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Definition: Uptake |
UptakeNoun1. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). 2. A process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with greater uptake of liquids". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uptake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Chemical Industry | The amount of preservative or other chemical absorbed by timber, generally expressed in lb/ft3 or kg/m3, of treated volume or, particularly in diffusion treatments, as a percentage of the oven-dry weight of the piece. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | The assessment of the rate at which potential users take up an application. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | An act or instance of absorbing and incorporating esp. into a living organism. . . WEBIN 66 3-. . /. . Glucose -- by erythrocyte membrane. . . . . --fixation et pénétration du glucose sur une membrane biol ogique. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The permanent or transient presence of radioactive materials in the body following intake, after these materials have been metabolised. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | The channel extending from the slag pockets to the ports. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:upcast; upcast shaft. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: UptakeSynonyms: consumption (n), ingestion (n), intake (n). (additional references) |
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Health | Initial indications are that some of these other agents, particularly the serotonin uptake blockers, may be effective panic medications. (references) | |
However, since any type of inflammation causes gallium uptake, a positive gallium scan does not necessarily mean that the patient has sarcoidosis. (references) | ||
Increases in gallium uptake at any site in the body indicate that inflammatory activity has developed at the site and also give an idea of which tissue, and how much tissue, has been affected. (references) | ||
Business | The CCL should put an end to this, and boost its uptake. (references) | |
However, the cost of converting vehicles to use LPG remains a key factor limiting its uptake. (references) | ||
E-commerce in practice continues to outpace the theoretical forecasts for its uptake in South Africa. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | The gap between reality and hype surrounding the local uptake of B2B and B2C applications is still large. (references) |
Australia | With prices dropping significantly on hand-held devices, such as the Palm Pilot, their uptake in the local economy has been assured. (references) | |
Australia | Unfortunately, the carriers have not been able to find compelling services to offer on customer cell phones, and uptake of WAP services has been slow. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Uptake" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.47% of the time. "Uptake" is used about 312 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.47% | 301 | 16,714 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.6% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.28% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.64% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 312 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "uptake": Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors ♦ be quick on the uptake ♦ be slow on the uptake ♦ biological uptake ♦ Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors ♦ final uptake ♦ gross uptake ♦ heat uptake ♦ net uptake in pressure processes ♦ nett uptake in pressure processes ♦ Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors ♦ oxygen uptake ♦ proton uptake capacity ♦ quick in the uptake ♦ radioactive iodine uptake test ♦ Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors ♦ slow on the uptake. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "uptake": uptake-evoked, uptake-induced. | |
Ending with "uptake": never-slow-on-the-uptake, quick-on-the-uptake, re-uptake. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "uptake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngritje (advance, ascension, boosting, building, cultivation, elevation, erection, flow, hoist, increase, jump, lifting up, progress, projection, prominence, prominency, putting up, raise, rise, rising, setting up, take off, uprise, upswing), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch), aspirator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | схващане (apprehension, comprehension, conception, cramp, grasp, idea, kink, notion, opinion, outlook, perception, prehension, understanding, view), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grasp, grip, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, understanding), вентилационна тръба (flue, trunk), повдигане (boost, heave, levitation, lift, lifting, nausea, promotion, queasiness, queerness, retch, retching, rising, taking up), издигане (advance, aggrandizement, ascension, ascent, elevation, erection, heave, hoist, levitation, lift, lifting, rise, rising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 举起 (Elevate, Elevated, Elevating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zvedání (uplift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uptake (port uptake), optagelse (absorption, admission, incorporation, intake, loading, retention, shot), ophobning (accumulation, depot, retention, storage), biologisk optagelse (biological uptake), biologisk absorption (biological uptake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retentie (retention), oppakken, opnemen (measure, take up, transfer), opname (acceptance, acceptation, admission, photograph), branderschacht (port uptake), branderhals (port uptake), biologische opname (biological uptake), absorptie (absorption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فهم (Brain, Grasp, Head, Intellect, Intelligence, Mind, Savvy, Understanding), ادراک (Cognition, Cognizance, Hindsight, Impression, Notion, Perception, Realization, Scent, Understanding), دودکش (Chimney, Funnel, Shaft, Stack, Tube), درک (Gusto, Perception, Realization), بلندسازی , بالاگیری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | retentio (retention), poltinkuilu (port uptake), pidättyminen (canopy interception, interception, retention), käyttöönottonopeus, imeytymä (absorption, loading, retention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétention (final uptake, net uptake in pressure processes, nett uptake in pressure processes), pénétration, montée de gaz, montée de brûleur (port uptake), montée d'air, consommation, captation, assimilation biologique (biological uptake), absorption. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schacht (chute, drain, duct, funnel, manhole, shaft, well), Erlernbarkeit, Brennerschacht (port uptake), biologische Aufnahme (biological uptake), Benutzerleistung, Aufnahme (absorption, acceptance, acceptation, admission, affiliation, assimilation, commencement, embodiment, enrollment, establishment, filming, inclusion, incorporation, initiation, intake, photo, photograph, photographing, picture, raising, reception, record, recording, shooting, shot, start, taking, taking down, taking up), Aktivitätsretention (retention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατακράτηση,πρόσληψη (retention), συγκράτηση (restraint), βιολογική κατακράτηση (biological uptake), μηχανισμός ανυψώσεως καυστήρα (port uptake), εκτίμηση αποδοχής, απορρόφηση (absorbing, absorption, aspiration, engrossment, enhancement, immersion, suction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felfogás (apprehension, approach, cognizance, comprehension, conception, penetration, perception, realization, sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | torrino (port uptake), ritenzione unitaria (absorption, loading, retention), ritenzione (retention), pozzo del bruciatore (port uptake), comprensione (apprehension, comprehension, grasp, Ken, realisation, realization, sympathy, understanding), captazione (collecting, retention, scavenging, seed collection, seed production, spat collection), assunzione biologica (biological uptake), accettazione (acceptance, acceptation, assumption, photo, picture, reception, recording, snap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 통'관. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | akeuptay tubo ascendente, retenção (detention, deterrence), inteligência (adroitness, aptness, brains, cleverness, intellect, intelligence, mind, sagacity, sense, smartness, solidity, understanding, wit), entendimento (acquaintance, entente, intellect, intelligence, knowledge, savvy, stand-in, understanding), compreensão (apprehension, candor, candour, comprehension, coverage, insight, intelligence, intension, knowledge, mind, openness, prehension, realization, sense, understanding, view, wit), coluna de ar ascendente, canal de ventilação do queimador (port uptake), canal de ar ascendente (port uptake), caixa de fumo superior, absorção biológica (biological uptake), absorção (absorbing, absorption, adsorption, aspiration, input). (various references) asimilare (assimilation, digestion). (various references) верхний дымоход, боров (boar, hog), поглощение (absorption, adsorption, input, intake, merger). (various references) shvatanje (apprehension, comprehension, grasp, insight, understanding). (various references) subida del quemador (port uptake), subida de conductos (port uptake), retención (hoarding, hold back, retention), recepción (desk, levee, pickup, receipt, receiving, reception, reservation desk, welcome), incorporación (coalescence, incorporation), consumo (consummation, consumption, demand, human consumption, intake, sale), carga de impregnación (absorption, loading, retention), captación biológica (biological uptake), captación (catchment), cantidad admitida (intake), índice de aceptación, admisión (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, admittance, avowal, inlet, intake), aceptación (acceptance, acceptation, admission), Absorción (absorbing, absorption, absorptivity). (various references) att fatta. (various references) kazan borusu, kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding), kaldırma (abolition, defeasance, elevation, heave, heaving, hoist, lift, lifting, pickup, raising, superelevation), hava bacası (air shaft, airway, shaft, upcast, upcast shaft), anlama (appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, drift, fathom, grasp, grip, insight, intelligence, knowledge, prehension, realization, sense, understanding). (various references) розуміння (apprehension, conception, consciousness, insight, knowing, knowledge, taste, understanding), піднімання (ascent, heave, heaving, levitation, lifting). (various references) trí thông minh (grey matter, intelligence, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "uptake": uptakes. (additional references) | |
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"Uptake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aptaker, Ohtake, Puhakka, Pustaka, putane, Putinki. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "uptake" (pronounced u"ptā'k) |
| 3 | -t ā' k | beefsteak, heartache, intake, outtake, overtake, sweepstake, undertake. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: takeup. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: kaput, taupe. | |
-2 letters: kept, pate, peak, peat, puke, take, tape, teak, tepa. | |
-3 letters: ape, apt, ate, auk, eat, eau, eta, kae, kat, kea, kep, kue, pat, pea, pet, put, tae, tap, tau, tea, tup, uke, uta. | |
-4 letters: ae, at, et, ka, pa, pe, ta, up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: kajeput, takeups, uptakes. | |
+2 letters: kajeputs, outspeak, upmarket. | |
+3 letters: outspeaks. | |
+4 letters: bankrupted, outsparkle. | |
+5 letters: outsparkled, outsparkles, outspeaking, supermarket, supertanker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 70 74 61 6B 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- .--. - .- -.- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01110000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U p t a k e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 0070 0074 0061 006B 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558286677771 |
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