What's the difference between wap and warp?

Wap


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To beat; to whap.
  • (n.) A blow or beating; a whap.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Wap-ras gene was stably introduced into the mouse germ line of five transgenic mice (one male and four females).
  • (2) A parent who took his anti-Page 3 campaign to Legoland and Wapping is claiming victory after the Danish toymaker announced the end of its two-year partnership with the Sun.
  • (3) In contrast, the WAP mRNA was then rapidly accumulated.
  • (4) The expression of WAP appears to be dependent upon the formation of the alveoli-like spheres: prevention of sphere formation by fixation or drying of the matrix abolishes the expression of WAP.
  • (5) Even so, Dinsmore, known to colleagues in Scotland for being very cool and disciplined, was soon drafted down to Wapping to become the Sun's managing editor in London as new senior staff were brought in after the sudden closure of the News of the World.
  • (6) There was no announcement, however, of any other management changes at Wapping where speculation of a wider reorganisation and possible cost saving had surfaced after it emerged on Sunday that Mockridge was leaving.
  • (7) Contact between the owner of the Times and the Sun and Ofcom in the run-up to Christmas left insiders at News Corp's Wapping headquarters braced for a referral.
  • (8) Whey acidic protein (WAP) is a major whey protein in mouse milk.
  • (9) Position independence was restored following reinsertion of the WAP 3' UTR into the deleted construct at the same location, but only when the insertion was in the sense orientation.
  • (10) In addition the WAP gene must share, with other milk protein genes, elements that target gene expression to the mammary gland.
  • (11) Induction of the genes for WAP and beta-casein during development of mammary glands requires the synergistic action of insulin, hydrocortisone, and prolactin.
  • (12) These data indicate that the well-established amplificatory effect of glucocorticoids on casein gene expression is a slow process whereas their effect on the WAP gene is rapid.
  • (13) The whey acidic protein (WAP) gene is expressed in mammary epithelial cells at late pregnancy and throughout lactation.
  • (14) James is said to have asked Lachlan to accompany their father on his Wapping visit as he had other commitments.
  • (15) The UK has the chance to lead the way on this as we did in the 80s with the Wapping move but if we block it our media sector will suffer for years.
  • (16) That alone – the Wapping dispute – was enough to cause the entire newspaper industry to tear itself apart.
  • (17) A WAP-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase construct containing 2.5 kilobases of the 5'-flanking sequence of the WAP gene was stably transfected into HC11 cells.
  • (18) The whey acidic protein (WAP) is a major milk protein.
  • (19) Prolactin alone induced rapidly asl-and b-casein gene but not WAP gene.
  • (20) Replacement of 3' sequences, including the WAP poly(A) addition site, with simian virus 40 late poly(A) sequences resulted in an approximately 20-fold reduction in the expression of WAP mRNA in the mammary gland during lactation.

Warp


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
  • (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
  • (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
  • (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
  • (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
  • (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
  • (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
  • (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
  • (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
  • (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
  • (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
  • (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
  • (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
  • (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
  • (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
  • (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
  • (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
  • (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
  • (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
  • (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It's no coincidence that both novels are about how easily children can be warped or damaged, but of the two it is the shorter, sharper Great Expectations that has aged better.
  • (2) Abdella, now 19, illustrates the constrained choices and warped pragmatism that many here face.
  • (3) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
  • (4) On this logic – warped because Soviet rule hit Jews as hard as anyone else – the "double genocide" in effect says: you hurt us, we hurt you, now we're even.
  • (5) In the second trial 24 grafts without velours trimming (Cooley II, Meadox), 24 grafts manufactured by a new warp-knitting procedure without velours trimming (Protegraft 2000, B. Braun AG) and 24 identical grafts of B. Braun AG but with gelatine impregnation were evaluated.
  • (6) Thus we propose that the internal or "intra-laminar" cross-bridges are the active force-generating ATPases in this system, and that they generate overall bends or changes in the helical pitch of the axostyle by altering the longitudinal and lateral register of microtubules in each lamina individually; e.g., by "warping" each lamina and creating longitudinal shear forces within it.
  • (7) The breathing sounds were recorded with the small transistor warp type microphone inserted through the nasal orifice into the trachea, main bronchi and segmental bronchi, and were analyzed with sound analyzer.
  • (8) Magnetic resonance angiography of the pulmonary vasculature was evaluated in 12 subjects using breath-hold gradient echo scans and surface coils at 1.5 T. Flow-compensated GRASS, spoiled GRASS (SPGR), and WARP-SPGR sequences were utilized.
  • (9) It dismays Kirk that Warp moved to London but he's still in touch with them and their releases, effusing particularly about DJ Mujava and "Township Funk".
  • (10) Warp wanted him to make a feature film in the same style as he had made his early shorts: quickly and spontaneously, with no script.
  • (11) It was Warp that optioned the novel and suggested Ayoade direct it.
  • (12) She said: “We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but an opportunity for carnage.
  • (13) Now, the Obama administration has warped the AUMF even further.
  • (14) This method is based on the investigations of GIBSON and DAVIS (1958), who showed the tendency of cartilage to warp when one surface is cut.
  • (15) If there is money to hand out to senior managers who are returning to the health service, but none to help nursing staff who have endured three years of pay restraint, then we are dealing with some seriously warped priorities."
  • (16) Warp's next act of subversion was to wind up Pete Tong by declaring that bleep was dead and that the future of music was "clonk" - the title of Sweet Exorcist's next 12in.
  • (17) He developed a parallel career as a rock video director after mentioning in a meeting with record label and film company Warp that he loved the Arctic Monkeys, and ended up directing a string of videos for them (given the band's legendary reticence, the mind boggles at what the initial meeting was like) as well as Vampire Weekend , Kasabian and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs .
  • (18) When a patient's wave form is compared to a normal template, warping can identify the peaks in the patient's wave form that correspond most closely to the peaks in the normal template.
  • (19) I can’t help but think that that will eventually come back to bite somebody’s ass, although it may well be your grandchildren’s.” Gibson told me that when he visits London, he’s struck by the extent to which overseas money has warped the fabric of the city, but even more so by “the denial of my lifelong Londoner friends.
  • (20) (The NSA’s warped interpretation of Section 215 was also the subject of John Oliver’s entire show on Sunday night .

Words possibly related to "wap"