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setting(2) (iou) and teichoic acid (medicine)


setting(2) (iou)



setting noun. ME.
[from SET verb1 + -ING1.]
I. Corresp. to transitive uses of SET verb1.
The action of SET verb1 trans. Also, the fact of being set. Also setting-out, setting-up, etc. ME.
Bacon A Tree, at the first Setting, should not be Shaken, vntill it hath taken Root. G. Gorer The setting of household tasks as a punishment. Globe & Mail (Toronto) Chauffeurs are requested not to leave their cars when setting down or picking up. M. M. Kaye The..setting of broken bones without the help of anaesthetics.
b. spec. The action of a setter in indicating game; the sport of hunting game with a setter. E17.
The manner or position in which something is set, fixed, or placed; the way in which or level at which a machine or device is set to operate. LME.
Homes & Gardens A thermometer and control dial so you are able to alter the setting.
b. The manner in which a stone or gem is set or mounted; the frame or bed in which a gem etc. is set. E19.
B. Vine The dark green stone..embedded in a setting of densely woven gold strands.
c. Croquet. Any of the different arrangements of the hoops and pegs on the ground. M19.
d. A person's or thing's immediate environment or surroundings; a place or time in or at which a story, play, scene, etc., is represented as happening; the scenery or staging of a play. M19.
A. Higgins The Bavarian lakes had been the setting for his own early amours. H. Moore The figure I carved..has found a perfect setting in the grounds of Dartington Hall. H. Segal The analysis of a child..needs a proper psychoanalytical setting, away from its Home and family.
e. The manner in which a poem or form of words is set to Music; a piece of Music composed for a particular poem or form of words. L19.
F. J. Crowest Settings for the Canticles by modern Church writers.
A lease. Scot. & dial. LME.
The finishing coat of plaster on a wall etc. E19.
A clutch (of eggs). E20.
More fully place-setting. A set of cutlery, crockery, glasses, etc., required to set a place for one person at a table. M20.
II. Corresp. to intransitive uses of SET verb1.
The sinking of a celestial object towards and below the horizon; the direction in which this occurs. Also, the fall of night or darkness. ME.
fig.: Longfellow The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun.
The flowing of a current in a particular direction; the direction of flow. L16.
The process or fact of becoming set, hard, or stiff; solidification, coagulation. L18.
Comb.: setting coat a finishing coat of fine plastering; setting-dog arch. = SETTER noun1 3; setting lotion (a) lotion applied to the hair to assist the process of setting; setting-pole (chiefly N. Amer.) a pole used for punting a boat, esp. on mudbanks; setting-stick (a) (now dial.) a stick used for making holes for setting plants; (b) a printer's composing-stick; setting stuff fine plaster from which a setting coat is made; setting-up adjective designating or pertaining to a gymnastic Exercise used to improve posture etc.

teichoic acid (medicine)


teichoic acid
<biochemistry> Acidic polymers (glycerol or ribitol linked by phosphodiester bridges) found in cell wall of gram-positive bacteria. May constitute 10-50% of wall dry weight and are cross linked to peptidoglycan. Related to lipoteichoic acids.