Sentence examples for onc from inspiring English sources
The word 'onc' is not correct or usable in written English
It is not a recognized word in the English language. It is possible that it is a typo or an abbreviation for a longer word. Example: She found a lump on her breast and immediately went to see an oncologist. (Correct usage: the abbreviation for oncologist is 'onc')
"After nearly 20 years of chasing ONC," he said, "we've finally developed the necessary new chemistry to make it, and have done so.
Ocean Nutrition is now capable of growing meaningful amounts of the strain — named ONC T18 B — and keeps a stockpile in cryogenic reserve.
"Our role in the project is to help ONC push the biology of their organism so that it becomes the fastest-growing, best oil-producing organism it can be," Dr. O'Leary said.
It is far from certain that ONC, which is very costly to make, will find practical uses.
Calculations show, he said in an interview, that ONC is 15percentto30percentcent more powerful than the most powerful military explosive now in use: HMX.
Only a few grams of this powdery white substance, called octanitrocubane (ONC), have been synthesized, and it has not been completely tested to determine its physical and chemical properties.
The creation of a tiny pinch of ONC required a long succession of difficult steps toward a chemical goal inspired by Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher.
Researchers seem ecstatic over their synthesis of ONC, the most powerful nonnuclear explosive to date, but many of us wonder why the world needs this.
Moreover, how soon will the process of creating ONC be sped up, and how soon will its recipe turn up on the Web for any aspiring Tim McVeigh?
Rather, they are the products of various "senses" or "determinations of our minds to receive Ideas independently of our Will" (ONC, 17).
A minor but still important segment of the explosives industry is the production of detonating agents, or such priming compositions as lead azide [Pb(N3 2], silver azide (AgN3), and mercury fulminate [Hg(ONC 2].
