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for a very short time
these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process
How To Use transiently In A Sentence
- We propose that any future therapy would involve turning off p21 transiently during the healing process and only locally at the wound site.
- This circular DNA is attached, at least transiently, to the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- His hand, falling lightly upon the man's shoulder, brought him squarely about, his expression transiently startled, if not a shade truculent. The Bronze Bell
- They smiled at his name transiently, but in agreement: the tattler-spout of their set was, a fatal person to encounter, and each deemed the sudden apparition of him in the very early morning along the Carlsruhe road rather magical. The Amazing Marriage — Complete
- If a new allele was being driven to fixation, it would produce a long haplotype as it "outran" (at least transiently) linkage disequilibrium. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- Those that manage to colonise this area, such as lactobacilli, can do so only transiently as the oesophageal contents are continuously propelled into the stomach when we swallow. Signs of the Times
- This method can be transiently effective if used sparingly; however, when used frequently it can provoke anxiety and encourage the child to ignore the parent.
- Being now retired and never having been in the police force and only transiently in the civil service — although I must say the large corporate I worked for for 35 years did try its very best to adhere to the official Home Office-approved diversity navel-gazing standards — I feel rather left out of this act of collective absolution. Thanks For Telling Me What I Think « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- Can we think that he takes a sufficiently discerning and religious view of her office and destiny _ever_ to do her justice, except when prompted by sentiment, -- accidentally or transiently, that is, for the sentiment will vary according to the relations in which he is placed? Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.
- (As shown below, sufficiently high aspartame doses, which transiently exceed the liver's capacity to hydroxylate phenylalanine, can also potentiate seizures in rodents, whether these seizures are generated by drugs, electroshock, or inhalation of fluorothyl.) Santa Fe Pediatrician Regales Hawaii Legislative Committee with Dangers of Aspartame