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Weather - A clockwise shift in wind direction (for example, south winds shifting to the west).
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Weather - Winds which shift in a clockwise direction with time at a given location (e.g., from southerly to westerly), or which change direction in a clockwise sense with height (e.g., southeasterly at the surface turning to southwesterly aloft). The latter example is a form of directional shear which is important for tornado formation. Compare with backing winds.
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Food Biotechnology - See: asexual propagation.
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Cancer - (VEGFR TY-ruh-seen KY-nayz in-HIH-bih-ter) A substance that blocks an enzyme needed to form blood vessels. Also called vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor .
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: axitinib, AZD0530, AZD2171, BIBF 1120, cediranib, CT53518, MLN518, MP470, Recentin, tandutinib, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, tyrosine kinase inhibitor BIBF 1120, vandetanib, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, XL880, Zactima
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Climate Change - One vehicle traveling the distance of one mile. Thus, total vehicle miles is the total mileage traveled by all vehicles.
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Cancer - (vel-uh-FER-min) A substance that is being studied in the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis (sores in the mouth) in patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy. Velafermin belongs to the family of drugs called recombinant human fibroblast growth factors (rhFGF).
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: acitretin, beclomethasone, darbepoetin alfa, eflornithine, halofuginone hydrobromide, hydroxychloroquine, ibandronate, methoxsalen, perillyl alcohol, phenobarbital, retinyl palmitate, SGN-00101, suramin, triamcinolone, ursodiol, zileuton
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Cancer - (VEL-kayd) A drug used to treat multiple myeloma that has gotten worse during treatment with other anticancer drugs. It is also used to treat mantle cell lymphoma in patients who have already received at least one other type of treatment. Velcade is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It is a type of proteasome inhibitor and a type of dipeptidyl boronic acid. Also called bortezomib and PS-341.
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Weather - A WSR 88-D product which shows the radar derived wind speeds at various heights. This radar product shows the wind speeds from 2,000 to 55,000 feet above the ground. VAD and EVAD (Extended VAD) are methods of guessing the large scale two-dimensional winds from one-dimensional radial velocity data. They are essentially multivariate regressions which fit a simple, large scale wind model to the observed winds. EVAD also estimates the large scale horizontal divergence and particle fall speed. See VWP.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Volume Velocity Processing, VVP, Wind Chill, Wind Chill Factor