Such an interferometer provides a means of absolute temperature measurement, and may be used as an alternative to the gas thermometer.

It also means that their letters can be used as an alternative method of " numbering " ordered items, in such contexts as numbered lists.

Arbitration may also serve a distinct purpose: as an alternative to strikes and lockouts as a means of resolving labor disputes.

As an alternative, the extra two times 15-minutes may be played as " Golden goal " which means that the first team that scores during the extra-time wins the game.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also defines the communication to include the display of text, Braille, tactile communication, large print, accessible multimedia, as well as written and plain language, human-reader, augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, including accessible information and communication technology.

For the purpose of section 243 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act 1992, a crime means an offence punishable on indictment, or an offence punishable on summary conviction, and for the commission of which the offender is liable under the statute making the offence punishable to be imprisoned either absolutely or at the discretion of the court as an alternative for some other punishment.

Sometimes this means that a spiral is a better alternative.

Instead, radical psychologists examined the role of society in causing and treating problems and looked towards social change as an alternative to therapy to treat mental illness and as a means of preventing psychopathology.

An alternative derivation is from the Gaelic Domhnain which merely means " land " and leads to the meaning " people of the land ", Latinised as Dumnonii.

: Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

Through consciousness of the means of production and opposition of sexist ideologies, films made by women have the potential to posit an alternative to traditional Hollywood films.

In modern homes without chimneys he uses alternative means to enter the home.

This means that for cars, bicycles and many other ' light ' mechanical products, the alternative to electroplating bolts and nuts is not hot dip zinc coating but making the bolts and nuts from stainless steel ( known by the corrosion grades A4 and A2 ).

These characteristics make Hall effect devices better for position sensing than alternative means such as optical and electromechanical sensing.

Transformative learners utilize discourse as a means of critically examination and reflection “ devoted to assessing reasons presented in support of competing interpretations, by critically examining evidence, arguments, and alternative points of view .” When circumstances permit, transformative learners move toward a frame of reference that is more inclusive, discriminating, self-reflective, and integrative of experience.

The name Larissa, inherited from the Pelasgian settlers — an alternative name for the district was Pelasgiotis — was common to many Pelasgian towns: the ancient Greek word larissa means " stronghold ".

" Court systems are eager to introduce mandatory mediation as a means to meet their needs to reduce case loads and adversarial litigation, and participants who understand the empowerment of mediation to self-determine their own agreements are equally as eager to embrace mediation as an alternative to costly and potentially harmful litigation.

Its main purpose was to offer a wider group of citizens an alternative way of opposition against the authoritarian communist regime by means of a peaceful protest that used absurd and nonsensical elements.

Dziga Vertov claimed in his 1924 manifesto, “ The Birth of Kino-Eye ” that “ the cinema-eye is cinema-truth .” To paraphrase Hilmar Hoffman, this means that in film, only what the camera ‘ sees ’ exists, and the viewer, lacking alternative perspectives, conventionally takes the image for reality.

Recent environmental requirements restrict the use of volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ), and alternative means of curing have been developed, particularly for industrial purposes.

An alternative viewpoint of some credobaptists is that since all Christians are predestined to salvation ( John 15: 16, 1 Cor. 1: 27, Eph. 1: 4, 1 Pt. 2: 4 ), God will not allow his elect to die before receiving their need, even if they are in old age ( Luke 2: 25-35 ), an argument whose relation to baptism whether of infants or adults is unclear, unless it means that infants who die without coming to explicit belief and baptism are not among God's elect.

Graphical passwords are an alternative means of authentication for log-in intended to be used in place of conventional password ; they use images, graphics or colours instead of letters, digits or special characters.

FARC has called for crop substitution programs that would allow coca farmers to find alternative means of income and subsistence.

Singapore's only cable car system, the Singapore Cable Car, plies between Mount Faber on the main island of Singapore and the resort island of Sentosa as an alternative means of accessing that tourist attraction.

An alternative explanation is suggested by mouse studies ; immunity against mycobacteria stops BCG from replicating and so stops it from producing an immune response.

Instead a different process, that of producing an alternative book, led to the publication of Series 1, 2 and 3 in the 1960s, the 1980 Alternative Service Book and subsequently to the 2000 Common Worship series of books.

In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s in America, various underground scenes either directly evolved from punk or at least applied its attitudes to new styles, in the process producing the alternative rock and indie music scenes.

Sunflowers also produce latex, and are the subject of experiments to improve their suitability as an alternative crop for producing hypoallergenic rubber.

In 1968, Ralph Bakshi, along with producer Steve Krantz, founded Bakshi Productions, establishing the studio as an alternative to mainstream animation by producing animation his own way and accelerating the advancement of female and minority animators.

Some manuscripts show evidence that particular care was taken in their composition, for example, by including alternative readings in their margins, demonstrating that more than one prior copy ( exemplar ) was consulted in producing the current one.

The late 1990s also saw an emergence of underground music producing alternative Turkish rock, electronica, hip-hop, rap and dance music in opposition to the mainstream corporate pop and arabesque genres, which many believe have become too commercial.

Covering a tune, was therefore, not offering an alternative rendition, but of producing a copy as a direct alternative to compete for airtime, sales and placement on the hit parade charts.

An alternative method of producing early coins, particularly found in Asia, especially in China, was to cast coins using molds.

In the late 1960s, animator Ralph Bakshi and producer Steve Krantz founded Bakshi Productions, establishing the studio as an alternative to mainstream animation by producing animation his own way and accelerating the advancement of female and minority animators.

Seeking an alternative source of spice to break the Bene Gesserit monopoly, he meets with Uxtal, the last of the Lost Tleilaxu, hoping that he can rediscover the method of producing melange in axlotl tanks ( a secret believed lost when the Bene Tleilax were destroyed by the Honored Matres ).

They are widely used in laboratory demonstrations in the field of optics in view of their relatively low cost and ease of operation compared to other visible lasers producing beams of similar quality in terms of spatial coherence ( a single mode gaussian beam ) and long coherence length ( however since about 1990 semiconductor lasers have offered a lower cost alternative for many such applications ).

P ( D ) should be the probability of producing the data, but on its own is difficult to calculate, so an alternative way to describe this relationship is as one of proportionality:

He later succeeded in producing an alternative theory of gravitation, General Relativity, which obeys the principle of locality.

An alternative approach capable of producing a very narrow distribution of grain sizes but with low throughput consists of a rapidly spinning bowl heated to well above the melting point of the material to be powdered.

However, one of the energy producing wind turbines planned for the area might provide an alternative visual reference point, both from the Firth of Forth and from inland approaches to Methil, replacing the powers station's chimney.

The primary transcript produced by this gene undergoes alternative splicing, producing three distinct messenger RNAs.

Street also worked with alternative post-punk band White Lies when they were known as Fear Of Flying, producing " Routemaster " and " Three's A Crowd ".

At Princeton, Wilson eventually took over Smyth's project: an alternative approach to electromagnetic separation from Lawrence's Calutrons, for the purpose of separating the valuable light isotope of uranium from the immensely more common heavy one ( a key step to producing an atomic bomb ).

West Texas has become notable for its numerous wind turbines producing clean, alternative electricity.

Although free replacements are available ( in terms of open source gantt chart producing software ) no free alternative to a visualisation of the most popular software is available.

Clemencia Rodriguez explains, " I could see how producing alternative media messages implies much more than simply challenging the mainstream media ...

In addition the alternative country movement, producing such figures as Steve Earle and Uncle Tupelo, can be seen as part of the roots rock tendency.