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Most traffic classes also introduce the concept of Cell Delay Variation Tolerance ( CDVT ), which defines the " clumping " of cells in time.
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation, also has a specific Technical Committee, TC333, that defines European standards for cycles.
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.
A centrifugal clutch is used in some vehicles ( e. g., Mopeds ) and also in other applications where the speed of the engine defines the state of the clutch, for example, in a chainsaw.
A recursive definition, sometimes also called an inductive definition, is one that defines a word in terms of itself, so to speak, albeit in a useful way.
With charity, the other concept that most defines the work and spirituality of the Order, study became the method most used by the Dominicans in working to defend the Church against the perils that hounded it, and also of enlarging its authority over larger areas of the known world.
Algebra also defines the rules and conventions of how it is written ( called algebraic notation ).
A class also defines its invariants, and contains other properties, such as a " notes " section for documentation and metadata.
The most common way to formalize this is by defining a field as a set together with two operations, usually called addition and multiplication, and denoted by + and ·, respectively, such that the following axioms hold ; subtraction and division are defined implicitly in terms of the inverse operations of addition and multiplication :< ref group =" note "> That is, the axiom for addition only assumes a binary operation The axiom of inverse allows one to define a unary operation that sends an element to its negative ( its additive inverse ); this is not taken as given, but is implicitly defined in terms of addition as " is the unique b such that ", " implicitly " because it is defined in terms of solving an equation — and one then defines the binary operation of subtraction, also denoted by "−", as in terms of addition and additive inverse.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines grok as " to understand intuitively or by empathy ; to establish rapport with " and " to empathise or communicate sympathetically ( with ); also, to experience enjoyment ".
For example, whilst the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics defines the area of Israel to include the annexed East Jerusalem and Golan Heights and to exclude the militarily controlled regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it defines the population of Israel to also include Israeli settlers living in the West Bank.
The ICAO defines an International Standard Atmosphere ( also known as ICAO Standard Atmosphere ), a model of the standard variation of pressure, temperature, density, and viscosity with altitude in the Earth's atmosphere.
It also defines addressing methods that are used to label the datagram source and destination.
The standard also defines the relationship between the major currency unit and any minor currency unit.
* Java Module System, a Java specification " defining a distribution format and a repository for collections of Java code and related resources ; it also defines the discovery, loading, and integrity mechanisms at runtime "
LCC should not be confused with LCCN, the system of Library of Congress Control Numbers assigned to all books ( and authors ), which also defines URLs of their online catalog entries, such as " 82006074 " and "< nowiki > http :// lccn. loc. gov / 82006074 </ nowiki >".
MPEG-2 Systems also defines the MPEG program stream, a container format designed for file-based media such as hard disk drives, optical discs and flash memory.
Civic nationalism ( also known as liberal nationalism ) defines the nation as an association of people who identify themselves as belonging to the nation, who have equal and shared political rights, and allegiance to similar political procedures.
The dynamic semantics ( also known as execution semantics ) of a language defines how and when the various constructs of a language should produce a program behavior.
POSIX also defines a standard threading library API which is supported by most modern operating systems.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines racism as the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races and the expression of such prejudice, while the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines it as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority or inferiority of a particular racial group, and alternatively that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief.
To this end, he compares George Orwell's Coming Up for Air with Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants and concludes that the basic building block and distinguishing feature of a science fiction novel is the presence of the novum, a term Darko Suvin adapts from Ernst Bloch and defines as " a discrete piece of information recognizable as not-true, but also as not-unlike-true, not-flatly-( and in the current state of knowledge ) impossible ".
In addition, SVG defines and elements where authors may also provide plain-text descriptive material within an SVG image to help indexing, searching and retrieval by a number of means.

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This term was also used by the cowboy in the sense of a human showin' fight, as one cowhand was heard to say, `` He arches his back like a mule in a hailstorm ''.
The term altruism may also refer to an ethical doctrine that claims that individuals are morally obliged to benefit others.
Assistive technology or adaptive technology ( AT ) is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them.
Until the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used.
The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.
Anatolia ( from Greek — " east " or "( sun ) rise "; also Asia Minor, from " small Asia "; in modern ) is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey.
Other terms that have been used include neosyllabary ( Février 1959 ), pseudo-alphabet ( Householder 1959 ), semisyllabary ( Diringer 1968 ; a word which has other uses ) and syllabic alphabet ( Coulmas 1996 ; this term is also a synonym for syllabary ).
The term analog signal usually refers to electrical signals ; however, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals.
The Senate also has 18 members, elected for a four year term by and from the chiefs of the islands.
The term was also used to describe sculpture and painting that demonstrated a greater degree of naturalism.
" This term apparently also inspired the name of the alternate history book list, uchronia. net.
The term may also refer to the physical region where the electron can be calculated to be, as defined by the particular mathematical form of the orbital.
The term may be also used loosely or metaphorically to denote highly skilled people in any non -" art " activities, as well — law, medicine, mechanics, or mathematics, for example.
Use of the word " artiste " can also be a pejorative term.
' American ' is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of the New World ( also called " the Americas ").
The Spanish term norteamericano ( North American ), is frequently used to refer things and persons from the United States, but this term can also denote people and things from Canada, and the rest of North America.
For referring specifically to a U. S. national and things, the words used are estadunidense ( also spelled estado-unidense ) ( United States person ), from Estados Unidos da América, and ianque ( Yankee ), but the term most often used is norte-americano, even though it could, as with its Spanish equivalent, in theory apply to Canadians, Mexicans, etc., as well.
Latin Americans also may employ the term norteamericano ( North American ), which conflates the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, hobby, job, sport, etc.
Those who uphold the original beliefs of Jacobus Arminius himself, is the common way to define Arminianism, but those of Hugo Grotius, John Wesley and others also understood the term as a sort of umbrella for a bigger alliance of ideas as well.
The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey, in some cases for centuries ( for example, see Westminster Abbey below ).
Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ambrite is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams.
The term amber is loosely used to describe a scent that is warm, musky, rich and honey-like, and also somewhat oriental and earthy.
) The book also introduces the term " Absalonism ", as a generic term for a son's rebellion against his father.

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