(n.) A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.
(a.) Very small; little.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three brands of Ca supplement, a laboratory-reagent grade CaCO3 and a certified reference material (International Atomic Energy Agency H-5 Animal Bone) wee analysed for Cd and Pb by four different analytical techniques, viz., anodic stripping voltammetry inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, flame atomic absorption spectrometry and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.
(2) An alphavirus group-reactive hemagglutination (HA) site, a WEE complex-reactive HA site, and a WEE virus-specific HA site were identified.
(3) Paired sera from 20 humans with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections and from 17 humans with western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus infections, all with previously demonstrated fourfold or greater rises or falls in hemagglutination-inhibiting, complement-fixing, or neutralizing antibody titers, were tested for immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies by an enzyme immunoassay.
(4) Studies were undertaken to develop an amplified ELISA for the rapid detection of WEE virus from mosquitoes.
(5) The SNP MP John Nicolson said of Daley’s case: “His poster sales have gone up and now there are wee girls and wee boys putting his poster up on the walls.
(6) He’s spat on and has wee thrown at him.” Rutherford is also concerned about the governance of the sport.
(7) dorsalis also demonstrated some alterations in response to WEE viral infection that were unique relative to Cx.
(8) Antibodies specific for three epitopes were able to passively protect mice from WEE virus challenge.
(9) Current monitoring systems to detect western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus in mosquitoes involve isolation in suckling mice or cell culture followed by serological identification of the isolates obtained.
(10) The Toon, on the other hand, are in a wee spot of temporary bother.
(11) These viruses are the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE), St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), Mucambo (MUC) and Pixuna (PIX).
(12) 8.08pm BST 6 min: Baines goes on a wee jog down the left, and guides a cross-cum-pass into the area for Rooney, arriving late level with the left-hand post, ten yards out.
(13) The postoperative changes in condylar position wee assessed in terms of direction and amount.
(14) In our dog days this was a favoured spot, a conifer plantation where he could do no harm, a springy floored place without seasons where a wee up a tree was all he could leave behind.
(15) I hope she is alluding not to a head-butt but to John Barrowman’s cheeky wee snog with a male dancer during the opening performance of the Commonwealth Games, which has led to a revised definition of the term – one that reflects the modern, friendly and tolerant city that Glasgow really is.
(16) Flocks of sentinel domestic pigeons (Columbia livia) detected increases in St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) and western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus activity in southern California concurrently with flocks of sentinel chickens.
(17) The infection and morphogenetic events associated with the replication of Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus within the mesenterons of Aedes dorsalis and three strains of Culex tarsalis are compared and contrasted.
(18) Two species of ticks that are ectoparasitic on rodents in Kern County were evaluated as vectors of WEE virus.
(19) Plaque-neutralizing antibody responses to VEE virus in the EEE virus- and WEE virus-seropositive equids were similar in time of onset and titer to the antibody responses of nonimmunized equids.
(20) IgM antibody declined but persisted for at least 3 months after the onset of illness in one individual each with EEE and WEE.
Wep
Definition:
() imp. of Weep.
Example Sentences:
(1) The WEP is resolutely neither leftwing nor rightwing but non-partisan.
(2) Two pentosan-rich fractions (water-extractable, WEP, and alkali-extractable, AEP) were isolated from a wheat milling by-product.
(3) To stop strangers hacking into it (and possibly planting malware or changing settings), connect your computer to it via an ethernet cable and enable wireless security, which will either be WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) or WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access).
(4) But a lot of people insist on WEPping us.” It sprung out of a small group that soon became a larger group of like-minded women, gathering in each other’s homes and in bars, and as Mayer, Toksvig and Walker run through the tale of how it came into being, their story skirts many laden tables .
(5) When both WEP and AEP were added to a commercial-type broiler diet the apparent metabolizable energy (AME), nitrogen retention, feed utilization and growth of broilers were significantly (P less than 0.001) depressed.
(6) Net protein utilization (NPU) was examined in pregnant rats fed various levels (1, 3, 6, 10 and 20%) of whole egg protein (WEP), based on their obligatory nitrogen losses.
(7) WEP is now considered weak, but you may find it easier to set up.
(8) The measured penumbra defined by the multileaf collimator is similar to that defined by the same length fixed field-size water extended polyester (WEP) collimator.
(9) Since I left, it has become ground zero of the international aid community and the car park is rammed with 4x4s, the restaurant heaving with people in agency polo shirts – MSF, WEP, UN – and dozens of evacuated climbers and trekkers camping out in orange expedition tents in the gardens.
(10) She asked if anyone fancied joining her in the bar for a chat about starting a new political group and by the time the Women of the World festival had finished on London’s Southbank, Mayer had comedian Sandi Toksvig on board as co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party (WEP).
(11) On Tuesday, the WEP will be exposed to the scrutiny of political pundits with its first policy launch.
(12) I’ve just found out that Sandi Toksvig has been at one time or another a member of the Labour [party], the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, so she is well-placed to have an all-round view!” The WEP see themselves as part of the grassroots movements for change that are swelling across the country, part of a wider phenomenon which has seen Corbyn elected Labour leader, the rise of Ukip and, north of the border, the emergence of groups such as the Women for Independence movement, which has led to hundreds of community-focused groups springing up in Scotland.
(13) The NPUs in pregnant rats fed 1, 3, 6, 10 and 20% WEP diets were 103, 99, 78, 66 and 46, respectively.
(14) The WEP’s first call, for quotas to bring a 50-50 balance to parliament, is a “quick fix measure”, she said.
(15) It might require an administrator password, but that’s okay, the password is ‘admin’.” Bypassing the encrypted WEP wireless system also proved easy.