| instrascene dynamic range | <microscopy> The greatest ratio of highlight to shadow brightness to within a single scene that a video camera (tube) can handle usefully. Contrast with the usable light range of a camera, which is considerably greater than the instrascene dynamic range. See: illumination, Kohler. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| instream cover | Areas of shelter in a stream channel that provide aquatic organisms protection from predators or competitors and/or a place in which to rest and conserve energy due to a reduction in the force of the current. (09 Oct 1997) |
| instream flow incremental methodology | Technique to predict the biomass of a fish species or life stage that a stream reach can support at a given flow, given knowledge of the fishes' physical habitat preferences. (09 Oct 1997) |
| instruction | The act of furnishing with authoritative directions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| instructive theory | Theory of antibody production, now considered untenable, in which antigen acted as template for the production of specific antibody as opposed to the clonal selection theory in which pre existing variation occurs and appropriate clones are selectively expanded. (18 Nov 1997) |
| instructress | A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| instrument | A tool or implement. Origin: L. Instrumentum (05 Mar 2000) |
| instrumental | 1. Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business. "The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth." (Shak) 2. Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially. A musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." "Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds." (Dryden) 3. Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms. Instrumental errors, those errors in instrumental measurements, etc, which arise, exclusively from want of mathematical accuracy in an instrument. Origin: Cf. F. Instrumental. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| instrumental amusia | Loss of ability to play a musical instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| instrumental conditioning | Conditioning in which the response is a prerequisite to achieving some goal; often used as a synonym for operant conditioning, but some psychologists make distinctions in the usages of these two terms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| instrumentarium | A collection of instruments and other equipment for an operation or for a medical procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| instrumentation | 1. The use of instruments. 2. In dentistry, the application of armamentarium in a restorative procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insuccation | The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. "The medicating and insuccation of seeds." (Evelyn) Origin: L. Insucare, insucatum, to soak in; pref. In- + succus, sucus, sap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| insudate | Fluid swelling within an arterial wall (ordinarily serous), differing from an exudate in that it does not come to lie extramurally. Origin: L. In, in, + sudo, pp. -atus, to sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| insufficiency | The condition of being insufficient or inadequate to the performance of the allotted duty. Origin: L. Insufficientia, from sufficiens = sufficient (18 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : IGF Binding Protein 4, Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4
Synonyms : IGF Binding Protein 5, Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5
Synonyms : IGF Binding Protein 6, Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 6
Synonyms : IGF Binding Proteins, Somatomedin Binding Proteins
Synonyms : IGF-1, IGF-I-SmC, Insulin Like Growth Factor I, Insulin-Like Somatomedin Peptide I, Insulin Like Somatomedin Peptide I
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a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
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| insolation |
sunstroke: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat incident solar radiation heliotherapy: therapeutic exposure to sunlight
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| insufflation |
(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
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| insufflate |
breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity blow or breathe hard on or into
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| insoluble |
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt" without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"
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| INS | the region that is inside of something |
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| INS | within some bounds |
| INS | away from the outer edge |
| INS | being or applying to the inside of a building |
| INS | located, suited for, or taking place within a building |
| INS | relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit |
| INS | confined to an exclusive or group |
| INS | in reality |
| INS | within a building |
| INS | on the inside |
| INS | with respect to private feelings |
| INS | caliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole) |