单词 | reassay |
释义 | reassayn. The action of reassay v.; an instance of this, a second or subsequent assay. ΚΠ 1756 Acts of Assembly, Island Jamaica 282 Said Gold or Silver Wares shall..be re-assayed before all or any other of the Assay-Masters then in this Island, who are hereby obliged to attend on Notice given by the Party requiring the said Re-assay. 1859 Hunt's Merchants’ Mag. 40 189 Most all the gold ‘used in the arts’ sooner or later comes back to the mint for re-assay and coinage. 1912 Science 8 Mar. 383/2 To determine the purity of the crude morphine the Mallinckrodt reassay is recommended. 1950 R. H. Williams Textbk. Endocrinol. iv. 306 Since many patients experience a considerable reduction in hormone requirement during the first year of treatment, a reassay of the hormone need is desirable. 2006 Jrnl. Assoc. Lab. Automation 11 139/2 This is done to conserve both the compound and the scientist's time by minimizing the reassay of the same compound. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reassayv.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > test > again reassay1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Rattentare To reattempt, to reassaie. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 140 In this sort she re-assaies to course him before she leave him. 2. a. transitive. To retest the purity of (a metal or ore). ΚΠ 1756 Acts of Assembly, Island Jamaica 282 Said Gold or Silver wares shall..be re-assayed before all or any other of the Assay-Masters then in this Island. 1813 Emporium Arts & Sci. 1 42 In such instances I have found it contain [sic], upon being re-assayed, 12 per cent [of iron]. 1854 De Bow's Rev. July 9 The French Mint in Paris, expressed such experience from re-melting, re-assaying, and re-coining seven millions of our gold pieces. 1898 Daily News 2 May 6/7 They require hall-marked silver to be re-assayed. 1940 E. E. Bugbee Textbk. Fire Assaying 1 In certain determinations where very high precision is required they are saved and re-assayed to recover the small fraction of precious metals which they contain. 1977 Times 27 July 25/4 Check analyses by the fire assay method of a number of samples have indicated substantial improvement.., and all samples are being re-assayed. 1995 J. Williams Manip. on Trial iii. 81 Silver bullion newly brought to an exchange-approved vault could not be deliverable on futures contracts until it had been re-assayed. b. transitive. To perform a second or subsequent biochemical, physiological, or immunological assay of (a sample) to assess the strength or activity of a biologically active substance. Also: to subject (an organism) to a second or subsequent assay. ΚΠ 1925 Lancet 3 Jan. 19/1 A batch of insulin was stored for six months in the tropics and then reassayed on local rabbits. 1938 R. R. Williams & T. D. Spies Vitamin B1 xxii. 293 During a subsequent period the women were given 10 grams of yeast daily and the milk reassayed. 1961 Lancet 22 July 180/1 Organisms..were reassayed for sensitivity to the new polymyxin B preparation. 1992 Acta Diabetologica 28 239 Many samples from diabetic patients need to be reassayed by a more specific and sensitive assay. 2006 Clin. Biochem. 39 1003/2 Samples with concentrations >2.5 mmol/L were diluted with 0.9% NaCl and reassayed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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