As amoebas themselves are polyphyletic and subject to some imprecision in definition, the term " amoeboid " does not provide identification of an organism, and is better understood as description of locomotion.

From such uncertainties, that characterize ongoing work, stems the unavailability of a definition of algorithm that suits both concrete ( in some sense ) and abstract usage of the term.

This broad use of the term is likely to have come about because alkalis were the first bases known to obey the Arrhenius definition of a base and are still among the more common bases.

More recent IUPAC recommendations now suggest the newer term " hydronium " be used in favor of the older accepted term " oxonium " to illustrate reaction mechanisms such as those defined in the Brønsted – Lowry and solvent system definitions more clearly, with the Arrhenius definition serving as a simple general outline of acid – base character.

" The contains a simple and brief definition for the term bodhisattva, which is also the earliest known Mahāyāna definition.

The definition of the term disposal is made in Article 2 al 4 and just refers to annex IV, which gives a list of operations which are understood as disposal or recovery.

The definition works without any changes if instead of vector spaces over a field F, we use modules over a commutative ring R. It also can be easily generalized to n-ary functions, where the proper term is multilinear.

According to United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization the term bean should include only species of Phaseolus ; however, a strict consensus definition has proven difficult because in the past, several species such as Vigna ( angularis ( azuki bean ), mungo ( black gram ), radiata ( mung bean ), aconitifolia ( moth bean )) were classified as Phaseolus and later reclassified.

Individuals who alternate between top / dominant and bottom / submissive roles – whether from relationship to relationship or within a given relationship – are known as switches, though the term is occasionally seen as derogatory or unnuanced and is rejected by many who might simplistically fit the definition.

This number can be seen as equal to the one of the first definition, independently of any of the formulas below to compute it: if in each of the n factors of the power one temporarily labels the term X with an index i ( running from 1 to n ), then each subset of k indices gives after expansion a contribution X < sup > k </ sup >, and the coefficient of that monomial in the result will be the number of such subsets.

While many scientific experts might agree on a common definition of the term " coast ", the delineation of the extents of a coast differ according to jurisdiction, with many scientific and government authorities in various countries differing for economic and social policy reasons.

In 1967 the 13th CGPM removed the term " new candle " and gave an amended version of the candela definition, specifying the atmospheric pressure applied to the freezing platinum:

The arbitrary ( 1 / 683 ) term was chosen so that the new definition would exactly match the old definition.

Ulric Neisser coined the term " cognitive psychology " in his book Cognitive Psychology, published in 1967 wherein Neisser provides a definition of cognitive psychology characterizing people as dynamic information-processing systems whose mental operations might be described in computational terms.

Because the term " humanure " has no authoritative definition it is subject to misuse ; news reporters occasionally fail to correctly distinguish between humanure and " sewer sludge " or " biosolids ".

:" Since a precise mathematical definition of the term effectively calculable ( effectively decidable ) has been wanting, we can take this thesis ... as a definition of it ..."

There is no precise definition for the term " Chicagoland ," but it generally means the city and its suburbs combined together.

The term " concept " is traced back to 1554 – 60 ( Latin conceptum-" something conceived "), but what is today termed " the classical theory of concepts " is the theory of Aristotle on the definition of terms.

Within this definition, it is of paramount importance that the term " file " includes directories.

While in popular usage the term " myth " is often thought to refer to false or fanciful stories, creation myths are by definition those stories which a culture accepts as both a true and foundational account of their human identity.

Opposition to the term " myth " stems from a variety of sources: the association of the term " myth " with polytheism, the use of the term " myth " to indicate falsehood or non-historicity, and the lack of an agreed-upon definition of " myth ".

The first is an informal definition of community as a place where people used to live.

Items not included in the legal definition of food include animal feed, live animals ( unless being prepared for sale in a market ), plants prior to harvesting, medicinal products, cosmetics, tobacco and tobacco products, narcotic or psychotropic substances, and residues and contaminants.

This definition reflects the spectrum between micro-and macro-evolution, whilst leaving a clear difference between the terms: because the geological record rarely has a resolution better than 10, 000 years, and humans rarely live longer than 100 years, " meso-evolution " is never observed.

A scientifically minded physicalist may, following Andrew Melnyk, accept the first horn of the dilemma ; that is, a physicalist could live with the idea that the current definition of physicalism may very likely end up being false as long as he believes the proposition is more plausible than any currently formulated rival proposition, such as dualism.

It goes beyond architecture ’ s definition of ‘ making buildings ’ and reaches out for global views on architecture and design, broader attitudes to social structures, and creating environments to live in.

" In 1976, the Tourism Society of England's definition was: " Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination.

For North American audiences, the 2011 Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 races that aired on Speed live with a full Charlotte-based production crew on site were screened in 16: 9 720p high definition coverage, as the network's live motorsport coverage is usually screened in high-definition format.

The most widely used definition of infant mortality rate ( IMR ) is the number of deaths of babies under one year of age per 1, 000 live births.

All Bristol and L. A. Live studio shows, along with most live events on ESPN, use high definition.

lyric poem, dating from the Romantic era, does have some thematic antecedents in ancient Greek and Roman verse, but the ancient definition was based on metrical criteria, and in archaic and classical Greek culture presupposed live performance accompanied by a stringed instrument.

Nick HD is the on-air name for a feed provided by Nickelodeon to broadcast a limited schedule of programming, mainly the network's post-2008 live action series and some animation, and much of Nick @ Nite's programming created for HD presentation after 2000 or earlier filmed sitcoms remastered for HD, in 1080i high definition, which is carried by most of the major American cable providers on a simulcast schedule that programs based on an Eastern / Central and a Pacific / Mountain schedule.

The term is occasionally used to refer pejoratively to any experiment using living animals ; for example, the Encyclopædia Britannica defines " vivisection " as: " Operation on a living animal for experimental rather than healing purposes ; more broadly, all experimentation on live animals ", although dictionaries point out that the broader definition is " used only by people who are opposed to such work ".

On July 19, 2008, WGN-TV became the third Chicago station to broadcast its newscasts in high definition, and debuted new on-air graphics ( as of July 2010, WGN-TV is the first station in Chicago to broadcast all locally-originated portions of its newscasts, including live field reports, in high definition ; in contrast to the other major English-language news stations in Chicago who all broadcast in-studio segments in HD and live field footage in 16: 9 widescreen standard definition ).

At 5pm ( GMT ) on 20 January 2009, Sky News ' live coverage of the Inauguration of Barack Obama was carried in high definition on Sky Arts HD.

Conversely, two of the most famous rock musicians from Ontario, Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette, are Franco-Ontarian by the second definition but not by the first, since they were born to Franco-Ontarian parents but currently work and live predominantly using the English language ( both currently have residences in Los Angeles ).

The traditional and strictest definition of a " stepfamily " is a married couple where one or both members of the couple have pre-existing children who live with them.

Fard and Elijah Muhammad's 1964 interview with Buzz Anderson, the definition for Devil included any altered or grafted live germ, plant or animal, from its original biological state is devil.

The first programme was the movie Lost in Translation, followed the next day by the 50th anniversary tribute to television in Sweden, which was the first live entertainment programme to be broadcast in high definition in Sweden.

Nearly all ( excepting those where this is impossible by definition, such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ) note name, year or date of birth, and date of death.

All schools agree this implies the cessation of worldly desires and freedom from the cycle of birth and death, though the exact definition differs.

The vagina is often typically referred to as the birth canal in the context of pregnancy and childbirth, though the term is, by definition, the area between the outside of the vagina and the fully dilated uterus.

" When witnessing a failed peace conference, Cadfael forms the opinion that Maud's half-brother Robert would have made a better monarch then both of them, but for his illegitimate birth ( which would not have debarred Robert in Wales, with its law having a different definition of a bastard ).

The word gentleman, used in the wide sense with which birth and circumstances have nothing to do, is necessarily incapable of strict definition.

Whether the birth is vaginal or by Caesarean section, and whether the neonate is ultimately viable, is not relevant to this statistical definition.

To serve the precise purpose of expressing the original definition, he begs to announce the birth of the word " pragmaticism.

Thus, by that definition, killing any animal would be a sin: one would be obstructing the natural cycle of birth and death of that creature, and the creature would have to be reborn in that same form because of its unnatural death.

In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, " life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement " regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.

In humans the usual definition of preterm birth is birth before a gestational age of 37 complete weeks, that is, a birth before the beginning of week number 38.

Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person's years lived from birth.

The Oxford Dictionary's definition of " Anglo-Indian " is " Of mixed British and Indian parentage, of Indian descent but born or living in Britain, or ( chiefly historical ) of British descent or birth but living or having lived long in India ".

By definition, postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction only affects women who have given birth, though pregnancy rather than birth or birth method is thought to be the cause.

Thus, by that definition, killing any animal would be a sin: one would be obstructing the natural cycle of birth and death of that creature, and the creature would have to be reborn in that same form because of its unnatural death and also not killed due to reverence towards Krishna who was a cow herder and god ( vaishnavism ).

A more recent definition by Clive Roots is, “ Cage and aviary birds with relatively soft bills, which feed upon insects * and soft plant material and whose young are helpless at birth ”.

Today the majority of Orthodox Christians would not accept the Scholastic definition of Mary's preservation from original sin before her birth that subsequently evolved in the Western Church after the Great Schism of 1054.

By this definition, the Judeo-Christian-Islamic creation story would form a part of Islamic mythology, while the Islamic story of Marium ( Mary ) giving birth to Isa ( Jesus ) would not.

Young Earth creationist Joseph Mastropaolo, argues that " Change over time, ' definition one ' of evolution, actually describes devolution to extinction, the exact opposite of evolution .... actual epidemiological data from human genetic disorders and fatal birth defects, identify ' natural selection ,' the alleged ' primary mechanism ' for evolution, as actually a mechanism for devolution to extinction, the exact opposite of evolution.