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assay
[ verb a-sey; noun as-ey, a-sey ]
verb (used with object)
- to examine or analyze:
to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- Metallurgy. to analyze (an ore, alloy, etc.) in order to determine the quantity of gold, silver, or other metal in it.
- Pharmacology. to subject (a drug) to an analysis for the determination of its potency or composition.
- to judge the quality of; assess; evaluate:
to assay someone's efforts.
- to try or test; put to trial:
to assay one's strength; to assay one's debating abilities.
- to attempt; try; essay:
to assay a dance step.
verb (used without object)
- to contain, as shown by analysis, a certain proportion of usually precious metal.
noun
- Metallurgy. determination of the amount of metal, especially gold or silver, in an ore, alloy, etc.
- a substance undergoing analysis or trial.
- a detailed report of the findings in assaying a substance.
- Archaic. examination; trial; attempt; essay.
assay
verb
- to subject (a substance, such as silver or gold) to chemical analysis, as in the determination of the amount of impurity
- tr to attempt (something or to do something)
- tr; may take a clause as object to test, analyse, or evaluate
to assay the significance of early childhood experience
noun
- an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal
- ( as modifier )
an assay office
- a substance undergoing an analysis
- a written report on the results of an analysis
- a test
- archaic.an attempt
assay
/ IJõâ²Äå,É-²õÄåâ² /
- A quantitative determination of the amount of a given substance in a particular sample. Assays are regularly used to determine the purity of precious metals. They can be performed by wet methods or dry methods. In the wet method, the sample is dissolved in a reagent, like an acid, until the purified metal is separated out. In the dry method, the sample is mixed with a flux (a substance such as borax or silica that helps lower the melting temperature) and then the sample is heated to the point where impurities in the metal fuse with the flux, leaving the purified metal as a residue.
- A bioassay.
Derived Forms
- ²¹²õ˲õ²¹²â²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ²¹²õ˲õ²¹²â±ð°ù, noun
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²õ·²õ²¹²âîa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ²¹²õ·²õ²¹²âîœÄ°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ôî a²õ·²õ²¹²â±ð»åî adjective
- ³Ü²Ôî a²õ·²õ²¹²âîi²Ô²µ adjective
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of assay1
Example Sentences
We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.
They developed an assay that can be used to screen drugs to see if they restore protein mobility by comparing each drug's effect on a simple biomarker with surface cysteines to one without.
The UF team plans to explore the tool's potential further, by expanding the assay to include additional invasive species and applications for monitoring ecological restoration outcomes.
"Our computational approaches further allowed us to identify and analyze these rare events that are not visible with standard sequencing assays."
Itâs an intelligent, compelling narrative assaying the influences of toxic masculinity, gun culture and rural resentment, and the empowerment of sheriffs who declare themselves the ultimate arbiters of what is legal in their jurisdictions.
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