Used in a Sentence

heng

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for heng.

Editorial note

In terms of next-generation sequence analysis, Heng Li's BWA mapper and Samtools libraries are fairly good.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A Chinese surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of heng gathered in one view.

noun

A Chinese surname.

noun

A Chinese surname from Teochew.

noun

(historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhengding, Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heng.

noun

A Chinese surname.

noun

A Chinese surname from Teochew.

noun

(historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhengding, Shijiazhuang, Hebei

noun

(historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Quyang, Baoding, Hebei

Example sentences

1

In terms of next-generation sequence analysis, Heng Li's BWA mapper and Samtools libraries are fairly good.

2

Mandarin: wo jue de heng leng Hokkien: wa chi tio jin na leng Teochew: wa chi tio jin nga ngang etc...

3

It has investigated the Bank of China, Banco Delta Asia, and Seng Heng Bank.

4

I was around when bwa was developed and was working in a collaboration with Heng Li (I was working on SOLiD R&D).

5

Any development emails were between Heng and our team, we never spoke with Durbin.

6

Note, Heng Li[0] is a significant figure in Bioinformatics software.

7

(Investigators were not able to recover anything, however, from the iPhone Xu Heng had been carrying.

8

[3][4] In AD 132, Zhang Heng created the first seismometer to study or detect earthquakes.

9

It's a shame that indispensable knowledge like this has been lost forever and this also happened to the earliest earthquake sensor instrument invented by Zhang Heng back in 132 A.

10

[0], [0]: Kang, Min Gyung, Pongsin Poosankam, and Heng Yin.

11

Apparently, this list is also shared with other Hainanese descendants that share the Heng family name (maybe we have a shared lineage?) because my relatives have a habit of looking in the obituaries for fellow dead Hengs and to see how far along the list they've come.

Quote examples

1

"Injured in three landmine explosions and wearing a prosthetic plastic leg, Heng Heap said..." The Indiana Jones movies always show ancient traps set around ruins.

2

A westerner not knowing Hasan Ibn al-Hatham, Zhang Heng, and Aryabhata is less surprising (I learned their names in the last 15 minutes), but I think one ought to at least look for counterexamples before asserting any particular culture to be "better" at a thing.

Proper noun examples

1

Heng and Winn respond: As pointed out to us by Drs.

2

It would be good fun to occasionally look at the list of flagged posts just like it's fun to occasionally poke fun at William Heng.

3

Heng Li is an outstanding contributor to bioinformatics.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use heng in a sentence?

In terms of next-generation sequence analysis, Heng Li's BWA mapper and Samtools libraries are fairly good.

What does heng mean?

A Chinese surname.

What part of speech is heng?

heng is commonly used as noun.