Trap definition

Trap means fixed gear anchored to the bottom, usually containing a guide net that leads bluefin tuna into an enclosure or series of enclosures where it is kept prior to harvesting or farming;
Trap means a pipe fitting or portion of a sanitary appliance designed to retain water seal which serves as a barrier against the flow of foul air or gas, in position;
Trap means a pipe fitting or a portion of a sanitary appliance that is designed to retain a water seal in position;

Examples of Trap in a sentence

  • We conclude that TRAP proteins are conceptually a blend between an ABC importer and a secondary transporter, which we describe as an ‘elevator-with-an-operator’.

  • Unlike other secondary transporters, TRAP transporters cannot receive their substrates directly, but do so by using a secreted soluble substrate-binding protein.

  • Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporters are a major class of secondary transporters found only in bacteria and archaea.

  • TRAP activity, ARS staining, OPN and COL1A1 levels were quantified by ImageJ software and expressed as percentage of positive area (mean value ± SD, 5 sections per sample, n=3) after7 days of MK-4 treatment (21 days of co-culture in OM, see Figure 1B).

  • The TRAP agents stood side by side in the archway in silence for several minutes, taking in the almost surreal scene.


More Definitions of Trap

Trap means any trap, springtrap, snare, gin, cage, net, pitfall or birdlime and any other device or method whatsoever which can be used or adapted for the capture of wild animals;
Trap means a fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal that will prevent the back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
Trap means any fitting designed to retain a quantity of water for the purpose of preventing the passage of air or gases through such fitting;
Trap means to take or harvest or participate in the taking or harvesting of any wildlife protected by state law by setting or placing any mechanical device, snare, deadfall, pit, or device intended to take wildlife or to remove wildlife from any of these devices.
Trap means to take or attempt to take any wildlife by means involving the use of a trap, net, snare or other device used for the purpose of capture.
Trap means a pipe fitting, or part of a sanitary appliance, that retains liquid to prevent the passage of foul air; and
Trap means to take or harvest or participate in the taking or harvesting of any wildlife protected by