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IN TURN
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In proper order or sequence
Example:
the stable became in turn a chapel and then a movie theater
Synonyms:
in turn; successively
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Context examples:
These findings together show that a high-salt diet affects the activity of the eNOS enzyme, which in turn leads to problems with blood flow and cognition.
(Hold the salt: gut reaction may impair the brains of mice, National Institutes of Health)
People’s sleep can be marred, in turn affecting their health.
(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)
That temperature rise, in turn, caused the shape memory polymer matrix to soften and become pliable.
(Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab, National Science Foundation)
This in turn facilitates the survival and multiplication of parasites, triggering the mucocutaneous form of the disease.
(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)
These changes may explain how exercise improves the metabolism of the obese mother during pregnancy and, in turn, may prevent her babies from developing early signs of type 2 diabetes after birth.
(Exercise in pregnancy improves health of obese mothers by restoring their tissues, University of Cambridge)
"Oh, it wasn't that," she hastened to explain, in turn.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The delay in sea ice freeze-up could be changing the way that heat is transported in the Arctic, which would, in turn, affect precipitation patterns.
(Snow cover on Arctic Sea ice has thinned 30 to 50 percent, NASA)
Anderegg studies how tree traits affect forests and in turn, hot and dry conditions.
(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)
It regulates the flow of ions into the cell, in turn triggering numerous biochemical processes.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
The rings, in turn, detect those movements in the field.
(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)
