Mast Sentence Examples

The telescopic mast consists of 8 tubes.

Leave the tip of the mast in place while doing this.

It is also known to prevent the release of inflammatory chemicals called basophils and eosinophils from mast cells and white blood cells.

If you have a backstay which leads to a single point on the mast, the answer is obvious.

One day we had approximately 150 buzzard like birds flying around the derrick mast of the rig a truly amazing site.

Fast visible image of an ELM in MAST Measurements of neoclassical island evolution appearing to confirm the strong stabilizing role of field curvature effects.

Connection to the chargers is via a mast on the AGV, similar in principle to those found on fairground dodgem cars.

Sighting along the line allowed the mast band to be lined up and temporarily fastened with a self-tapping screw into the mast button.

The weight of the whole array is supported at ground level on a large pipe flange, welded on to the mast.

In response to an allergen entering the body, mast cells in our immune systems release histamine, the substance that causes allergic symptoms.

One grapple brought up the wooden kelson of a working boat, complete with mast sockets.

They may also need to erect a wind speed mast.

The vehicle is fitted with a 13 meter telescopic mast for radio communications.

The next step was to add extra masts, the foremast and the mizen mast.

The tower mast can also enable multiple antennas to be mounted with the required separation to eliminate any possible cross interference.

Nobody wants a mobile phone mast put up anywhere near where they live.

There is an aerial mast on top of the bunker.

Echo took fourth place but Bertie retired after losing her spinnaker halyard up the mast.

For more accurate information you may also choose to install an anemometer mast to gage wind speed data over a given period.

My neighbor is a tv transmitter mast; lovely tv reception!

There is a moderate amount of beech mast this year, last year there was hardly any.

The US ensign must be hoisted on the main mast and other mastheads during all US celebrations.

Only with the use of an electron microscope are these " ghost " mast cells seen.

In contrast, these receptors were not detected on mast cells purified from human lung parenchyma.

The submarine's periscope and radar mast are damaged.

In the first incident, a worker was trying to replace a cotter pin on a forklift mast.

We have been investigating the chemoattractants involved in releasing mast cell progenitors from the bone marrow and mediating their recruitment to tissues.

Have you measured your mast rake to see what it is at the moment with it raked back?

It turned out to be thoroughly rotten, probably because the mast step had been steeped in rainwater for the last six years.

For her delivery voyage she was rigged as a topsail schooner, the mast being removed on arrival.

The ropes controlling the yard are tied to the mast hardly good seamanship!

Originally the main halyard sheave was attached to the stainless steel ring at the top of the mast.

The mast has masthead sloop rigging, with two lowers beneath the spreaders.

Look no hands - Taking pictures from the top spreader of a racing yacht's mast while under sail!

To reduce the effect of these error fields, a set of error field correction coils was installed on the mast tokamak.

Sailing on the river Thames, Bradley repeatedly observed the shifting of a vane on the mast as the boat altered its course; and, having been assured that the motion of the vane meant that the boat, and not the wind, had altered its direction, he realized that the position taken up by the vane was determined by the motion of the boat and the direction of the wind.

Mast cells were partially purified using a series of techniques.

The low weight and compact radome antenna is particularly suited for mast installations.

The ropes controlling the yard are tied to the mast hardly good seamanship !

Look no hands - Taking pictures from the top spreader of a racing yacht 's mast while under sail !

Decompression was done on a tatty piece of rope tied to the tip of the mast.

Letter received from National Grid re proposed planning permission for telecom mast.

Sheila has spoken to Matthew Melville about the tetra mast.

To reduce the effect of these error fields, a set of error field correction coils was installed on the MAST tokamak.

An innovative system allows for quick and easy stepping and unstepping the mast.

Factors produced by mast cells also caused vacuole formation but not cell death.

The key to identification was the shortened tripod mast (done by the Greeks) and the eleven wheelhouse windows.

When an imbalance occurs, the body produces histamine, a biogenic amine, which is released from the mast cells of the skin.

After a few drinks too many, my drunk husband and two of his buddies decided to climb high up the mast with their beverage cups clasped between their teeth.

If your boat mast touches a power line you could be in trouble.

Allergic reactions involve a special set of cells in the immune system known as mast cells.

Mast cells produce a special class of antibody, immunoglobulin E (IgE), that coats cell surfaces.

Inside the mast cells are reactive chemicals in small packets or granules.

When the antibodies encounter allergens, mast cells release granules, which spill out their chemicals onto the cells of nearby tissues, including blood vessels and nerves.

Mast cells-A type of immune system cell that is found in the lining of the nasal passages and eyelids.

Antihistamines work by blocking the effects of histamine, a chemical released by mast cells during an allergic response to an allergen.

Anaphylaxis is thought to result from antigen-antibody interactions on the surface of mast cells, connective tissue cells that are believed to contain a number of regulatory, or mediator, chemicals.

IgE binds to the mast cells, causing them to suddenly release a number of chemicals, including histamine, heparin, serotonin, and bradykinin.

These are usually caused by direct stimulation of the mast cells.

It interacts with immune cells called mast cells, which reside in the skin, airways, and digestive system.

When mast cells encounter an allergen, they release histamine and other chemicals, both locally and into the bloodstream.

Like all allergic reactions, AR involves a special set of cells in the immune system known as mast cells.

Mast cells, found in the lining of the nasal passages and eyelids, display a special type of antibody called immunoglobulin type E (IgE) on their surfaces.

Inside, mast cells store reactive chemicals in small packets called granules.

Antihistamines block the histamine receptors on nasal tissue, decreasing the effect of histamine release by mast cells.

Cromolyn sodium prevents the release of mast cell granules, thereby preventing release of histamine and the other chemicals contained in them.

Cells in the bronchial walls, called mast cells, release certain substances that cause the bronchial muscles to contract and stimulate mucus formation.

Long-acting medications include leukotriene modifiers, mast cell stabilizers, inhaled and oral corticosteroids, long-acting beta2 agonists, and methylxanthines.

All allergic reactions involve a special set of cells in the immune system known as mast cells.

Mast cells, found in the lining of the nasal passages and eyelids, display a special type of antibody, called immunoglobulin type E (IgE), on their surface.

Immune hypersensitivity reaction-An allergic reaction that is mediated by mast cells and occurs within minutes of allergen contact.

In 1840 the notes of his sea-trip were published under the title Two Years Before the Mast.

Solemn and gay dances were frequent, and a sport called the bird-dance excited the admiration of foreigners for the skill and daring with which groups of performers dressed as birds let themselves down by ropes wound round the top of a high mast, so as to fly whirled in circles far above the ground.

The mast prominent leaders of the opposition to the papacy, whether ecclesiastical or political, joined forces with the German, king, Louis of Bavaria, and offered him their aid against John XXII.

When erect, the mast is steadied by means of three guy ropes.

The mirror can be elevated and depressed by means of a flexible shaft which passes up the centre of the mast and actuates gear attached to the mirror frame.

From the large lens, E, the rays pass through the open air for a considerable distance, depending upon how much the mast has been raised, to the lower optical system.

By moving the lens G up and down the image can be formed in the correct position for the eyepiece at all extensions of the mast.

There are three eyepieces which are mounted on a revolving sleeve in such a way that any one of them can be quickly brought into use, to give the magnification suitable to the height of the mast.

At least as early as the 3rd century B.C. the custom was introduced of spreading the peplus like a sail on the mast of a ship, which was rolled on a machine in the procession.

He entered without first turning off the key, disconnecting the battery, or blocking off the mast.

The retractable bowsprit and easily raised or lowered mast make the 24 ' economical to berth and suitable for single-handed sailing.

Mast End of spinnaker downhaul This is attached to the becket of a small block.

You can climb the mast to a ' crows nest ', or swim from the stern marina platform.

Swimming back along the starboard side, the diver will find some remains of the aft mast.

Allow for tall ships with a mast height of 40m to navigate the river.

The mizzen mast thwart and the teak transom board have been selected to show how the coating has performed a year after application.

There was an outcry and deliberate vandalism when a mast was erected in Carlops, a conservation village.

In 1979, Trevor Mast was appointed consultant winemaker.

The stock of the anchor rests on the cat-head when hung outside the ship. The name is also used of a type of a vessel, now obsolete, and formerly used in the coal and timber trade on the north-east coast of England; it had a deep waist and narrow stem; it is still applied to a small rig of sailing boats, with a single mast stepped far forward, with a fore and aft sail.

He entered Harvard in the class of 1835, but at the beginning of his junior year an illness affecting his sight necessitated a suspension of his college work, and in August 1834 he shipped before the mast for California, returning in September 1836.

A 55 foot pole has been obtained from Sweden for use as a mast and two 30 foot poles for mainsail and topsail yards.

In other words, airborne and food allergens that are inhaled or ingested are capable of causing skin reactions when contact is made with mast cells.

Inside, mast cells store reactive chemicals in small packets, called granules.

First as regards the transmitting part, one essential element is the antenna, aerial, or air wire, which may take a variety of forms. It may consist of a single plain or stranded copper wire upheld at the top by an insulator from a mast, chimney or building.

The telescopic mast is carried in trunnions on the carriage, and travels closed and in a horizontal position.

But to the general surprise and Lord Rosebery's own very evident mortification Sir Henry went a long way in his Stirling speech to nail the Home Rule colour to the mast; he did not indeed propose to introduce a Home Rule Bill, but he declared his determination to proceed in Irish legislation on lines which would lead up to the same result.

Odysseus, warned by Circe, escaped the danger by stopping the ears of his crew with wax and binding himself to the mast until he was out of hearing (Odyssey xii.).

Here the crane-post is extended into a long mast and is furnished with pivots at the top and bottom; the mast is supported by two " back ties," and these are connected to the socket of the bottom pivot by the " sleepers."

The latter's son Andrea commanded the Venetian fleet in the war against Genoa in 1294, and, having been defeated and taken prisoner, he was so overwhelmed with shame that he committed suicide by beating his head against the mast (according to Andrea Navagero).

In a chamber abaft the mast the viking had been laid, with his weapons, and together with him were buried twelve horses, six dogs and a peacock.

To the latter belong the Greenshank and Redshank, as well as the Common Sandpiper, the " Summer-Snipe " above-mentioned, a bird hardly exceeding a skylark in size, and of very general distribution throughout the British Islands, but chiefly frequenting clear streams, especially those with a gravelly or rocky bottom, and mast generally breeding on the beds of sand or shingle on their banks.

Gears are provided for elevating, levelling, aligning the upper and lower optical systems, adjusting the inclination of the reflector and rotating the mast around a vertical axis so that observations may be made and azimuth angles taken in all directions.

The lower one is attached to the carriage, and the upper one is pulled out as far as it will go and retained in position by catches before the mast is raised.

In military and naval use "to rake" means to enfilade, to fire so that the shot may pass lengthwise along a ship, a line of soldiers, entrenchments, &c. In the nautical sense of the projection or slope of a ship's bows or stern or the inclination of a mast, the word is apparently an adaptation of the Scandinavian raka, to reach, in the sense of reach forward.

They grow slowly and flower but once after a number of years, when a tall stem or "mast" grows from the centre of the leaf rosette and bears a large number of shortly tubular flowers.

The site was covered by pine trees, which were much used for ship-building, and for this reason it was known as Mast Swamp. In 1751 a mill was erected, but there were few, if any, residences until 1800.

Fixity of all the parts was secured by a tubular mast extending upwards and downwards through about the middle of the craft, and from its extremities ran stays of aluminium wire to the tips of the aeroplanes and the end of the tubular backbone.

I heard it proposed lately that two young men should travel together over the world, the one without money, earning his means as he went, before the mast and behind the plow, the other carrying a bill of exchange in his pocket.

He was born in 1852, of an old Somersetshire county family, and, after a varied career as university man, sailor before the mast, soldier, coffee-planter, curate in the Church of England and evangelist in the Salvation Army, was converted about 1897 to the views of Prince.

This accident compelled him to put into the Kennebec river, where a mast was procured, and some communication and an unnecessary encounter with the Indians took place.

Obviously, nearly every kind of crane can be made portable by mounting it on a carriage, fitted with wheels; it is even not unusual to make the Portable Scottish derrick portable by using three trucks, one under the mast, and the others under the two back legs.

The hydraulic lifting cylinders are placed inside the revolving steel mast or post, and the cabin for the driver FIG.

Thus it is used of the purchase used in raising the flukes of an anchor to the bill-board; of a piece of wood or metal used to strengthen a sprung mast or yard; and of a plate of metal used, as in railway construction, for the strengthening of the meeting-place of two rails.

The method of superposition of two motions may be illustrated by such examples as that of a body dropped from the mast of a ship moving at uniform speed.

In this case it is found that the body falls relatively to the ship as if the latter were at rest, and alights at the foot of the mast, having consequently pursued a parabolic path relatively to the earth.

At that port the adventurers separated, three of their number taking ship as passengers to London, while Ito and Inouye preferred to work their passages before the mast in the "Pegasus," bound for the same destination.

He was a born adventurer, going to sea at the age of 17 and serving before the mast as A.B.