searched against the database to find all materials with the same or similar element types; the results are kept in set 2.
  • (4) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
  • (5) It is an intriguing moment: the new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, who was brought in to replace Maria Miller last month, is something of an unknown quantity.
  • (6) The functions of O-GlcNAc remain largely unknown, but it may be important in blocking phosphorylation sites, it may be required for the assembly of specific multiprotein complexes, it might serve as a nuclear transport signal, or it may be directly involved in the active transport of macromolecules across nuclear pores.
  • (7) We therefore conclude that widely spaced (and unknown) parts of the protein chain are required for the intersubunit interactions that eventually lead to functional assembly of the receptor.
  • (8) An atheroma is often associated with saccular aneurysms, but its effect on this pathological process is still unknown.
  • (9) The ophthalmic headache's crisis is caused, in fact, by a spasm of convergence on an unknown exophory of which the amplitude of fusion is satisfying, and the presence of which can only be seen with test under screen.
  • (10) The mechanisms responsible for changes in absorption in vitro are unknown.
  • (11) The pathoanatomy and factors associated with transient mitral regurgitation (MR) induced by myocardial ischemic stress are unknown.
  • (12) The evaluation of the data of unknown test persons of a pilot study in 96% resulted in a correct classification in patients with heart and circulatory diseases or persons with healthy heart and circulation, the classification in the above mentioned groups of diagnosis was performed on an average to 57%.
  • (13) Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone.
  • (14) Several pedigrees have been reported in which defects of the insulin gene result in glucose intolerance or diabetes in affected members, but the role of insulin gene mutations in NIDDM is unknown.
  • (15) Federal endorsement of the HMO concept has resulted in broad understanding of a number of concepts unknown in fee-for-service medicine.
  • (16) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (17) Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology with protean manifestations.
  • (18) Their incidence cannot be estimated--only the possibility of recoverable renal function in an unknown number of involved patients.
  • (19) The results indicate that the effect of EGF on the growth of cancer cells is very complicated and may involve an unknown regulatory mechanism of cancer cell growth.
  • (20) In 1968, nearly 60% of the malignant ovarian tumors were treated by doctors in internal medicine, surgery and radiology etc., rather than gynecology, which was partly because the primary site of the cancer was unknown during the clinical course and partly because the gynecologist gave up treatment of patients in advanced cases.

Untangle


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Loose ends in efforts to untangle the Gordian knot of Syria | Letters Read more “What is important is Russia has to not be engaged in any activities against anybody but [Isis],” secretary of state John Kerry said.
  • (2) Loose ends in efforts to untangle the Gordian knot of Syria | Letters Read more Moscow, however, angrily dismissed the reports as false, the TASS news agency reported.
  • (3) Andrew Romano, Newsweek How would these eloquent know-it-alls – these brainiacs bent on "speaking truth to stupid" – untangle the knotty threads of information that make actual breaking news so difficult to sort out?
  • (4) The Apple-Samsung case has so far lasted for four weeks, and the jurors are expected to deliberate for another week as they try to untangle the complex forms – in which they have to decide, among other things, whether any of 21 different Samsung tablets and smartphones infringed any of 10 different patents on functionality – such as the "rubber band" effect when trying to scroll past the top of a list – and whether the "trade dress" of Apple's products is sufficiently "famous" to merit protection.
  • (5) Such agreement to begin reining in respective proxies is necessary in the process of untangling the mess of foreign interests that has been tearing Syria apart for the last five years.
  • (6) Dawn Foster Contributing editor, Guardian housing network Central government: untangling British and European laws could cause years of instability Amid the uncertainty around what a UK vote to leave the EU could mean for central government, one thing is clear.
  • (7) The objective of the current study was to untangle the effects of a number of variables likely to affect autonomic activation during human speech.
  • (8) In the abscence of a priori knowledge of the functional form, it is difficult to untangle true effects from spurious ones.
  • (9) A world where cycling could become so safe it was actually relaxing again, and traffic jams untangled themselves, and pollution didn’t choke cities to death after all.
  • (10) "Polygraph was an act of mourning, a way to untangle very, very dark feelings about that event," Lepage says.
  • (11) Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny ( Naomie Harris ) and Q ( Ben Whishaw ) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE.
  • (12) Beyond SW1, it is hoped that businesses will volunteer to untangle themselves from the old boy net.
  • (13) I was faced with a labyrinth of political, religious and cultural elements that from the outside seemed impossible to understand much less untangle.
  • (14) Here’s a three-point plan to untangle it | Andrew Allen Read more While Southern’s plans for onboard supervisors have been approved by the independent rail safety body, the RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, told the transport select committee that there were genuine safety concerns over making drivers responsible for closing the doors on crowded platforms, and that there were insufficient guarantees over future staffing of trains.
  • (15) Seabirds are one of most threatened groups of birds in the world, but untangling the effects of multiple threats to seabirds is a challenge, one which underlines the importance of ongoing research such as this which helps determine vulnerability of different species.” The findings are published in the journal Science Advances.
  • (16) I had plenty of fashion cupboard experience, but to them I was new so my first task was to untangle a massive pile of coat hangers.
  • (17) However, while clinical observations of human behavior are particularly relevant, it is difficult to untangle confounding factors and thus determine unequivocal causal relationships.
  • (18) The move is part of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s bid to “untangle” stalled investments from red tape.
  • (19) The weather had cleared and Machado was back on the roof, untangling wire, when Bumba’s summit suddenly cratered out.
  • (20) Ellis is very well-informed about the complexities of disability policy, after spending thousands of hours untangling refused benefit applications, and attending hundreds of tribunals with clients, fighting for decisions not to award disability benefit to be overturned.