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  • critical constants — the physical constants that express the properties of a substance in its critical state
  • cultural diversity — the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution: Dying languages and urbanization are threats to cultural diversity.
  • cyclic pitch lever — a lever in a helicopter to change the angle of attack of individual rotor blades, causing the helicopter to move forwards, backwards, or sideways
  • cytoarchitectonics — Cytoarchitecture.
  • deferred liability — income received in advance and carried forward as a liability until the associated goods, services, or benefits are delivered
  • definitive plumage — the plumage of a bird that, once attained, does not change significantly in color or pattern for the rest of the bird's life.
  • deinstitutionalize — to discharge (a patient) as from a mental institution
  • demand liabilities — the assets of a financial institution that are demandable by depositors
  • demilitarized zone — an area from which military presence or function has been removed
  • democratic deficit — any situation in which there is believed to be a lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision-making process
  • depository library — a library designated by law to receive without charge all or a selection of the official publications of a government.
  • digital audio tape — a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT.
  • digital humanities — (used with a singular verb) the study of literature, philosophy, etc., as facilitated by computer technology or digital media: Digital humanities uses data analysis to find patterns in large bodies of text. the set of methodologies used in such scholarship.
  • digital multimeter — (electronics)   (DMM) A peice of test equipment used for measuring voltage, current, resistance, and possibly other electircal quantities and displaying the value in number form.
  • digital signatures — digital signature
  • digital switchover — the process of changing the method of transmitting television from analogue to digital format
  • digital technology — the branch of scientific or engineering knowledge that deals with the creation and practical use of digital or computerized devices, methods, systems, etc.: advances in digital technology.
  • digital television — a television broadcasting technology in which signals are transmitted as a sequence of binary numbers.
  • digital video disc — Digital Versatile Disc
  • disability pension — a pension paid to people who are unable to continue to work because of a disability
  • disproportionality — not in proportion; disproportionate.
  • distinguishability — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • division algorithm — the theorem that an integer can be written as the sum of the product of two integers, one a given positive integer, added to a positive integer smaller than the given positive integer. Compare Euclidean algorithm.
  • double white lines — parallel white lines on a roadway, usually indicating a barrier to crossing
  • dried-fruit beetle — a small beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus, of worldwide distribution, that infests ripe, dried, and fermenting fruits, especially figs and dates.
  • dwarf storage unit — (humour)   (DSU) An IBM term for a cupboard.
  • dysfunctionalities — Plural form of dysfunctionality.
  • eigendecomposition — (linear algebra) The factorization of a matrix into a canonical form, whereby the matrix is represented in terms of its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
  • electrical circuit — An electrical circuit is a complete route that an electric current can flow around.
  • electricity strike — a time when workers at an electricity company stop supplying power as a protest at working conditions
  • electronic editing — editing of a sound or vision tape recording by electronic rerecording rather than by physical cutting
  • electrostatic unit — any unit that belongs to a system of electrical cgs units in which the electric constant is given the value of unity and is taken as a pure number
  • emotional literacy — the ability to deal with one's emotions and recognize their causes
  • enantioselectivity — (chemistry) The selectivity of a reaction towards one of a pair of enantiomers.
  • equivalent circuit — an arrangement of simple electrical components that is electrically equivalent to a complex circuit and is used to simplify circuit analysis
  • euclid's algorithm — (algorithm)   (Or "Euclidean Algorithm") An algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers. It relies on the identity gcd(a, b) = gcd(a-b, b) To find the GCD of two numbers by this algorithm, repeatedly replace the larger by subtracting the smaller from it until the two numbers are equal. E.g. 132, 168 -> 132, 36 -> 96, 36 -> 60, 36 -> 24, 36 -> 24, 12 -> 12, 12 so the GCD of 132 and 168 is 12. This algorithm requires only subtraction and comparison operations but can take a number of steps proportional to the difference between the initial numbers (e.g. gcd(1, 1001) will take 1000 steps).
  • european community — an economic and political association of European States that came into being in 1967, when the legislative and executive bodies of the European Economic Community merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community: subsumed into the European Union in 1993
  • excess profits tax — a tax on profits exceeding a certain amount
  • exhibition killing — the murder of a hostage by terrorists, filmed for broadcasting on television or the internet
  • eyewitness account — a description given by someone who was present at an event
  • fabric conditioner — a product used when washing clothes to make them feel softer
  • fall-back position — an alternative plan
  • ferrite-rod aerial — a type of aerial, normally used in radio reception, consisting of a small coil of wire mounted on a ferrite core, the coil serving as a tuning inductance
  • finite-dimensional — (of a vector space) having a basis consisting of a finite number of elements.
  • fishing expedition — a legal proceeding mainly for the purpose of interrogating an adversary, or of examining his or her property and documents, in order to gain useful information.
  • fitness instructor — physical trainer, exercise teacher
  • fitzwilliam museum — a museum, attached to Cambridge University and founded in 1816, noted esp for its paintings and collections devoted to the applied arts
  • floating partition — a partition running parallel to and between two joists and resting on blocking between them.
  • for the hell of it — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • foundling hospital — an institutional home for foundlings.
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