Encyclopedia - Defined And Undefined: Encyclopedia - Defined And Undefined
In mathematics, defined and undefined are used to explain whether or not expressions have meaningful, sensible output. These are also kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Well-defined: Encyclopedia - Well-defined
In mathematics, the term well-defined is used to specify that a certain concept (a function, a property, a relation, etc.) is defined in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definable Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Definable Number - Other Notions Of Definability
The notion of definability treated in this article has been chosen primarily for definiteness, not on the grounds that it's more useful o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volatility: Encyclopedia Ii - Volatility - Defined
The annualized volatility σ is proportional to standard deviation σSD of the instrument's returns by the square-root of time period of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pure Obsessional Ocd: Encyclopedia Ii - Pure Obsessional Ocd - Defined
The anxiety disorder pure obsessional OCD, commonly called Pure O, is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is distinct from tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homer Defined: Encyclopedia Ii - Homer Defined - Synopsis
On the bus ride to school, Bart gives Milhouse one of a pair of Krusty walkie-talkies as a birthday present. Bart is crushed to discover ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definable Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Definable Number - General Facts
The definable numbers form a field containing all the familiar real numbers such as 0, 1, π, e, et cetera. In particular, it contains al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Defined Contribution Plan: Insurance Glossary Dictionary Iv - Defined Contribution Plan
Definition and meaning of DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN :   DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN: An employee benefit plan under which the emp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Defined Benefit Plan: Insurance Glossary Dictionary Iv - Defined Benefit Plan
Definition and meaning of DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN :   DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: A retirement plan under which pension benefits are fix...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Use-define Chain: Encyclopedia Ii - Use-define Chain - Setup
The list of statements determines a strong order among statements. Statements are labeled using the following conventions: s(i), where i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Defined Benefit Plan: Insurance Business Glossary Dictionary - Defined Benefit Plan
Definition and meaning of Defined Benefit Plan :   Defined Benefit Plan: A pension plan stating either (1) the benefits to be r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Use-define Chain: Encyclopedia Ii - Use-define Chain - Purpose
The purpose of these data structures is to translate the physical representation of codes into a logical representation. The physical rep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Defined Contribution Plan: Insurance Business Glossary Dictionary - Defined Contribution Plan
Definition and meaning of Defined Contribution Plan :   Defined Contribution Plan: A plan under which the contribution rate is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wit: Encyclopedia Ii - Wit - Wit Defined
In his monumental dictionary, Samuel Johnson states that the original meaning of wit is "the powers of the mind; the mental faculties; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Understanding: Encyclopedia Ii - Understanding - Is Understanding Definable?
It is difficult to define understanding. If we use the term concept as above, the question then arises as to what is a concept? Is it an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajile: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajile - Defining A Namespace
Like Java, Ajile provides a Package directive for defining namespaces. Using the Package directive is trivial as demonstrated by the foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakcore: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakcore - Breakcore Defined
Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knowledge: Encyclopedia Ii - Knowledge - Defining Knowledge
While knowledge is a central part of daily life, the actual definition of knowledge is of great interest to philosophers, social scientis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plantsman: Encyclopedia Ii - Plantsman - Defining The Word
In the first edition (June 1979) of The Plantsman (a specialist journal published by the Royal Horticultural Society), Sandra Raphael (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cobol: Encyclopedia Ii - Cobol - Defining Features
COBOL as defined in the original specification, possessed excellent self-documenting capabilities, good file handling methods, and except...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mansion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mansion - Defining A Mansion
In Europe mansions are often given various titles, hinting at their origins - castle, palace, manor, towers, and grange to name but a few...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historiography: Encyclopedia Ii - Historiography - Defining Historiography
Conal Furay and Michael J. Salevouris define "historiography" as "the study of the way history has been and is written--the history of hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historiography: Encyclopedia Ii - Historiography - Defining Historiography
Conal Furay and Michael J. Salevouris define "historiography" as "the study of the way history has been and is written--the history of hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Epistemology - Defining Knowledge
Epistemology - Justified true belief. In Plato's dialogue the Theaetetus, Socrates considers a number of definitions of knowledge. One ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nautiloid: Encyclopedia Ii - Nautiloid - Defining Characteristics
There are three key features which are common to the shells of the nautiloids. These are the internal chambers, the siphuncle and the sut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Defining Art
There is often confusion about the meaning of the term art because multiple meanings of the word are used interchangeably. Individuals us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consequentialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Consequentialism - Defining Consequentialism
Following Broome (Weighing Goods: Equality, Uncertainty and Time, Blackwell,1991), it is common to hold that a moral theory counts as Con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Entrepreneur: Encyclopedia Ii - Entrepreneur - Defining Entrepreneur
Though there is a general sense that entrepreneurship involves the establishment of a new venture while adopting some of the risk, there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Entrepreneur: Encyclopedia Ii - Entrepreneur - Defining Entrepreneur
Though there is a general sense that entrepreneurship involves the establishment of a new venture while adopting some of the risk, there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beatboxing: Encyclopedia Ii - Beatboxing - Beatboxing Defined
The words beatboxing, vocal percussion, and multivocalism are sometimes used interchangeably, but originally referred to different school...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombo: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombo - Defining Colombo
Historically, "Colombo" referred to the core area around the Fort and Pettah. Nowadays, strictly speaking, it refers to the city limits o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beatboxing: Encyclopedia Ii - Beatboxing - Beatboxing Defined
The words beatboxing, vocal percussion, and multivocalism are sometimes used interchangeably, but originally referred to different school...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exponentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Exponentiation - Defining Exponentiation
One approach to understanding the exponentiation operation is by defining it in a series of steps that just involve basic algebra. For an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture - Defining Culture
Different definitions of culture reflect different theories for understanding - or criteria for evaluating - human activity. Sir Edward B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture - Defining Culture
Different definitions of culture reflect different theories for understanding - or criteria for evaluating - human activity. Sir Edward B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - Defining London
Today, "London" usually refers to the conurbation known as Greater London, which is divided into thirty-two London Boroughs and the City ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - Defining London
Today, "London" usually refers to the conurbation known as Greater London, which is divided into thirty-two London Boroughs and the City ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - Defining London
Today, "London" usually refers to the conurbation known as Greater London, which is divided into thirty-two London Boroughs and the City ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recursion: Encyclopedia Ii - Recursion - Recursively Defined Functions
Functions whose domains can be recursively defined can be given recursive definitions patterned after the recursive definition of their d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neurotheology: Encyclopedia Ii - Neurotheology - Defining And Measuring Spirituality
Neurotheology defines spiritual experiences to include subjective reports of phenomena such as: The perception that time, fear or self-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recursion: Encyclopedia Ii - Recursion - Recursively Defined Sets
Recursion - Example: the natural numbers. The canonical example of a recursively defined set is given by the natural numbers: 0 is in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software-defined Radio: Encyclopedia Ii - Software-defined Radio - How They Work
Ideal concept The ideal scheme would be to attach an analog to digital converter to an antenna. A computer would read the converter, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Word - Difficulty In Defining The Term
The precise definition of what a word is depends on which language the definition is for, and the dividing line between words and phrases...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Security: Encyclopedia Ii - Security - Defining The Word Security
The word "security" in general usage is synonymous with "safety," but as a technical term "security" means that something not only is sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Life - Defining The Concept Of Life
Life - A conventional definition. In biology, a life form has traditionally been considered to be a member of a population whose member...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colors Of Noise: Encyclopedia Ii - Colors Of Noise - Technically Defined
Various noise models are employed in analysis, many of which fall under the above categories. AR noise or "autoregressive noise" is such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deconstruction: Encyclopedia Ii - Deconstruction - The Difficulty In Defining Deconstruction
The term deconstruction in the context of Western philosophy is highly resistant to formal definition. Martin Heidegger was perhaps the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - On The Difficulty Of Defining Mysticism
Readers frequently encounter seemingly open-ended statements among studies of mysticism, throughout its history, for example in Taoist th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicycle Safety: Encyclopedia Ii - Bicycle Safety - Defining Safety
Safety is, fundamentally, the reduction of risk. Safety interventions divide broadly into primary and secondary safety. Primary safety is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicycle Safety: Encyclopedia Ii - Bicycle Safety - Defining Danger
Using one meaning of the word, cycling is not dangerous. There are some injuries and a few very rare fatalities caused to non-cyclists by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sword And Sorcery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sword And Sorcery - Defining S&s
The term was coined in 1961 when the author Michael Moorcock published a letter in the fanzine Amra, asking for a name for the sort of fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Performance Improvement: Encyclopedia Ii - Performance Improvement - Performance Defined
Performance is a measure of results achieved. Performance efficiency is the ratio between effort expended and results achieved. The diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganzfeld Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganzfeld Experiment - Experiments - Defined
"Ganzfeld" or "total (sensory) field" experiments aim to reduce such cognitive or environmental noise through a mild form of sensory depr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gay Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Gay Community - Defining The Community
The word "gay" is sometimes used as shorthand for "gay, lesbian, and bisexual" and possibly also "transexual" and others, so "gay communi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pony Car: Encyclopedia Ii - Pony Car - Defining The Class
The Mustang provided the template for the new class of automobiles. Although it was based on the platform of the Falcon, it had a unique ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consultative Status: Encyclopedia Ii - Consultative Status - Defining Documents
Consultative Status - United Nations Charter. Consultative Status has its foundation in Article 71 of Chapter 10 of the United Nations ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carleton College: Encyclopedia Ii - Carleton College - Defining Features
Several of Carleton's properties deserve some historical recognition. Carleton's Goodsell Observatory, built in 1887, is on the national ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Rail: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Rail - Defining Aspects
In general, commuter trains are built to heavy rail standards, differing from light rail or rapid transit systems by: being larger; havi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Switzerland: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Switzerland - Defining Characteristics
Economy of Switzerland - Trade. Apart from industry, Trade has been the key to prosperity in Switzerland. The country is dependent upon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Value System: Encyclopedia Ii - Value System - Defining Values
Some fundamental values that most people seem to share, at least in theory, are: "It's wrong to hurt, to harm, or especially to kill ano...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Road Safety: Encyclopedia Ii - Road Safety - Defining The Problem
The standard measures used in assessing road safety interventions are fatalities and Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) rates, usually per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Scientist: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Scientist - Defining Characteristics
Mad scientists are typically characterized by obsessive behaviour and the employment of extremely dangerous or unorthodox methods. They o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Spirituality - Defining Dark Spirituality
Defining dark spirituality in the western world is difficult, because of its reliance on the individual to define their own spirituality....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Area Geometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Area Geometry - How To Define Area
Although area seems to be one of the basic notions in geometry, it is not at all easy to define even in the Euclidean plane. Most textboo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinematic Genre: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinematic Genre - Defining Film Genres
Cinematic genre - Categorizing film genres. It can be argued that there are three types of film genres: Those of setting, such as west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melodic Hardcore: Encyclopedia Ii - Melodic Hardcore - Defining Musical Characteristics
The recognizable element of melodic hardcore (and later in post-hardcore) is what is usually called the "octave chord". This is what crea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinematic Genre: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinematic Genre - Are Film Genres Definable?
A genre is always a vague term with no fixed boundaries. Many works also cross into multiple genres. In this respect film theorist Robert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vocal Range: Encyclopedia Ii - Vocal Range - Vocal Range Defined
Despite its intuitive clarity, vocal range is not easy to define, nor is it easy to compare the vocal ranges of singers in different genr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odessa Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Odessa Massacre - Defining The Odessa Massacres
Although these facts are not doubted by historians, some accounts differ (often greatly) in the numbers, partially due to different defin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usability: Encyclopedia Ii - Usability - Defining Usability
Usability is often associated with the functionalities of the product (cf. ISO definition, below), in addition to being solely a characte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-zionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-zionism - Defining Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. Opposition to the policies o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soccer Mom: Encyclopedia Ii - Soccer Mom - Defining The Soccer Mom
The term is thought to have been coined by a woman running for city council in Denver, Colorado. [citation needed] When asked for her cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-zionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-zionism - Defining Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. Opposition to the policies o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Peoples - Iranian Peoples Defined
Iranian peoples are those who speak an Iranian language, in which case Iranian is an over-arching term for various peoples and their lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Difference Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Difference Quotient - Defining The Point Range
Regardless if ΔP is infinitesimal or finite, there is (at least—in the case of the derivative—theoretically) a point range, where th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tempo: Encyclopedia Ii - Tempo - Can Tempo Terms Be Defined With The Metronome?
Most musicians would agree that it is not possible to give beats per minute (BPM) equivalents for these terms; the actual number of beats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tempo: Encyclopedia Ii - Tempo - Can Tempo Terms Be Defined With The Metronome?
Most musicians would agree that it is not possible to give beats per minute (BPM) equivalents for these terms; the actual number of beats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Defining Folk Song
"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Defining Folk Song
"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serial Killer: Encyclopedia Ii - Serial Killer - Defining Serial Murder
The term "serial killer" was coined either by FBI agent Robert Ressler or by Dr. Robert D. Keppel in the 1970s (the credit for the term i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-zionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-zionism - Defining Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state, for instance those who advoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modernism Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Modernism Music - Defining Musical Modernism
Musicologist Carl Dahlhaus restricted his definition of musical modernism to progressive music in the period 1890-1910: "The year 1890......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militant Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Militant Islam - Militancy As The Defining Attribute
Militant Islam - No one doctrine. As scholars of this movement have carefully outlined, in a very great variety of works up to and thro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Defining The Moment Of Human Death
There is an asymmetry between life and death. While cells and organisms may die, they have never been observed to arise from non-living m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Defining The Country House
Subject to qualifications which are discussed below, a country house will once have been the centrepiece of an agricultural estate large ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C Preprocessor: Encyclopedia Ii - C Preprocessor - User-defined Compilation Errors
The #error directive inserts an error message into the compiler output. #error "Gosh!" This prints Gosh! in the compiler output and hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hazel Henderson: Encyclopedia Ii - Hazel Henderson - What Defines The Realities That Scientists Study?
Henderson has been one of the critics to point out that the definitions of "realities" devised by natural and social scientists often per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Pole: Encyclopedia Ii - North Pole - Defining The North Pole Of Earth
The North Pole, the northernmost point on the Earth, can be defined in four different ways. Only the first two definitions are commonly u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Pole: Encyclopedia Ii - North Pole - Defining North Poles In Astronomy
Astronomers define the north "geographic" pole of a planet or other object in the solar system by the planetary pole that is in the same ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Pole: Encyclopedia Ii - North Pole - Defining North Poles In Astronomy
Astronomers define the north "geographic" pole of a planet or other object in the solar system by the planetary pole that is in the same ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wigner-seitz Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Wigner-seitz Cell - Defining The Cell
The cell may be chosen by first picking a lattice point. Then, lines are drawn to all nearby (closest) lattice points. At the midpoint of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition - A Contribution To Defining The Term 'definition'
Minimum Intent: The following definition of the term 'definition' is presented as a reference, (a comparator, a norm) that must not be vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major World Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Major World Religions - Defined By Population
One way to define a major religion is by the number of current adherents. Population numbers by religion are computed by combination of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gramm-leach-bliley Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Gramm-leach-bliley Act - Financial Institutions Defined
The GLBA defines “financial institutions” as: …”companies that offer financial products or services to individuals, like loans, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gramm-leach-bliley Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Gramm-leach-bliley Act - Financial Institutions Defined
The GLBA defines “financial institutions” as: …”companies that offer financial products or services to individuals, like loans, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalist Mode Of Production: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalist Mode Of Production - Defining Structural Criteria
Marx never provided a complete definition of the capitalist mode of production as a short summary, although in his manuscripts he sometim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - They Might Be Giants Film: Encyclopedia Ii - They Might Be Giants Film - Defining Quote
The title is an indirect reference to Don Quixote's famous exploit of attacking windmills, believing them to be "monstrous giants". Despi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cw Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Cw Complex - Cw Complexes Are Defined Inductively
Assume that X to be a Hausdorff space: for the purposes of homotopy theory this loses nothing important. Then since closed cells are comp...   » Read the article