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Gap filler — Gap fillers, as used on the New York City Subway, are movable platform extensions used in certain stations where the curvature of the platform creates a significant gap between the platform and subway car door. In contrast, see Mind the gap… … Wikipedia
beta-adjusted gap — Gap reports modified to mollify the errors caused by basis risk. The essential concept of beta adjusted gap is that all interest rates do not change by the same amounts, but that there is an identifiable relationship, a correlation, between… … Financial and business terms
Info-gap decision theory — is a non probabilistic decision theory that seeks to optimize robustness to failure – or opportuneness for windfall – under severe uncertainty,[1][2] in particular applying sensitivity analysis of the stability radius type[3] to perturbations in… … Wikipedia
Spark-gap transmitter — A spark gap transmitter is a device for generating radio frequency electromagnetic waves. These devices served as the transmitters for most wireless telegraphy systems for the first three decades of radio (1887 ndash;1916) and the first… … Wikipedia
Spark gap — A spark gap consists of an arrangement of two conducting electrodes separated by a gap usually filled with a gas such as air. When a suitable voltage is supplied, a spark forms, ionizing the gas and drastically reducing its electrical resistance … Wikipedia
Bone Gap, Illinois — Geobox City name = Bone Gap native name = other name = other name1 = category = Village image size = image caption = flag type = flag size = symbol type = symbol = symbol size = nickname = motto = country = United States state = Illinois region… … Wikipedia
Absolution Gap — infobox Book | name = Absolution Gap title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Alastair Reynolds cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Revelation Space genre = Science fiction novel… … Wikipedia
strategic gap analysis — A method of examining a business strategy and establishing whether or not it will meet a desired objective. If a failure to achieve this objective is predicted, there is a performance gap between the hoped for and expected states. This gap can be … Big dictionary of business and management
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
