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COMBINING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of combining things to form a new whole
Synonyms:
combination; combining; compounding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("combining" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combining"):
affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)
confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)
admixture; commixture; intermixture; mix; mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)
fusion (the act of fusing (or melting) together)
blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)
interspersal; interspersion (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things)
temperance (the act of tempering)
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)
consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)
Derivation:
combine (put or add together)
combine (mix together different elements)
combine (combine so as to form a whole; mix)
combine (add together from different sources)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An occurrence that results in things being united
Synonyms:
combine; combining
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("combining" is a kind of...):
union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combining"):
recombination ((genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents)
recombination ((physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles)
consolidation (combining into a solid mass)
mix; mixture (an event that combines things in a mixture)
conglobation; conglomeration (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)
Derivation:
combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)
combine (have or possess in combination)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb combine
Context examples:
Some of the most important findings from Opportunity's long mission came from combining CRISM and rover observations of a site about 2 miles (3 kilometers) farther north on the crater's western rim.
(Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor, NASA)
Any process of combining chemical entities that is dependent upon chemical forces.
(Chemical Association, NCI Thesaurus)
In the laboratory, a chimeric protein can be made by combining two different genes.
(Chimera, NCI Dictionary)
A chimeric lymphoma vaccine generated by combining the recipient's Ig idiotype (Id) protein with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), an immune stimulant, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(KLH-Lymphoma Ig Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
The Center is developing new technologies for early detection and classification of cancers, combining nanotechnology, systems biology, and molecular imaging.
(Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Interdisciplinary studies combining cell biology and molecular biology.
(Molecular and Cellular Biology, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of unique properties of matter at the nanoscale; an interdisciplinary field of science combining physics, materials science, the chemistry of complex molecules, and related disciplines.
(Nanoscience, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A numeric representation combining three histologic reporting elements, tubule formation, nuclear pleomorphism and mitotic count, to determine the grade of breast cancer.
(Nottingham Score, NCI Thesaurus)
The process of combining with water.
(Hydration, NCI Dictionary)
A type of antibody made in the laboratory by combining a human antibody with a small part of a mouse or rat monoclonal antibody.
(Humanized monoclonal antibody, NCI Dictionary)
