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UNIQUELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

So as to be unique

Example:

he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound

Synonyms:

unambiguously; uniquely

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

unique (the single one of its kind)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A uniquely defined quantity appearing in the computer file created according to the DICOM standard of transmitting images.

(DICOM Header Tag, NCI Thesaurus)

You will be uniquely poised to receive—and announce—a major, surprising decision.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.

(Object Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

It has been suggested that humans are uniquely susceptible to Alzheimer's, potentially because of genetic differences from other primates, changes to the human brain during evolution, and longer lifespans.

(New research detects Alzheimer's disease markers in nonhuman primates, National Science Foundation)

M3, aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, launched in 2008 by the Indian Space Research Organization, was uniquely equipped to confirm the presence of solid ice on the Moon.

(Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles, NASA)

The cylinders that make up this core contain uniquely detailed information on past environmental conditions such as the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, surface air temperature, wind patterns, and the average temperature of the ocean.

(Antarctic ice core reveals how sudden climate changes in North Atlantic moved south, NSF)

C. concisus is normally found in the human oral cavity and is a commensal part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, but is associated with gingival inflammation, periodontal lesions, Crohn's disease in immunodeficient patients, and is considered responsible for infective gastroenteritis and septicemia seen uniquely in children.

(Campylobacter concisus, NCI Thesaurus)

Dual-specificity protein phosphatases are a subclass of protein tyrosine phosphatases that are uniquely able to hydrolyse the phosphate ester bond on both a tyrosine and a threonine or serine residue on the same protein.

(Dual-Specificity Phosphoprotein Phosphatase, NCI Thesaurus)