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  • poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
  • praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
  • pre-registration — the act of registering.
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • process printing — a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.
  • processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • progress payment — an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • project planning — project management
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
  • proto-algonquian — the unattested parent language from which the Algonquian languages are descended.
  • provost sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.
  • put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • rate of exchange — exchange rate.
  • rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • regent bowerbird — a bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, the males of which have deep black plumage with brilliant golden head, neck, and wing patches and build elaborate bowers.
  • regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
  • regional network — mid-level network
  • register tonnage — the volume of a vessel, especially the net tonnage as measured officially and registered for purposes of taxation.
  • registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
  • rejection region — the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is rejected.
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • restoring spring — a spring so located that it returns a displaced part to its normal position.
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
  • ribbon lightning — a repeated lightning discharge in which successive strokes are displaced from each other by wind, resulting in a broadened appearance.
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
  • right outer join — outer join
  • rigid designator — an expression that identifies the same individual in every possible world: for example, "Shakespeare" is a rigid designator since it is possible that Shakespeare might not have been a playwright but not that he might not have been Shakespeare
  • rising diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava [gwah-vuh] /ˈgwɑ və/ (Show IPA).
  • roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
  • rolling friction — frictional resistance to rotation or energy losses in rolling bearings
  • rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
  • saratoga springs — a city in E New York: health resort; horse races.
  • seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
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