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COLLECTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of gathering something together
Synonyms:
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("collecting" is a kind of...):
grouping (the activity of putting things together in groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collecting"):
agglomeration (the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating)
collation (assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence)
compilation; compiling (the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list))
gather; gathering (the act of gathering something)
bottle collection (the activity of collecting bottles)
conchology; shell collecting (the collection and study of mollusc shells)
coin collecting; coin collection; numismatics; numismatology (the collection and study of money (and coins in particular))
pickup (the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places)
philately; stamp collecting; stamp collection (the collection and study of postage stamps)
tax collection (the collection of taxes)
Derivation:
collect (assemble or get together)
collect (get or bring together)
collect (get or gather together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb collect
Context examples:
Amiloride inhibits sodium channels located in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney, thereby preventing the absorption of sodium and increasing its excretion along with water, to produce naturesis.
(Amiloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The distensible sac-like organ that functions as a reservoir of urine, collecting from the kidneys and eliminating via the urethra.
(Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)
In a scientific research study or clinical trial, a flaw in the study design or the method of collecting or interpreting information.
(Bias, NCI Dictionary)
The specificity of MR for aldosterone is provided by 11beta-HSD2 by the rapid conversion of cortisol to cortisone in renal cortical collecting duct cells.
(Aldosterone-Regulated Sodium Reabsorption Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
As a mineralocorticoid-receptor agonist, this agent stimulates Na+ reabsorption and water retention and K+ and H+ secretion in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney.
(Fludrocortisone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)
“For many women and girls in low- and middle-income settings, it’s impossible to forget – globally they spend a collective 200 million hours collecting water every day,” she says.
(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)
Over the next few hours, Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles (81,433 kilometers) of Uranus' cloud tops, collecting data that revealed two new rings, 11 new moons and temperatures below minus 353 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 214 degrees Celsius).
(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)
The intercalated cell is an epithelial cell of the renal collecting tubule that is specialized for H+ and HCO3 transport.
(Intercalated Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Just in case, at the start of the month, quietly start collecting résumés in case you suddenly need to recruit a strong candidate.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
What say you both to our collecting the same party, and exploring to Box Hill again, while the fine weather lasts?
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
