Random Analogies
Mucho Momentumo
a: Climate change ~
b: a train
What: "Climate change is like a train: it starts slowly, but it's awfully hard to stop once it gains a bit of momentum"
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Writer: climatereality
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Date: Nov 24 2012 11:11 AM
# 2476 Critique Analogy
Grap And Hold....
a: Edta ~
b: 4 finger molecular claw
What: EDTA is a molecule that can chelate metals. The claw is made up of 4 carboxylic acid groups, each of which resembles a single molecule of acetic acid. Each molecule has a negative charge. Together they can bind to positively charged metals. When this binding occurs, the metal, is much more soluble that it would be without the chelation process. This is how this would work in a pure solution, that is, in test tubes, sitting in a lab bench. How it works in a clinical setting is not clear, at least to this writer.
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Writer: LucretiaG
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jul 10 2013 4:22 PM
# 3344 Critique Analogy
Not A Messay Dash
a: The hyphen ~
b: milk without chocolate syrup
What: "A hyphen hyphenates. No shortcuts are needed to create the hyphen. The hyphen has its own key - right next to the zero - on your keyboard. It is what it is, nothing fancy. A hyphen is like milk without chocolate syrup. It's plain ol' vanilla ice cream (and sometimes vanilla is all we need, right?)."
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Writer: Donya Lynne
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:50 PM
# 4017 Critique Analogy
a: Proton gradient ~
b: charging a battery
What:
"I'm sure you already know that mitochondria are the "powerhouse of the cell", which involves pumping protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane to generate a proton gradient. Generating the proton gradient is like charging a battery, and it provides the energy required for various mitochondrial proteins to function."
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Writer: electronseer
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Date: Dec 6 2014 10:28 AM
# 6599 Critique Analogy
