See Also: Indium(medicine)
indium-111(medicine)
sway(2)(dictionary)
sway(1)(dictionary)
indium(dictionary)
sway 2, noun(dictionary)
sway 1, verb(dictionary)
sway-backed(dictionary)
sway-back(dictionary)
Mpi indium dtpa in 111(health)

sway(1) (iou) and indium (iou)


sway(1) (iou)



sway noun. LME.
[from the verb.]
I. The action of SWAY verb.
The motion of a rotating body. LME-E17.
The impetus or momentum of a body etc. in motion. Now rare. LME.
b. A turn, a veer. Scot. E19.
Prevailing, overpowering, or controlling influence. E16.
E. H. Gombrich No historian of Art will be inclined to underrate the sway of style. J. McDougall Infants under the sway of hunger. E. Young-Bruehl Martha held sway over all matters domestic. San Diego Ivan managed to..hold sway by joining forces with the church. fig.: B. Rubens He tried again to beat his hand..but..he had lost sway over his body.
Force or pressure bearing on an object. M16-L18.
Bias in a certain direction. L16-E19.
Power, authority, rule; government; a position of authority or power. L16.
Carriage, deportment. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
(A) movement backwards and forwards or from side to side. M19.
b. Nautical. A rhythmic linear motion of a vessel from side to side (as distinguished from the rotatory motion of a roll). M20.
II. Denoting an object.
The pole of a cart. Scot. Only in M16.
A lever, a crowbar. dial. M16.
A small pliable twig or rod, esp. one used in thatching. dial. M17.
A flat iron rod suspended in a chimney, on which to hang pots etc. Scot. & north. E19.

indium (iou)



indium noun. M19.
[from INDI(GO + -IUM, from two characteristic indigo lines in its spectrum.]
A soft silvery-white metallic chemical element, atomic no. 49, occurring esp. in zinc ores. (Symbol In.)