Definition of resuspend in English:
resuspend
verb riːsəˈspɛndˌrisəˈspɛnd
[with object]Place (cells or particles) in suspension in a fluid again.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was hypothesized that the water used to resuspend the nucleic acid was not at the proper pH.
- There is nothing to slow the wind-caused currents or keep the sediments from resuspending.
- This residual volume was vortexed vigorously for 5 seconds at medium speed to resuspend the cells and cellular debris.
- Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water.
- Finely divided pulp debris and dead yeast cells which are very small settle more slowly and are easily resuspended by currents within the settling vessel.
Definition of resuspend in US English:
resuspend
verbˌrisəˈspɛndˌrēsəˈspend
[with object]Place (cells or particles) in suspension in a fluid again.
Example sentencesExamples
- This residual volume was vortexed vigorously for 5 seconds at medium speed to resuspend the cells and cellular debris.
- Finely divided pulp debris and dead yeast cells which are very small settle more slowly and are easily resuspended by currents within the settling vessel.
- Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water.
- It was hypothesized that the water used to resuspend the nucleic acid was not at the proper pH.
- There is nothing to slow the wind-caused currents or keep the sediments from resuspending.