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AVAILABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being at hand when needed
Synonyms:
accessibility; availability; availableness; handiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("availability" is a kind of...):
convenience (the quality of being useful and convenient)
Attribute:
accessible (capable of being reached)
inaccessible; unaccessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)
available (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service)
unavailable (not available or accessible or at hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "availability"):
command (availability for use)
print (availability in printed form)
Antonym:
unavailability (the quality of not being available when needed)
Derivation:
available (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service)
Context examples:
Compared to gemcitabine, this prodrug is able to avoid hydrolysis in enterocytes and the portal circulation thus avoiding first pass metabolism and increasing systemic gemcitabine availability.
(Gemcitabine Prodrug LY2334737, NCI Thesaurus)
Doxepin blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin into presynaptic terminals thereby prolonging the availability of the monoaminergic neurotransmitters within the synaptic cleft and enhancing their action leading to sedative effects.
(Doxepin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The d-threo-enantiomer of methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant, appearing to block the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine into the presynaptic neuron, increasing their availability in the extracellular space.
(Dexmethylphenidate, NCI Thesaurus)
Altogether, the newly discovered fat-burning pathway works like this: a neural circuit in the brain produces serotonin in response to sensory cues, such as food availability.
(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Beta-cyclodextrin is employed for numerous applications to enhance solubility and availability of various water-soluble and water-insoluble pharmacological agents.
(Beta-methyl Cyclodextrin, NCI Thesaurus)
In the study, Hicks and her colleagues propose several policy recommendations to address the skewed global availability of fish.
(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)
To sustain growth rates, kelp requires many nutrients, especially nitrogen, but changes in ocean currents reduce the availability of such nutrients each year beginning in May.
(In search of an undersea kelp forest's missing nitrogen, National Science Foundation)
As the availability of krill has decreased, gentoo penguins have diversified their diets to include fish and squid along with krill.
(Whaling and climate change lead to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguins, National Science Foundation)
Other important factors for fish diversity are climate stability and the availability of nutrients from fruits, branches and leaves that fall from nearby trees.
(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)
A NASA-led, international study finds Asia's high mountain glaciers are flowing more slowly in response to widespread ice loss, affecting freshwater availability downstream in India, Pakistan and China.
(NASA Finds Asian Glaciers Slowed by Ice Loss, NASA)
