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CONSENSUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
Example:
those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("consensus" is a kind of...):
accord; agreement (harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters)
Derivation:
consensual (existing by consent)
Context examples:
While current consensus among scientists says birds as we understand them evolved from theropod dinosaurs, there are several competing ideas about how exactly flight developed in these vertebrates.
(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)
CLCA2 protein contains a large N-terminal extracellular domain containing conserved cysteines, five transmembrane domains, a monobasic proteolytic cleavage consensus site, potential glycosylation sites, and potential PKC phosphorylation sites.
(Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel-2, NCI Thesaurus)
The consensus sequence for this high-affinity androgen receptor-binding is the palindromic sequence GGT/AACAnnnTGTTCT, though could deviate considerably in natural promoter sequences.
(Androgen Response Element, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology associated with the consensus cardiac classification systems codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC SDTM Consensus Cardiac Classification Systems Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
A method to represent the consensus across multiple runs of a clustering algorithm, to determine the number of clusters in the data, and to assess the stability of the discovered clusters.
(Consensus Clustering, NCI Thesaurus)
Opinions of respected authorities based on clinical experience, consensus statements from expert committees, or authoritative reviews.
(Level of Evidence IV, NCI Dictionary)
While naturalistic sounds and 'green' environments have frequently been linked with promoting relaxation and wellbeing, until now there has been no scientific consensus as to how these effects come about.
(Sound of Nature Helps Us Relax, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They compete with MYC for the protein MAX and for consensus DNA binding sites and to recruit SIN3 proteins and their associated co-repressors.
(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)
A consensus protein secondary structure prediction server; http://barton.ebi.ac.uk/servers/jpred.html.
(JPred, NCI Thesaurus)
The scientific consensus is that the rapidly melting Pine Island Glacier, the focal point of the study, would be a significant source of global sea level rise should the melting there continue or accelerate.
(Previously unsuspected volcanic activity confirmed under West Antarctic Ice Sheet at Pine Island Glacier, National Science Foundation)
