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J
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("J" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("J" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
Synonyms:
J; joule; watt second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("J" is a kind of...):
energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)
Meronyms (parts of "J"):
erg (a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter)
Context examples:
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the apolipoprotein J to creatinine in a biological specimen.
(Apolipoprotein J to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the ratio of the apolipoprotein J compared to creatinine present in a sample.
(Apolipoprotein J to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
J.E. is requested to send references, name, address, and all particulars to the direction:—Mrs. Fairfax, Thornfield, near Millcote, —shire.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
There was one boy—a certain J.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A value of the calorie at 4 degrees Celsius is defined as 4.2045 J.
(Calorie 4 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)
The Ad Hoc Working Group was headed by J. Michael Bishop and Paul Calabresi.
(Bishop-Calabresi Report, NCI Thesaurus)
There was also a silver cigarette-case, with "J. C., from A. E. S.," upon the lid.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Activated Notch cleavage by TACE and presenilin dependent gamma-secretase releases the intracellular domain to form a transcription complex with RBP-J kappa to activate enhancer of split genes.
(Notch Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Summarizes probe sets using the model described in Li and Wong (2001) to a probe set with I chips and J probes.
(Bioconductor caAffy Li Wong Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes nonhomologous end-joining factor 1 protein, plays a role in the mediation of both V(D)J recombination and the repair of damaged DNA.
(NHEJ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
