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Definition of Depresses
1. depress [v] - See also: depress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depresses
Literary usage of Depresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"the front cams elevates the balls, whereas a rise of the rear cams depresses
them, the two component waves will meet in the same phase at the origin when ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"the front came elevates the balls, whereas a rise of the rear cams depresses
them, the two component waves will meet in the same phase at the origin when ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the balance ia brought to the sighted position, thus ascertain how far the
weight of v> grammes depresses the distance above A equal to that just found. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"A name frequently given to the depressor anguli oris, from its triangular shape.
depresses the ribs, and is a muscle of ex- ..."
5. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... and rarely causes gastrointestinal irritation or other disagreeable symptoms,
but a very large dose depresses the heart and lowers the blood pressure. ..."
6. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1906)
"These experiments on the heart of Limulus brought out the fact that hypertonicity
of the medium depresses the rhythm ..."
7. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"Curare apparently depresses or paralyzes an accelerator heat centre, leaving
intact the automatic heat centre. PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF ..."
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