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pony express
pony express in U.S. history, relay mail service. At its inception in Apr., 1860, the pony express operated between St. Joseph, Mo., the western end of a telegraph line, and Sacramento, Calif. Riders carried the mail a distance of nearly 2,000 mi (3,200 km) in about eight days, often traveling thro... Read more
body language
body language nonverbal communication by means of facial expessions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like. Body language expresses emotions, feelings, and attitudes, sometimes even contradicting the messages conveyed by spoken language. Some nonverbal expressions are understood by people i... Read more
William George Fargo
William George Fargo 1818-81, American pioneer expressman, b. Pompey, N.Y. He had been successively a postrider, freight agent, messenger, and resident agent (1843) for an express company in Buffalo, N.Y., when in 1844, with Henry Wells and another partner, he organized Wells & Company, the fir... Read more
Davy Jones
Davy Jones personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression "Davy Jones's locker," meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go. ... Read more
hallel
hallel [Heb.,=praise], in Judaism, Psalms 113 to 118, sung every morning of Hanukkah, at the Passover service, and at the morning service of most major Jewish holidays as an expression of joy and thanksgiving. ... Read more
vocative
vocative [Lat.,=calling], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Latin), the case referring to a person addressed. In English a special intonation expresses the vocative, as in Look, Jack. ... Read more
formula
formula in mathematics and physics, equation expressing a definite fixed relationship between certain quantities. The quantities are usually expressed by letters, and their relationship is indicated by algebraic symbols. For example, A =π r2 is the formula for the area A of a circle of rad... Read more
ratio
ratio The ratio of two quantities expressed in terms of the same unit is the fraction that has the first quantity as numerator and the second as denominator. For example, if in a group of 100 people 5 die, the ratio of deaths to the total number in the group is 5/100=1/20=.05. Ratios are indicated ... Read more
conscience
conscience sense of moral awareness or of right and wrong. The concept has been variously explained by moralists and philosophers. In the history of ethics , the conscience has been looked upon as the will of a divine power expressing itself in man's judgments, an innate sense of right and wrong r... Read more
Laurent Delvaux
Laurent Delvaux , 1695-1778, Flemish sculptor. After studying in Rome, Delvaux developed a style that combined French neoclassic and Italian baroque elements. Ornate in the extreme, his works express a marked coldness. Delvaux's Hercules is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Expression"

Disorder of written expression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders Disorder of written expression Definition Disorder of written expression, formerly called developmental expressive writing...written compositions. Description Disorder of written expression is one of the more poorly understood learning disabilities...
Gene Expression, Nutrient Regulation Of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture GENE EXPRESSION, NUTRIENT REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION, NUTRIENT REGULATION OF. The human genome (or genetic...expressed or read differently in each cell type. Gene expression refers to the processes in which the genetic code is deciphered...
facial expression
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body facial expression Can we trust our interpretation of...facial expressions; do we need an expression translator? Are expressions, like...Charles Darwin wrote a book about facial expression. The Expression of the Emotions in...
Nonverbal Expression
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Nonverbal Expression. Although the framers offered no clear...court decisions involving nonverbal expression have been major contributors to the...governments were fully bound to respect free expression even though the text of the First Amendment...
Genetics: Gene Expression
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging GENETICS: GENE EXPRESSION Genomes contain all the genetic information...Regulatory elements control gene expression — the process that produces...Many steps in the control of gene expression are similar between prokaryotes...
Twentieth-Century Spiritual Expression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Twentieth-Century Spiritual Expression A lthough millennial thought dates back to the ancient Persian philosophers and was sustained through the centuries by Christian...
physiognomy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body physiognomy The study of expression, primarily of the emotions, and...inner, scientific understandings of expression based on physiology . Such a relationship...who believed an understanding of expression was the key to discerning the passions...
Fruit Flies, Drosophila
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...increased stress resistance and an increased expression of stress response genes, suggesting...different life spans. Changes in gene expression during aging Aging in D. melanogaster...with characteristic changes in gene expression. During aging, the expression of certain...
Term
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Term A term is an algebraic expression which can form a separable part of another expression such as an algebraic equation or a sequence...because they consist of a single symbol. The expression 2z is also a term because it represents the...
Unprotected Speech
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...antipaternalism, and beckon the Court to protect expression that does not constitute substantial...to “protected” expression but is more tolerant of democratic controls...x201C;unprotected” expression. Defenders argue that free speech furthers...

Dictionary entries related to "Expression"

expression
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...government: the right to freedom of expression. ∎  the ability...emotion into words: envious beyond expression. ∎  a word or phrase...used to convey an idea: nowhere is the expression “garbage in, garbage out...
gene expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology gene expression The manifestation of the effects of...responsible for the control of gene expression; the Jacob–Monod hypothesis...prokaryotes (see operon ). Control of gene expression is known to be more complicated in eukaryotes...
expression vector
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology expression vector A vector used in genetic engineering...mammalian proteins by bacterial host cells. Expression vectors used in prokaryotes are typically...these modifications, and therefore expression systems based on eukaryotic cells must...
expression of requirements
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing expression of requirements A statement of the requirements...adequately, it is normally necessary for the expression of requirements to address not just...which that system is to operate. A good expression of requirements should be one of the...
Boolean expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Boolean expression ( logical expression ) An expression in Boolean algebra , i.e. a well-formed formula of Boolean variables and constants linked by Boolean operators . An example is a ∧ ( b ∨ ¬ c ) Any combinational...
regular expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing regular expression An expression built from finite formal languages (i.e. finite sets of strings...language is regular if and only if it is representable by a regular expression. Thus the class of regular languages is the smallest one that...
lambda expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing lambda expression ( λ-expression ) An expression in the lambda calculus .
sum of products expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing sum of products expression ( SOP expression ) A Boolean function expressed as a sum of product terms, i.e. as an OR of AND...NAND of a group of NAND terms. See also standard sum of products , product of sums expression .
product of sums expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing product of sums expression ( POS expression ) A Boolean function expressed as a product of sum terms, i.e. as an AND of OR...the NOR of a group of NOR terms. See also standard product of sums , sum of products expression .
logical expression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing logical expression Another name for Boolean expression .

Thesaurus entries related to "Expression"

expression
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus expression • noun   1. the free expression of opposition views synonyms : utterance, uttering...communication, spreading, promulgation.   2. an expression of sympathy synonyms : indication, demonstration...
idiom
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...clever idiom synonyms : turn of phrase, fixed expression, phrase, expression, locution.   2. adopt the modern idiom synonyms : language, mode of expression, phraseology, style of speech, speech, talk...
tone
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...tonality.   2. speak in an angry tone | whisper in soft tones synonyms : tone of voice, mode of expression, expression, intonation, inflection, modulation, accentuation.   3. the tone of his letter was optimistic synonyms...
smile
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; USAGE NOTES   grin, smirk, simper The facial expression created by turning the corners of the mouth upward is commonly...grin of a skeleton). A simper , on the other hand, is an expression of smugness and self-righteousness (her simper of superiority...
phrase
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...sentences synonyms : word group, group of words.   2. a few well-chosen phrases synonyms : expression, idiomatic expression, idiom, remark, saying, utterance, witticism, tag.   3. an elegant turn of phrase synonyms...
language
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...speaking, talking, words, vocabulary, utterance, verbal expression, verbalization, vocalization, communication, conversation...wording, phrasing, phraseology, style, diction, expression, manner of writing/speaking, rhetoric.
vacancy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...no vacancies in the hotel synonyms : unoccupied room, room.   4. the vacancy of his expression synonyms : blankness, lack of expression, expressionlessness, lack of emotion/interest, emotionlessness, vacuousness.   5...
saying
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...aphorism, axiom, adage, saw, tag, motto, epigram, dictum, expression, phrase, formula; slogan, catchphrase, mantra; platitude...x2014;a term used to describe any current or habitual expression of wisdom or truth—are a dime a dozen. Proverbs...
platitude
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English platitude • noun  a speech rife with platitudes synonyms : cliché, truism, hackneyed expression, commonplace, stock expression, trite phrase, banal phrase, banality, stereotyped phrase, bromide, inanity.
pout
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pout • verb  Crystal pouted sullenly synonyms : look petulant, pull a face, look sulky. • noun  a childish pout synonyms : petulant expression, sulky expression, moue.

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Expression divergence of tandemly arrayed genes in human and mouse.(Research Article)(Report)
Magazine article from: Comparative and Functional Genomics; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...been any systematic study of their gene expression patterns. Taking advantage of recently...microarray data sets, we studied the expression divergence of 361 two-member TAGs...chromosomal proximity on the divergence of TAG expression patterns. Our results show that there...
Gene expression analyses in maize inbreds and hybrids with varying levels of heterosis.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Plant Biology; 4/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...availability of high-throughput gene expression profiling technologies has allowed researchers to study the gene expression profile of hybrid plants relative...have focused on characterizing gene expression patterns in a single heterotic hybrid...
Protein Expression & Purification.
M2 Presswire; 2/3/2003; 700+ words ; ...2003-Research and Markets: Protein Expression & Purification(C)1994-2003...faced by scientists engaged in protein expression and purification. The pace at which...indicates that more efficient and rapid expression of genes in homologous and heterologous...
Expression imbalance maps can improve genomic analysis.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 12/20/2004; 700+ words ; ...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of expression imbalance maps can improve genomic analysis...cancer," oncologists in Japan "applied expression imbalance map analysis to gene expression data from 31 hepatocellular carcinomas and...
Gene Expression Levels Vary With Transgene Promoter Usage.
Newspaper article from: Gene Therapy Weekly; 6/28/2001; 692 words ; ...phosphate dehydrogenase (hG6PD) transgene expression levels were more consistent when hG6PD...the capability for permanent transgene expression after integration into the host genome...they warned, levels of transgene expression after insertion can vary widely as retroviral...
EPSON LAUNCHES EXPRESSION 1600 GRAPHICS SCANNER.(Product Announcement)
Newspaper article from: PC Business Products; 2/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...imaging products, has launched its new Expression 1600, the highest resolution, fastest...Micro Step Drive technologies, the Expression 1600 achieves a powerful 1600 x 3200...and faster scanning speeds, makes the Expression 1600 an excellent tool for graphics...
Protein expression systems accelerate drug discovery: target selection and validation remain bottlenecks in the drug discovery process. To expedite these steps, technologies that streamline parallel processing are offered.
Magazine article from: R & D; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...With the wealth of data from cellular expression profiling experiments, drug discovery...screening group. Choosing the optimal gene expression system for each target validation experiment...for functional analysis and protein expression, while maintaining orientation and...
microRNA expression in the aging mouse lung.(Research article)(ribonucleic acid)
Magazine article from: BMC Genomics; 6/15/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...regulate the post-transcriptional expression of multiple genes through a mechanism...transcriptional regulation of gene expression is mediated by the RNA-induced silencing...zebrafish. For example, miR-196 expression affected limb development [8], miR...
Tenascin expression in intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Objective.-To determine whether the expression of the matrix protein tenascin (TN...neoplasia (CIN). Design.-Tenascin expression was evaluated in 75 formalin-fixed...of cervicitis were used as controls. Expression of TN was studied by immunohistochemistry...
Expression Analysis is First Provider of NuGEN Technologies' Solution for FFPE Specimens.
Business Wire; 3/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...Amplification and Labeling System Enables Whole Transcriptome Expression Profiling from Small and Degraded FFPE Samples for Expression Analysis Customers DURHAM, N.C. -- Expression Analysis, the industry's leading provider of Affymetrix...