verb
definition
To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
Examples of ret in a Sentence
The reverse bears the motto Ret og Sandhed (Right and Truth).
D, Transverse section of a retinula of the lateral eye of Limulus, showing ten retinula cells (ret), each bearing a rhabdomere (rhab).
Fresh translations of Aristotle and Averroes had already been made from the Arabic (IIepi ret ivropiat from the Hebrew) by Michael Scot, and Hermannus Alamannus, at the instance of the emperor Frederick II.; so that the whole body of Aristotle's works was at hand in Latin translations from about 1210 to 1225.
The return address to the BASIC is tacked in the usual way, so return is by a Z80 ret instruction.
Each time you are finished talking, type ret twice.
Results from other groups using transgenic animals expressing different variants of ret rearrangement support our findings in man.
Each time you are finished talking, type RET twice.
In practice, a reasonable lower limit for spectacle correction is + 1.50 dioptres (+ 3.00 ret. @ 2/3 meter).
Mutations that inactivate the RET gene are the most frequent, occurring in 50 percent of familial cases (cases which run in families) and 15 to 20 percent of sporadic (non-familial) cases.
Both MEN 2A and MEN 2B are caused by mutations in another gene, known as RET.
A mutation in only one copy of the RET gene is sufficient to cause disease.
Children who are identified as carriers of the RET gene can be offered total thyroidectomy as a preventative (prophylactic) measure to prevent the development of MTC.
A, Diagram of a retinula of the central eye of a scorpion consisting of five retina-cells (ret), with adherent branched pigment cells (pig).