practice
pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior, it is their practice to give annual raises, they changed their dietary pattern |
spectroscopy
spectrometry
spectroscopic analysis
spectrum analysis
spectrographic analysis | the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra |
antibacterial
antibacterial drug
bactericide | any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth |
antibiotic
antibiotic drug | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections, when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs |
| antineoplastic antibiotic | an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy |
design
pattern
figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
fret Greek fret
Greek key
key pattern | an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief), there was a simple fret at the top of the walls |
| herringbone herringbone pattern | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way, it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery |
| penicillinaseesistant antibiotic | a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase |
willowware
willow-pattern | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river |
| sensitivity sensitiveness | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment |
| inheritance hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
sensitivity
sensitiveness | the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences, a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity, the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth |
| spectrum | a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities |
sensitivity
sensitiveness
sensibility | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli, the faculty of sensation, sensitivity to pain |
convention
normal
pattern rule formula | something regarded as a normative example, the convention of not naming the main character, violence is the rule not the exception, his formula for impressing visitors |
melody
tonal pattern | the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes |
blueprint
design pattern | something intended as a guide for making something else, a blueprint for a house, a pattern for a skirt |
form
shape
pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
| pattern | a model considered worthy of imitation, the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics |
| spectrum line | an isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency |
radiation pattern
radiation diagram
pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
| intonation pattern | intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements |
poetic rhythm
rhythmic pattern
prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
| accent speech pattern | distinctive manner of oral expression, he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent, she had a very clear speech pattern |
sensitivity
sensitiveness | sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) |
traffic pattern
approach pattern
pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
| holding pattern | the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land |
| spectrum | an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave |
| absorption spectrum | the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths |
| action spectrum | the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation |
| atomic spectrum | (physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom, the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the element |
| electromagnetic spectrum | the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves |
| emission spectrum | spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source |
| infrared spectrum | the spectrum of infrared radiation |
| line spectrum | a spectrum in which energy is concentrated at particular wavelengths, produced by excited atoms and ions as they fall back to a lower energy level |
| mass spectrum | a distribution of ions as shown by a mass spectrograph or a mass spectrometer |
| microwave spectrum | the part of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding to microwaves |
radio spectrum
radio-frequency spectrum | the entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications, includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television |
sound spectrum
acoustic spectrum | the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source |
| speech spectrum | the average sound spectrum for the human voice |
| ultraviolet spectrum | the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation |
visible spectrum
color spectrum | the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism |
| holding pattern | a state of inaction with no progress and no change, you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment |
male-patterned baldness
male pattern baldness | loss of hair on the crown of the head |
sensitivity
predisposition | susceptibility to a pathogen |
| pattern-bomb | bomb in certain patterns |
| model pattern | plan or create according to a model or models |
| pattern | form a pattern, These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before |
| antibiotic | of or relating to antibiotic drugs |