VOR
AmericanEtymology
Origin of VOR
v(ery high frequency) o(mni) r(ange)
Example Sentences
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When they treated 30-day-old SCN2A mice -- equivalent to late adolescence in humans -- their VOR became less rigid but was still unusually sensitive to body motion.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
Worthington managed several teams in the VOR, including Puma Ocean Racing in the 2011-12 race when Rome Kirby was on the crew.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2020
Tuke said he became smitten with sailing in the VOR after reading a book about the 2001-02 race, “Ocean Warriors,” by Australian author Rob Mundle.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2017
Deficits in the VOR may be related to vestibular damage, such as in Ménière’s disease, or from dorsal brain stem damage that would affect the eye movement nuclei or their connections through the MLF.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The captain’s strategy was to use the VOR to get the plane close and then, once he could see the lights of the runway, to land the plane visually.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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