Example sentences of "defined as the [noun sg] between " in BNC.

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1 The shoulder angle is simply defined as the angle between the upper arm and the torso when viewed from the front .
2 The cooperativity factor is defined as the ratio between dissociation constants determined in the absence and in the presence of CRP .
3 Orocaecal transit time was defined as the time between meal intake and initial rise in hydrogen concentration of at least 10 ppm above fasting levels .
4 Effects were then defined as the difference between the grand median and the conditional fit .
5 Literariness being defined as the difference between automatism and defamiliarization , it was soon perceived that it was not constructed in the same way in all works , and that the devices manifesting difference in prose narrative were not the same as the devices manifesting difference in lyric poetry .
6 To measure oesophageal body motility , variables measured were : ( 1 ) amplitude of contraction ( mm Hg ) , defined as the difference between the baseline pressure and the maximal pressure during the pressure event ; ( 2 ) duration of contraction ( s ) , defined as the time elapsed between the start and the end of the pressure event ; ( 3 ) area under the pressure curve ( mm Hg×s ) , calculated from the sum of all pressure values between the start and the end of the pressure event , multiplied by the sampling interval ; ( 4 ) propagation velocity ( cm/s ) , defined as the speed of a contraction and calculated from the delay time and the distance between the sensors ; ( 5 ) contractility ( mm Hg/s ) , defined as the maximal increment between consecutive pressure values divided by the sampling interval ; ( 6 ) total contractions ( No/24 h ) , defined as pressure curves that are not rejected as artifacts ; ( 7 ) propagated contractions ( No/24 h ) , defined as contractions that are detected by a proximal pressure transducer and followed by a contraction at the distal sensor .
7 Survival time was defined as the period between surgery and death .
8 Throughout the debate , shortfall has been defined as the gap between fees charged by some homes and the maximum level of income support which we will pay for different categories of persons in those homes .
9 ‘ No treatment ’ interval was defined as the interval between date of onset and the date antidepressant therapy ( equivalent to 75mg of tricyclic drugs ) was prescribed ; pre-morbid personality was assessed using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire .
10 MCTT was therefore defined as the interval between finishing the meal and the first of two sequential increases in breath hydrogen concentration 20 ppm over the base line .
11 Acid clearance time was defined as the interval between the end of acid infusion and the time at which the intraluminal pH first rose above four .
12 These needs and facilities are both part of the pedestrian environment , which might be defined as the interface between the walker 's personal ability to cope with environmental challenge , the location and accessibility of destinations , and the characteristics of the environment en route .
13 For the purposes of this paper the flanks of the London-Brabant Massif are defined as the area between the ‘ Fringe Zechstein' and the subcrop of the base of the Carboniferous section with the base of the Cretaceous .
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