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  • constructed type — (types)   A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
  • consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
  • consumption weed — groundsel tree.
  • contingency fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
  • costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • counter-tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • cracked up to be — alleged or believed to be
  • curried function — (mathematics, programming)   A function of N arguments that is considered as a function of one argument which returns another function of N-1 arguments. E.g. in Haskell we can define: average :: Int -> (Int -> Int) (The parentheses are optional). A partial application of average, to one Int, e.g. (average 4), returns a function of type (Int -> Int) which averages its argument with 4. In uncurried languages a function must always be applied to all its arguments but a partial application can be represented using a lambda abstraction: \ x -> average(4,x) Currying is necessary if full laziness is to be applied to functional sub-expressions. It was named after the logician Haskell Curry but the 19th-century logician, Gottlob Frege was the first to propose it and it was first referred to in ["Uber die Bausteine der mathematischen Logik", M. Schoenfinkel, Mathematische Annalen. Vol 92 (1924)]. Stefan Kahrs <[email protected]> reported hearing somebody in Germany trying to introduce "scho"nen" for currying and "finkeln" for "uncurrying". The verb "scho"nen" means "to beautify"; "finkeln" isn't a German word, but it suggests "to fiddle".
  • cut down to size — to reduce the prestige or importance of
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • debenture holder — a person or organization holds a debenture
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • decontextualized — removed from the usual context
  • dehumidification — Dehumidification is the removal of vapor from a gas-vapor mixture.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
  • denaturalization — The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
  • denuclearization — The act or process of denuclearizing.
  • departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
  • deuterocanonical — of or constituting a second or subsequent canon; specif., designating certain Biblical books accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, but held by Protestants to be apocryphal
  • diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
  • digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
  • direct discourse — quotation of a speaker in which the speaker's exact words are repeated.
  • direction number — the component of a vector along a given line; any number proportional to the direction cosines of a given line.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • discourteousness — The state or quality of being discourteous.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
  • doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
  • document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
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