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sock(6) (iou)



sock verb1. colloq. L17.
[Origin uncertain: rel. to SOCK noun3.]
verb trans. Beat, strike, or hit forcefully. L17.
sock it to strike or attack (a person) forcefully; fig. make a powerful impression on (a person).
B. Chatwin The porter had socked him on the jaw, and he now lay, face down on the paving. Smash Hits The tiff resulted in fisticuffsMimi socked Tom, Tom socked her back. fig.: USA Today College students..may be socked with a new batch of exams.
b. Drive or thrust in(to) something. Chiefly US. M19.
c. Jazz. Perform (Music) in a swinging manner. Freq. foll. by out. E20.
New Yorker From the top'Watermelon Man'. Let's sock it out.
verb intrans. Strike out; pitch into a person. M19.

transition temperature (medicine)


transition temperature
<chemistry> The temperature at which there is a transition in the organisation of, for example: the phospholipids of a membrane where the transition temperature marks the shift from fluid to more crystalline. Usually determined by using an Arrhenius plot of activity against the reciprocal of absolute temperature, the transition temperature being that temperature at which there is an abrupt change in the slope of the plot. In membranes such phase transitions tend to be inhibited by the presence of cholesterol.