What's the difference between wex and wey?

Wex


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To grow; to wax.
  • (imp.) Waxed.
  • (n.) Wax.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By cross-neutralization, all the viruses were shown to be distinct; only BRD and WEX showed slight cross-reaction.
  • (2) 4, 331-336, 1986) and Wexford (WEX) viruses, two serotypes in the Kemerovo serogroup of orbiviruses.
  • (3) Comparison of the polypeptides precipitated by homologous AF revealed close similarities between BRD and WEX viruses but obvious differences between these two viruses and KEM and CNU viruses.
  • (4) Jones, and D. Carey, 1989, Virology 172, 428-434), whereas segment 5 of Wexford (WEX) virus and segment 6 of GI virus are the major determinants of serotype specificity (S.R.
  • (5) The observed dependence of Wex on the Ca2+ concentration could be interpreted quantitatively on the basis of a two-cluster model.
  • (6) This bacteriocin and one indicator strain (Wex) were chosen for further study.
  • (7) The ESR spectra were analyzed in terms of the spin exchange frequency, Wex.
  • (8) Kemerovo (KEM subgroup), Broadhaven (BRD) and Wexford (WEX) [Great Island (GI) sub-group], Chenuda (CNU sub-group), and Wad Medani (WM sub-group) viruses cross-reacted in immunofluorescence tests.
  • (9) Reassortant viruses were isolated following dual infections of cell cultures with a spontaneous temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant of WEX virus, and either NUG wild-type virus or a ts mutant of GI virus.
  • (10) In Vero cells infected with either KEM, BRD, WEX, or CNU viruses, 10 major (p1 to p10) and a variable number of minor virus-induced 35S-labelled polypeptides were detected.
  • (11) In studies with reassortants isolated following dual infection of cell cultures with WEX and GI viruses, the gene combination W4G6 (i.e., viruses deriving segment 4 from WEX virus and segment 6 from GI virus) resulted in nonpathogenic reassortants.
  • (12) In cross-reactions, p6 of KEM and CNU viruses, and p7 of BRD and WEX viruses were immunoprecipitated.
  • (13) By measuring Wex as a function of the molar percentage of labelled lecithin a distinction between a random and a heterogeneous lipid distribution could be made.
  • (14) The results indicate that segment 6 of GI virus is able to modulate the phenotypic expression of segment 4 of WEX virus, but not vice versa.
  • (15) Reassortant viruses derived from a cross between two KEM-related viruses, Great Island (GI) and Wexford (WEX), that had the heterotypic gene combination W4G6 (segment 4 of WEX virus and segment 6 from GI virus) were nonpathogenic in mice.
  • (16) Complement fixation tests (CFT) revealed that KEM virus was more closely related to BRD and WEX viruses than to either CNU or WM viruses.

Wey


Definition:

  • (n.) Way; road; path.
  • (v. t. & i.) To weigh.
  • (n.) A certain measure of weight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Double labelling with different sized gold particles for the ET-1 and beta 2R locations were performed on the hearts of young adult WEY, SHR, and SHRsp rats.
  • (2) Both IES and another Swedish company, Kunskapsskolan, have ambitions to manage chains of free schools on a similar basis, as does Wey Education – recently founded by Zenna Atkins, a former Ofsted chair.
  • (3) • The river Wey at Millmead, Surrey, is threatening to burst its banks.
  • (4) The first occurs very soon after reaching the Wey, just beyond the Manor Inn, and is a tiny patch of sandy beach where someone has placed poles, presumably to warn non-swimmers not to go on into deep water.
  • (5) Once the route joins the Wey Navigation, it follows the towpath right into Guildford and almost to the station.
  • (6) ■ The same firm, run by Zenna Atkins, the former chair of Ofsted, hopes to make an "impact in a positive way" on the lives of 250,000 children over the next five years, while Wey's broker forecasts a turnover of £17.5m by 2014 and a £9.9m "bottom line", through providing services in the UK and abroad.
  • (7) Iodine-125 and occasionally iodine-131 have been found in the thyroid glands of most of the swans that have died on the River Thames, the River Wey and the Grand Union Canal, and in algae and water samples from the Thames and many of its tributaries.
  • (8) Updated at 9.31am GMT 8.52am GMT Further east in Guildford, Surrey, which has an amber warning for heavy rain today and tomorrow , the river Wey at Millmead is threatening to burst its banks.
  • (9) Atkins, who earns £100,000 a year in her role at Wey Education, says she is working with seven potential founders of free schools and hopes to help them to manage their establishments once they are set up – at least in part because of the daunting nature of the task.
  • (10) As the groups of parents behind other free schools come to realise that managing schools is harder work than they imagined, a range of companies are lining up to offer help, including Zenna Atkins' Wey Education, who said last December that it saw an opportunity brought about by "the deconstruction of the education function within local authorities".
  • (11) Follow the North Downs Way along the river Wey, then join the Surrey Cycleway Link before your first swim in Tilford.
  • (12) Chilworth to Guildford, Surrey This eight-mile walk crosses heathland dotted with pretty villages before dropping down to follow the Wey Navigation , where there are many swimming places.
  • (13) ■ Wey Education, one of the unsuccessful bidders for the Breckland contract, told the stock exchange in December that a market opportunity brought about by "the deconstruction of the education function within local authorities" offers a clear potential to "make a substantial return to investors and improve education in the UK".

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