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THUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

Synonyms:

frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thus" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Derivation:

thurify (perfume especially with a censer)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Example:

the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted

Synonyms:

hence; so; thence; therefore; thus

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the way indicated

Example:

set up the pieces thus

Synonyms:

so; thus; thusly

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

With a mind thus full of happiness, Catherine was hardly aware that two or three days had passed away, without her seeing Isabella for more than a few minutes together.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Thus, when old Doctor Meldrum, with his well-known curly-brimmed opera-hat, appeared upon the platform, there was such a universal query of Where DID you get that tile?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thus the team encapsulated the siRNAs in lipid nanoparticles for safer delivery.

(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)

EtpA, our target protein, turns out to be much more common than many of the vaccine targets that have been examined thus far.

(People with type A blood at most risk of severe diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

Thus, the contents of nanospheres can be released upon activation.

(Nanosphere, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus scientists can now sequence entire viral genomes.

(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)

The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin.

(Ocular Onchocerciasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This prevents DNA repair and thus enhances damage to DNA strands; eventually, leading to tumor cell death.

(Nimorazole, NCI Thesaurus)

While she is thus engaged, young Willoughby Smith enters the room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This agent inhibits thrombin by antagonizing heparin cofactor II (HCII) and thus prevents thrombin-induced platelet aggregation.

(Aprosulate, NCI Thesaurus)