Uptake

Word UPTAKE
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Definitions and meanings of "Uptake"

What do we mean by uptake?

A passage for drawing up smoke or air. noun

Understanding; comprehension. noun

An act of taking in or absorbing, especially into a living organism. noun

A pipe or duct or channel leading gas, water, steam, or other liquid upward from below: used of part of a boiler furnace flue-system, in the gas-producer, blast-furnace, and elsewhere; specifically, a flue leading hot gas from the combustion-chamber or smoke-box to the chimney, in gas-making or in boiler-settings. noun

The act of taking up; lifting. noun

Perceptive power; apprehension; conception: as, he is quick in the uptake. Scott, Old Mortality, vii. The upcast pipe from the smoke-box of a steam-boiler, leading to the chimney. noun

To take up; take into the hand.

To succor; help.

The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward. noun

Understanding; apprehension. noun

To take into the hand; to take up; to help. transitive verb

Understanding, comprehension noun

Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism noun

A chimney noun

To take up, to lift. verb

The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) noun

A process of taking up or using up or consuming noun

Understanding; comprehension.

Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

The act of lifting or taking up.

A chimney.

The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

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The word "uptake" in example sentences

In blue states, we have out of wedlock abortions instead of out of wedlock births (well, we try to teach birth control but the uptake is never 100%). ❋ Unknown (2010)

And it made little difference that atom-splitting, radar, and television were British discoveries, since like jazz and cinema the main uptake of all the big ideas was on the American side of the Atlantic. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He has contributed strongly to the development of selective serotonin uptake blockers, a new generation of antidepressive drugs. ❋ Unknown (2000)

These data support the increased long-term uptake of NUEDEXTA, as we continue with our launch efforts and get increased accumulative exposure to doctors.

Amazon’s S3 service took this approach and their uptake is too slow, there’s no visible momentum (I know I’ll get lots of links for saying that). ❋ Unknown (2006)

"I don't want to be a scaremonger," Goldacre writes, "but it's relatively easy to spot drops in uptake of vaccines that happen immediately after major scare stories, or, perhaps, a major TV drama. ❋ Ray Girvan (2003)

A common measure of aerobic efficiency is "VO2 max," or optimal oxygen uptake, which is determined using special equipment and a treadmill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What thread holds the record for quickest uptake, that is the greatest number of posts in the course of the first hour after it appeared? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The design, if you are slow on the uptake is a crop circle. ❋ Aaron M. Wilson (2007)

"On the other hand, the non-pharmacological options were free from adverse events and the exercise group increased oxygen uptake, which is very positive." ❋ Unknown (2011)

It also reports that enhanced gadolinium uptake, which is associated with histological findings of inflammation, tissue necrosis and the proliferation of blood vessels in tissue not normally containing them, can predict dangerous plaque. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Above all, this study highlights two major phenomena with regard to the Southern Ocean: a significant reduction in CO2 uptake, which is not compensated in the other oceans, as well as an acceleration in the acidification of high southern latitude oceanic water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These crops include herbicide-tolerant canola, allowing farmers to achieve higher crop yields and use fewer chemicals; corn with a built-in natural insecticidal protein to protect it from borer and root worm without spray insecticide; and rice with extra iron and a protein that increases iron uptake, which is especially promising because of the widespread problem of iron deficiency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to a report in Nature News, similar work has been done for the United States, but this study provides the first comprehensive analysis of China's terrestrial carbon uptake, which is critical for calculating the country's net emissions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"transfer site" later became known as the uptake-1 (UI) site. ❋ Unknown (1999)

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