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Complementary

Serving to fill out or to complete as complementary numbers...

counter-

counter- 1 a : contrary : opposite [counterletter] b : opposing : retaliatory [counteraction] 2 : complementary : corresponding [countersign] 3 : duplicate : substitute [counterpart] ...

a unit of double stranded DNA or RNA consisting of two complementary bases on opposing strands of the double stranded polynucleotide bound together by hydrogen bonds and other non covalent chemical forces The bases comprising the base pairs are adenine thymine cytidine and guanine In normal DNA the base adenine on one strand of DNA pairs with thymine on the opposite strand and cytosine on one strand pairs with guanine on the opposite strand The term base pair usually includes the sugar ribose or deoxyribose and the phosphate bound to each base to form a nucleotide unit One base pair is sometimes used as a unit of length or size for DNA and in this usage is abbreviated bp as a 100 bp fragment of DNA A length of 1000 base pairs is a kilobase pair or kbp...

Ion

an atom or goup of atoms radical carrying an electrical charge It is contrasted with neutral atoms or molecules and free radicals Certain compounds such as sodium chloride are composed of complementary ions in the solid crystalline as well as in solution Others notably acids such as hydrogen chloride may occur as neutral molecules in the pure liquid or gas forms and ionize almost completely in dilute aqueous solutions In solutions as in water ions are frequently bound non covalently with the molecules of solvent and in that case are said to be solvated According to the electrolytic dissociation theory the molecules of electrolytes are divided into ions by water and other solvents An ion consists of one or more atoms and carries one unit charges of electricity 34 x 10 10 electrostatic units or a multiple of this Those which are positively electrified hydrogen and the metals are called cations negative ions hydroxyl and acidic atoms or groups are called anions...

magnetic resonance imaging

a medical diagnostic procedure utilizing the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to generate images of internal parts of the body It depends on the differential absorption of electromagnetic radiation by different types of living tissue in a magnetic field It is complementary to X ray imaging in that the softer tissue show more prominently in magnetic resonance images rather than bone as with X rays It is a non invasive procedure allowing such images to be obtained without penetration of the tissue by objects It is abbreviated MRI As with computerized tomography the results are usually presented as images of sequential planar sections of that part of the body of concern to the physician...

Export

Export, includes the taking or sending out of goods by land, sea or air, on consignment or by way of sale, lease, hire-purchase, or under any other arrangement by whatever name called, and in the case of software, also includes transmission through any electronic media. [The Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2000, s. 2 (iv)]Means--(i) taking goods, or providing services, out of India, from a Special Economic Zone, by land, sea or air or by any other mode, whether physical or otherwise; or(ii) supplying goods, or providing services, from the Domestic Tariff Area to a Unit or Developer; or(iii) supplying goods, or providing services, from one unit to another unit or Developer, in the same or different Special Economic Zones, Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, sec. 2(m).With the grammatical variations and cognate expression, means taking out of India of a place outside India, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regula...

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