Sentence examples for aggregates were defined as from inspiring English sources
Thus, a new set of equations was developed for these soils, where small aggregates were defined as particles with sizes between 53 μm and 250 μm and large aggregates as particles > 250 μm.
Platelet-monocyte aggregates were defined as monocytes positive for CD42a.
Aggregates were defined as clusters of cells with a diameter >49 µm.
Lymphoid aggregates were defined as accumulations of lymphocytes and plasma cells without a germinal centre.
T-cell and B-cell aggregates were defined as clusters of 50 or more CD3+ T cells or CD20+ B cells, and for each patient the number of CD3+ T-cell aggregates or CD20+ B-cell aggregates in 10 high-power microscopic fields (HPFs), based on a HPF of 0.237 mm2 first, ocular with a 22 mm field of view at ×10 magnification, and a 40× objective), was assessed.
Gelation, which can occur when molecules react or colloids aggregate, is defined as the divergence of second and higher moments of molecular-weight and cluster-size distributions.
The slaking ratio of the water stable aggregate is defined as the ratio of the water unstable aggregates and the total aggregates, measured by dry and wet sieving jointly.
A negative lymphoid aggregate was defined as an aggregate without disease-specific immunolabelling.
Both cavity and medium correspond to vacant hexagons: a vacant hexagon located within an aggregate was defined as a cavity, while a vacant hexagon located outside an aggregate was defined as a medium.
A positive lymphoid aggregate was defined as an aggregate with disease-specific immunolabelling of a morphology similar to that seen in published images of immunolabelling in the mammary gland [ 18] and other mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues.
Histological evaluation of the salivary glands was performed according to the classification of Chisholm and Mason [ 37] and a periductal mononuclear-cell aggregate was defined as a focus when at least 50 periductal mononuclear cells with focal organization were counted.
