A tangent point Q in the C-plane occurs when C and Af are tangent to one another.

Neoteny occurs when the animal's growth rate is very low.

; Lack-of-fit error: Error that occurs when the analysis omits one or more important terms or factors from the process model.

This occurs when the various factor levels are sampled from a larger population.

When scratched with a sharp implement, an exothermic reaction occurs and white fumes are given off as metallic antimony is formed ; when rubbed with a pestle in a mortar, a strong detonation occurs.

In The Plague, a key description of Oran occurs early, when it is explained that the town is built in such a way that it " turns its back on the bay, with the result that it's impossible to see the sea, you always have to go to look for it.

A significant episode occurs near the end of part IV, when Tarrou and Rieux sit on the terrace of a house, from which they can see far into the horizon.

In analog systems, it is difficult to detect when such degradation occurs.

Adiabatic heating occurs when the pressure of a gas is increased from work done on it by its surroundings, e. g. a piston.

Adiabatic heating also occurs in the Earth's atmosphere when an air mass descends, for example, in a katabatic wind or Foehn or chinook wind flowing downhill over a mountain range.

Adiabatic cooling occurs when the pressure of a substance is decreased as it does work on its surroundings.

Generally, an assault occurs when a person directly or indirectly applies force intentionally to another person without their consent.

The second fight between Ajax and Hector occurs when the latter breaks into the Mycenaean camp, and fights with the Greeks among the ships.

The concept occurs when a unit of meaning can vary in sound without changing meaning.

It occurs in several allomorphs depending on its phonological environment, assimilating voicing of the previous segment or inserting a schwa when following an alveolar stop:

In Hindu astrology the equinox occurs when the Sun is 6 degrees in Pisces.

* prevent overmodulation, and minimize it when it occurs

If, conversely, tin is used to coat steel, when a breach of the coating occurs it actually accelerates oxidation of the iron.

The fracture is adhesive or interfacial when debonding occurs between the adhesive and the adherent.

Shot noise is a type of electronic noise that occurs when the finite number of particles ( such as electrons in an electronic circuit or photons in an optical device ) is small enough to give rise to statistical fluctuations in a signal.

Viral induction of apoptosis occurs when one or several cells of a living organism is infected with a virus leading to cell death.

One of the most significant differences between the adversarial system and the inquisitorial system occurs when a criminal defendant admits to the crime.

** Spherical aberration, which occurs when light rays strike a lens or mirror near its edge

** Defocus aberration, which occurs when a system is out of focus

A further problem occurs when, after hearing his partner's response, the player who bid 4NT wants to stop in 5NT — as this is a forcing bid asking for Kings.

Scoring occurs after all pieces ( generally 12 per player or team ) have been played, and is differential: i. e., the player or team with higher score is awarded the difference between the higher and lower scores for the round, thus only one team or player each round gains points.

This strengthening occurs after the player has mastered the circular breathing technique.

A forward pass occurs when the player passes the ball forward in relation to himself.

A second " after the draw " betting round occurs beginning with the player to the dealer's left or else beginning with the player who opened the first round ( the latter is common when antes are used instead of blinds ).

Doubling occurs when a diving attacking player passes to another diving team-mate.

If the guessing player suggests a letter which occurs in the word, the other player writes it in all its correct positions.

Initially, gameplay occurs in clockwise order, with each player taking a turn.

Normally this occurs when a player calls, and the next player whose turn it is to act is the one who made the last raise, so he cannot raise further ( this ends the betting round ).

This most commonly occurs in a high-low split game where one player knows that he has a guaranteed low hand made, his opponent cannot make a better low no matter what the last card is, but the player who is low might possibly catch a lucky card that gives him a straight or flush, winning high as well.

This occurs when the grid has filled up or when neither player can legally place a piece in any of the remaining squares.

Evil Genius ( game ), contemporary to NOLF series, allows the player to be the villain and its strategy occurs real time.

A game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game needs only one more point to win the game.

The CB Pinch occurs where the player responds to a ceiling shot quickly, in front of the service line and right after the floor bounce.

A stalemate occurs when, for the player with the move:

# both the rank and file ( if neither alone is sufficient to identify the piece — which occurs only in rare cases where one or more pawns have promoted, resulting in a player having three or more identical pieces able to reach the same square ).

Death occurs, for both player characters and Gamemaster-controlled adversaries, primarily through this critical damage, and not through loss of hit points.

An undercut occurs if a player knocks and the defending player's deadwood points are less than or equal to the knocking player's.

One chance occurs after the player looks at their hand but before the first community card is revealed, and the second occurs after the first community card is revealed, but before the second is revealed.