BY MEANS OF

Agency

Adverb: by the -agency; n.- of; through; (instrumentality); by means of.

Instrumentality

Adverb: through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of; Noun: along with; on the shoulders of; by means of; by the aid of, with the aid of; (assistance).

Means

Adverb: by means of, with; by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith, herewith, therewith; wherewithal.

Crosswords: BY MEANS OF

References

• The World Market for Narrow Woven Fabrics and Narrow Fabrics Consisting of Warp without Weft Assembled by Means of an Adhesive: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Bantam Classic) (reference)

• Gematria : a preliminary investigation of the Cabala contained in the Coptic Gnostic books, and of a similar Gematria in the Greek text of the New Testament : showing the presence of a system of teaching by means of the doctrinal significance of numbers, (reference)

• Regime Transitions, Spillovers, and Buffer Stocks: Analyzing the Swiss Economy by Means of a Disequilibrium Model (Lecture Notes in Economics and Ma) (reference)

• Test Method for Apparent Bending Modulus of Plastics by Means of a Cantilever Beam (D747) (reference)

• History of the United States, Republic of the Americas: Exhibited in Connexion with it's Chronology and Progressive Geography by Means of a Series of Maps (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown are surgeons and a nurse performing a Thoracoscopy by which they are examining the pleural cavity by means of an Endoscope to later perform a biopsy. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Collecting plankton by means of pumping water on board through a rubber hose. Plate VI, print 10. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 67. Mecabolier bottle, a mass-produced inverting water sampling bottle. This instrument closes by means of a valve and is a modern form of the Knudsen type. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U.S. Army. General Hospital No. 21 : Patient recerving treatment administered by means of equipment from the "Emergency Unit". Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Distillation by means of a metallic still. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Three men, two with glasses raised in a toast, seated at a table, a fourth man stands in the background; the man seated in the left foreground appears to be manipulating the camera by means of a cord. Credit: Library of Congress.

This wood-cut [...] shows Prof. Graham Bell lecturing to an audience at Salem, Mass. [And] ... illustrating his demonstration by means of a telephone placed before his audience and communicating with his laboratory at Boston, fourteen miles away. Credit: Library of Congress.

Itinerant preacher broadcasting to his audience by means of public address system on streets of Marshall, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sawing shingles by means of circular saw, Jefferson, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks by means of Hewlett [i.e. Hulett] unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. (reference)

The German Army may only be constituted and recruited by means of voluntary enlistment. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

*(4) (r)To break a pane by means of a plaster of mastic, which, sticking to the window, holds the glass and prevents noise.

By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall, and move from one place to another.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It also offers public education, disseminates information by means of its brochures, and raises public awareness of Parkinson's disease. (references)

The larvae then begin their journey through the body. Once through the intestinal wall, they reach the lungs by means of the blood or lymphatic system. (references)

Other catheter techniques are also being developed for opening narrowed coronary arteries, including laser and mechanical devices applied by means of catheters. (references)

Business

Additional capital may be provided by means of a cross-border loan to a lease company. (references)

Venezuela's power sector is in the process of deregulation by means of a new legal framework. (references)

In Sweden, the EU Council directives on public procurement have been implemented by means of the Law of Public Procurement. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

This campaign, reportedly accompanied by other efforts to "Burmanize" the Chin, has involved a large increase in military units stationed in Chin State and other predominately Chin areas, state-sponsored migration of Buddhist Burman monks from other regions, and construction of Buddhist monasteries and shrines in Chin communities with few or no Buddhists, often by means of forced "donations" of money or labor. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

Changes of government were effected primarily by means of a long series of mostly bloodless coups. (references)

Venezuela

Summary- Venezuela's electric power sector is in the process of deregulation by means of a new legal framework. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

A particularly serious abuse of due process is the prosecution's ability to base its case on evidence gathered by means of torture. (references)

Macau

Any evidence obtained by means of wrongful interference in private life, home, correspondence, or telecommunications without the consent of the concerned person may not be used in court. (references)

Minorities

Albania

Minority leaders cite the Government's unwillingness to recognize the existence of ethnic Greek towns, such as Himara, that are not considered part of communist-era "minority zones"; to utilize Greek on official documents and on public signs in ethnic Greek areas; to address effectively crimes committed against ethnic Greeks, particularly allegations that communal property is being taken illegally by means of fraudulent documents and in some cases with complicity of the courts; to ascertain the size of the ethnic Greek population; and to include a higher number of ethnic Greeks in public administration. (references)

Political Economy

Afghanistan

The Taliban imposed strict and oppressive order by means of stiff punishments for crimes in the areas that it controlled. (references)

Burma

The regime has reinforced its rule by means of a pervasive security apparatus controlled by military intelligence, which sharply restricts the rights of free speech, press, assembly, and association. (references)

PAKISTAN

There has been a greater degree of transparency in procurement practices since the current government took office in October 1999. International tenders are now properly advertised and the past practice of sole-source contracting by means of company-specific specifications has been eliminated. (references)

Political Rights

France

The citizens of the "collective territory" of Mayotte and the territories of French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, and New Caledonia determine their legal and political relationships to France by means of referendums, and they elect deputies and senators to the French Parliament, along with the overseas departments. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

The Government of Uzbekistan restricts imports by means of a system of import contract registration that severely limits the availability of foreign exchange. (references)

Guatemala

The GSM-102 program was designed to facilitate U.S. agriculture exports by means of granting U.S. banks a guarantee of 98 percent on loans made under the program. (references)

Worker Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

Often women were trafficked through deception, and were lured abroad, at times by means of newspaper advertisements and under the pretext of legitimate employment. (references)

Ireland

There is no specific legislation addressing trafficking in women for sexual criminal activities, although laws prohibit the exploitation of prostitutes, and the exploitation of prostitutes by means of coercion or fraud. (references)

Central African Republic

The law does not prohibit specifically trafficking in persons; however, traffickers can be prosecuted under laws against slavery, labor code violations, mandatory school age laws, and laws against the exploitation of prostitution by means of coercion or fraud. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "BY MEANS OF": argue by means of facts ♦ by means of smth. ♦ control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ extraction by means of selective solvents ♦ Formal description of arbitrary systems by means of functional languages ♦ intelligent process control by means of expert systems. Additional references.

Afrikaans

per (a, by, in, inside, into, on, per, through, with, within), met (by, on, through, with), deur (by, door, from, gate, of, on, since, through, with). (various references)

Albanian

me anë të (by, by dint of, on, per, through, with). (various references)

Arabic 

‏بفضل (by dint of, by virtue of, due to), ‏بواسطة (by, through, via), ‏ب بواسطة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

с помощта на (by dint of), посредством (by, by dint of, by virtue of, on, per, via). (various references)

Chinese 

通過 (through, to adopt, to get through, to pass through, to switch over, via), 藉 (in disorder), 借 (excuse, pretext, to borrow, to lend). (various references)

Czech

pomocí èeho (by dint of). (various references)

Danish

bladvinkelregulering (regulation by means of pitch control), foderbordet bliver ved hjaelp af et motorspil trukket ud og ind (the feeding tables are hauled in and out by means of a motor winch), kokskagen bliver trykket ud af ovnen med koksudstoedningsmaskinen og derefter styrtet ud paa en slukningsrampe eller bragt til slukningstaarnet (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), induktionslogging er en metode,hvor ledeevnen eller den reciprokke vaerdi,modstanden,i formationerne maales ved hjaelp af induceret stroem uden hjaelp af elektroder (induction logging is a method wherein the conductivity or its reciprocal, of the formations is measured by means of induced currents without the help of electrodes, the resistivity), i visse havne,der ikke kan anloebes af skibe med stor tonnage,sker lastning og losning ved hjaelp af en fleksibel ledning,der kaldes sea-line,og som forbinder kajanlaegget med et fortoejningssted i rum soe (in some ports, inaccessible to ships of large tonnage, loading and unloading are carried out by means of a flexible pipeline called a sealine, which connects the quay to a mooring point at sea), i grovvaerket valses blokkene til slabs eller halvfabrikata (ingots are worked to slabs or semi-finished products by means of roughing mills), i den elektrokemiske gasanalysator til maaling af luftforurening ved hjaelp af en sniffer benyttes en maalecelle af en ny type (the electrochemical gas analyser measuring air pollution by means of a sniffling device uses a measuring cell of a new type), i anlaeg,hvor staldgoedningen goeres flydende,findeles goedningen,og samtidig tilsaettes vand,som goer det muligt at sprede goedningen ved hjaelp af specielle vandingsanlaeg (manure liquifying plants tear up the dung and mix it with water, so as to enable spreading by means of special sprayers), hurtigere ombytning af transportable roerledninger ved hjaelp af et roerstativ paa en vogn (attached to the trailer, quicker shifting of portable piping by means of a pipe carrier), gracilisplastik (plastic operation by means of gracilis muscle), gennem forlods fradrag (by means of deduction beforehand), formel beskrivelse af vilkårlige systemer ved hjælp af funktionelle sprog (Formal description of arbitrary systems by means of functional languages), ændringer i bevillinger ved overførsler (amendments to appropriations introduced by means of transfer), foer roerne spirer,bekaempes det allerede spirede ukrudt med en ukrudtsstrigle med lille tangvaegt,men mange taender (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), man sammenligner informationerne fra maalepunkterne ved hjaelp af to pneumatiske forbindelsesledninger, hvoraf den ene har funktion som aktiveringskredsloeb, mens den anden fungerer som feed back eller automatisk retur (an interrogation and a pass-back line, the informations provided by the individual measuring points are compared by means of two pneumatic communication lines), fleksibel tvaerophaengning (flexible cross-span suspension, flexible cross-span suspension by means of wire or cable, flexible gantry, head span), en infraroedt-gasanalysator fungerer ved hjaelp af en todelt cuvette (ultrared gas-analyzing equipment works by means of a two part cuvette), elevator-kartoffeloptager bliver betjent fra traktoren ved hjaelp af snoretraek (potato elevator-diggers are controlled from the tractor by means of belt pulleys), ekstraktion med selektive oploesningsmidler (extraction by means of selective solvents), ectoparasitter, som forbliver paa vaertsorganismens overflade og traenger ind ved hjaelp af saerlige sugeorganer (ectophytic parasites, penetrate to the inside by means of special suctorial organs, which remain on the outside of the host tissue), at beskytte koeleslangerne ved hjaelp af offeranoder af magnesium (to protect the cooling coils by means of sacrificial anodes of magnesium), akselkasse der er fastgjort til boggien med smaa styrearme (axle-box fastened to the bogie frame by means of small articulated rods), afkobling mellem toget og den foerste kulvogn boer styres ved hjaelp af fotoelektrisk relaesikring eller andre former for optisk kontrol (light barriers or other devices, the uncoupling between the locomotive and the first car must be controlled by means of photoelectric relays), åbning op for områder ved hjælp af turistveje (opening up of scenic areas to the public by means of tourist routes), ændringer ved tillægs-eller ændringsbudgetter (amendments introduced by means of supplementary or amending budgets), fordelingstransaktionerne bestaar af transaktioner,hvorved hjemmehoerende produktionsenheders vaerditilvaekst samt faktorindkomsten fra den oevrige verden fordeles,og hvorved indkomst og formue omfordeles (and also by means of which income and wealth are redistributed, distributive transactions are transactions by means of which the value added by resident producer units and factor income originating from the rest of the world are distributed), roentgenroerets spaending blev bestemt ved hjaelp af et milliamperemeter og en l25-megaohm modstand af Taylor-typen (the x-ray tube potential was determined by means of a milliammeter and a 125-megohm Taylor-type resistor), varicesklerosering (treatment by means of injections to correct varicose, varicosclerosation), våben der afskyder projektiler udelukkende ved en fjedermekanisme (arm propelling projectiles by means of a spring only), undersoeiske roerledninger boer beskyttes katodisk,normalt ved hjaelp af offeranoder i form af baand,der spaendes fast omkring roeret med regelmaessige mellemrum (submarine pipelines should be cathodically protected, usually by means of sacrificial anodes in the form of bracelets strapped at regular intervals around the pipe), tværfelt (flexible cross-span suspension, flexible cross-span suspension by means of wire or cable, flexible gantry, head span), transporten i skakten foregaar ved hjaelp af elevatorbure eller skips (winding is done by means of either cages or skips), traekning under indflydelse af en damsptroem eller luftstroem (drawing by means of fluids), stroemtaetheds-potential-kurven optages ved hjaelp af en potentiostatisk eller potentiodynamisk maaleopstilllng (the current density potential curve is ascertained by means of a static or dynamic potentiometer), Stirling-motoren eller varmluftmotoren drives af en arbejdsgas,helium,der opvarmes af en udvendig braender og afkoeles igen af en koeler ventileret med den omgivende luft (in the Stirling engine the working liquid is helium, is heated by an external burner, then re-cooled by means of a cooler ventilated by the ambient air, which remains in its gaseous state), slipkobling (control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically), skrue svelleskruer i (to fasten by means of a sleeper-screw), scleroserende behandling af aareknuder (treatment by means of injections to correct varicose, varicosclerosation), Særprogram for forskning og teknologisk udvikling samt demonstration,der skal gennemføres for Det Europæiske Fællesskab,dels af FFC,dels ved hjælp af konkurrencebaseret teknisk-videnskabelig støtte til Fællesskabets politik (by means of activities within the framework of a competitive approach and intended for scientific and technical support to Community policies, by the JRC and, including demonstration, on the one hand, on the other, Specific programme for research and technological development, to be carried out for the European Community), laesset traekkes mekanisk af fladvognen ved hjaelp af et underliggende traadnet (the load is drawn mechanically from the flat-bodied trailer by means of underlying wire netting), pitchregulering (regulation by means of pitch control), mange forskellige typer logs i borehullet tages ved hjaelp af instrumenter,der er egnede til brug nede i borehullet;de kaldes sonder,og saenkes ned i boringen i enden af et kabel (lowered into the wellbore on the end of a cable, many types of well logs are recorded by means of appropriate down-hole instruments called sondes), med god tilnaermelse at bestemme vekselvirkningen mellem korngraenserne og krystallitterne paa basis af rent kinematiske betragtninger (to determine the interaCtion of grain boundaries and crystallites with good approximation by means of purely kinematic reflec tions), naar jack-up boreplatformene flydende er bugseret ud til placeringsstedet,haeves de op over vandet ved hjaelp af et system,der goer det muligt at lade dem glide op langs ben,der er forankret i havbunden (after being floated to location, are raised above wave height by means of a system enabling them to climb up piles driven in the sea bed, or jack-up, platforms, self-elevating), naar reservoirtrykket ikke er tilstraekkelig hoejt til at faa olien til at komme op til overfladen af sig selv,benyttes en pumpemetode:bundpumpe med vippearm,den saakaldte gas lift-metode eller elektriske eller hydrauliske bundpumper (it may be pumped to the surface by means of beam pumping units or electric or hydraulic subsurface pumps:or gas lift(gas pumping)may be used, when pressure is insufficient to lift the oil by natural flow), Særprogram for forskning og teknologisk udvikling samt demonstration, der skal gennemføres for Det Europæiske Fællesskab, dels af FFC, dels ved hjælp af konkurrencebaseret teknisk-videnskabelig støtte til Fællesskabets politik (by means of activities within the framework of a competitive approach and intended for scientific and technical support to Community policies, by the JRC and, including demonstration, on the one hand, on the other, Specific programme for research and technological development, to be carried out for the European Community), paa ladepladser manoevreres kulvognene ved hjaelp af mekaniske skubbe- og traekkeanordninger (at the landings, the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers), roerstroemmen, svarende til en hoejspaending, der ved hjaelp af et potentiometer er indstillet paa sin maksimale vaerdi, varieres som funktion af minimal og maksimal lysstyrke og kontrast (the tube current at a high voltage set at maximum value by means of a potentiometer is to be varied as a function of minimum and maximum brightness and contrast), proevegravninger i gruber og render goer det muligt at udtage intakte jordproever og vurdere jordens forskydningsstyrke (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), regulering v.h.a.drejelige bladspidser (regulation by means of air brakes on blade tips), reklame på plakater (advertising by means of bills and posters). (various references)

Dutch

bý (an, at, at the rate of, bee, beside, by, during, for, near, near to, nearby, next to, on, per, through, to, toward, towards, whereas, while, whilst, with), per (an, by, in, inside, into, on, per, through, with, within), met (about, across from, against, at, because of, by, concerning, for, for sake of, in exchange for, including, inclusively, on, on account of, opposed to, opposite, owing to, through, upon, with), door tussenkomst van (per), door middel van (per), door bemiddeling van (per), door (because of, by, during, for, for sake of, from, of, on, on account of, owing to, since, through, with), aan (about, above, after, at, behind, beside, by, concerning, from, in, inside, into, near, near to, nearby, next to, no translation, of, on, over, per, recommend, since, through, to, toward, towards, upon, with, within). (various references)

Esperanto

per (by, on, through, with). (various references)

Estonian

teel. (various references)

Faeroese

við (at, beside, by, on, through, with), á (by, on, river, through, upon, with). (various references)

Finnish

-lla (by, on, through, upon, with). (various references)

French

au moyen de (by). (various references)

German

vermittels (by, on, through, with), mittels, durch (across, because of, by, by dint of, by force of, by means of smth., by way of, due to, on, owing to, per, through, throughout, thru, via, well done, with). (various references)

Greek 

μέσω (via), με την βοήθεια, με (by, me, with), διά (for, per, via). (various references)

Hawaiian

me anë të (by, on, through, with). (various references)

Hebrew 

על י�"י (by, per, through), באמצעות (by, per, through, via). (various references)

Hungarian

valami segítségével (by dint of). (various references)

Indonesian

melalui (experience, pass through, via). (various references)

Italian

per mezzo di (by, on, through, via, whereby, with). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

以て (because, by, in view of, with), によって異なる (according to, because of, due to, to differ depending on ...), �"そ泥 (because of this, besides, by doing, can, clicking, compact, drumming, dry, due to this, frightened, happens on occasions, hard, has occurred, hitch, in addition, it has been arrangedthat, it has been decidedthat, it is I who should say so, laboriously, lately, maybe, misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", moreover, perhaps, possibly, prejudice, puritanical, recently, regularToukai-line shinkansen, secretly, sneak-thief, sound of rapping, steadily, stealthily, such a thing happened, thanks to this, the other day, there are times when, through, to be able to, to be concerned about, to be particular about, to fuss over, to have done, to this extent, trouble, unflaggingly, untiringly, using, via). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

による (according to, because of, due to), �"とによって (by doing, through, using, via), もって (because, by, in view of, with). (various references)

Papiamen

pa medio di (by, on, through, with), ku (by, on, than, that, through, which, who, with). (various references)

Pig Latin

ybay eansmay ofay

Polish

za pomocą. (various references)

Portuguese

por meio de (at, on, per, with). (various references)

Romanian

servindu-se de, cu ajutorul (by dint of, by the instrumentality of, by way of, with the aid of). (various references)

Russian 

посредством (by dint of, by virtue of, by way of, dint, through the medium). (various references)

Scottish

trid, tre (through), le (by, in possession of, on, together with, with). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

putem (means: by means of, through, way: by way of), posredstvom (means: by means of, thanks to, through). (various references)

Spanish

por medio de (by, on, per, through, with). (various references)

Swedish

medelst (by). (various references)

Tagalog

sa pamamagitan (by, on, through, with). (various references)

Turkish

vasıtasıyla (by, by dint of, by the agency of, per, through the agency of, through the medium of, whereby). (various references)

Ukrainian

за допомогою (by dint of, via). (various references)

Welsh

trwy gyfrwng, trwy (by, through), acha (astride, on), â (by, through, with). (various references)

cum, cumelecta, cumque, mediante, per, propter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ambones, bemoans, bynames, soybean.

-3 letters: baymen, beanos, bemoan, byname, embays, foeman, maybes, moneys, yamens, yeoman.

-4 letters: abyes, abysm, aeons, ambos, amens, anomy, banes, beams, beamy, beano, beans, bemas, besom, bones, boney, ebons, ebony, embay, fames, fanes, fanos, foams, foamy, mabes, manes, manos, manse, mason, maybe, mayos, means, meany, mensa, meson, moans, monas, money.

+3 letters: flamboyances.

+4 letters: flamboyancies.