different between delivery vs electropulsation

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?v(?)?i/
• Rhymes: -?v??i

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

2. The act of conveying something.

   The delivery was completed by four.

   delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

3. The item which has been conveyed.

   Your delivery is on the table.

4. The act of giving birth

   The delivery was painful.

5. (baseball) A pitching motion.

   His delivery has a catch in it.

6. (baseball) A thrown pitch.

   Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

7. The manner of speaking.

   The actor's delivery was flawless.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55

     I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
8. (medicine) The administration of a drug.

   Drug delivery system.

9. (cricket) A ball bowled.
10. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
11. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

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Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delivery.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.?li.ve.?i/

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries)

1. (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)

   Synonym: entrega

Spanish

Etymology

From English delivery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?libe?i/, [d?e?li.??e.?i]

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

1. delivery

English

Etymology

electro- +? pulsation

Noun

electropulsation (plural electropulsations)

1. (biology, physics) The application of pulses of electricity to individual cells in order to make its membrane temporarily permeable
2. (medicine) The application of this technique to aid drug delivery