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    J

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The 10th letter of the Roman alphabetplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("J" is a kind of...):

    alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

    Holonyms ("J" is a member of...):

    Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one secondplay

    Synonyms:

    J; joule; watt second

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("J" is a kind of...):

    energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)

    Meronyms (parts of "J"):

    erg (a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the apolipoprotein J to creatinine in a biological specimen.

    (Apolipoprotein J to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

    The determination of the ratio of the apolipoprotein J compared to creatinine present in a sample.

    (Apolipoprotein J to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

    J.E. is requested to send references, name, address, and all particulars to the direction:—Mrs. Fairfax, Thornfield, near Millcote, —shire.

    (Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

    There was one boy—a certain J.

    (David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

    A value of the calorie at 4 degrees Celsius is defined as 4.2045 J.

    (Calorie 4 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

    The Ad Hoc Working Group was headed by J. Michael Bishop and Paul Calabresi.

    (Bishop-Calabresi Report, NCI Thesaurus)

    There was also a silver cigarette-case, with "J. C., from A. E. S.," upon the lid.

    (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Activated Notch cleavage by TACE and presenilin dependent gamma-secretase releases the intracellular domain to form a transcription complex with RBP-J kappa to activate enhancer of split genes.

    (Notch Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)

    Summarizes probe sets using the model described in Li and Wong (2001) to a probe set with I chips and J probes.

    (Bioconductor caAffy Li Wong Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)

    This allele, which encodes nonhomologous end-joining factor 1 protein, plays a role in the mediation of both V(D)J recombination and the repair of damaged DNA.

    (NHEJ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)


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