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Abbreviation for adenine.
- Browse Related Terms: A, ACP, AI, ASA, BOD, Bt, C, CBD, ccc DNA, cM, cpDNA, EDV, F1, g, GDP, GLP, GRAS, GUS, Hup+, log phase, LPS, MAS, messenger RNA, monocot, mtDNA, NFT, OLA, OPU, ORF, PEG, PG, Phage, PHB, PPM, PR protein, PWP, RH, RIA, RIP, RNAase, RNase, RuBP, SC, SCA, SCE, SCP, simple sequence repeat, SNP, sperm, ssDNA, T, U, VSG
apparent trace.
- Browse Related Terms: A, Burden, Caldera (crater), Deflagration, Detonator, Fuse, Millisecond delay (short period delay), Spacing
1. Abbrevation for hail in weather observations.
2. Symbol used on long-term climate outlooks issued by CPC to indicate areas that are likely to be above normal for the specified parameter (temperature, precipitation, etc.).
- Browse Related Terms: A, B, CL, Climate Diagnostics Bulletin, Climatological Outlook, Drought Assessments, ENSO Diagnostic Discussion, Hazards Assessment, OTLK, PWO, SWODY2
Arctic Air Mass
- Browse Related Terms: A AMS, C AMS, CAD, Cold Air Avalanche, Cold Air Dam, Cold Air Damming (CAD), cold front, Continental Air Mass, Effective Topography, Extratropical, front, K AMS, Marine Push, Maritime Air Mass, Maritime Polar Air Mass, Maritime Tropical Air Mass, Orographic Precipitation, Polar Front, Specific Humidity, Upslope Fog, Vortex, Warm front
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A bet anywhere on the numbers portion of the table.
- Browse Related Terms: A bet on the layout, American roulette, American Wheel, Double, Double zero or 00, European roulette, European wheel, Five, Five number bet, Hoca, Inside bet, Queen Theatre, Roulette wheel, Wheel Head
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Ascent/Boost-Phase Interceptor.
- Browse Related Terms: A/BPI, API, Battle Space, BDS, BPI, BPI/E, BPL, Bus Deployment Phase, Ground-Based Radar (GBR), HIBEX, IBIS, Layered Defense, Leverage, Midcourse Guidance, PB/MT/D ATD, PBCRAW, PBI, PBP, POTS, Preferential Defense Strategy, Terminal Phase Interceptor
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A brand name of a large trout-imitating, jointed topwater lure made of wood.
- Browse Related Terms: A.C. Plug, Bomber Long "A", Gamakatsu, Gizit, Hopkins spoons, KastMaster, Mepps spinners, Panther Martins, Pencil Poppers, Pop-R, Power Bait, Power Worms, Power Craw, Power Eggs, Power Grubs, Power Worms, Rapala, Rat-L-Trap, Rooster Tails, Shad Rap, Super Duper, Z-ray, Zara Puppy, Zara Spook, Zara Pooch
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French for the Split Bet.
- Browse Related Terms: A Cheval, Carre, Cheval, Sixainne, Square Bets, Toke, Transversale, Trio Bet
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In a start-stop teletypewriter system, the significant condition of the signal element that immediately precedes a character signal or block signal and prepares the receiving equipment for the reception of the code elements.
- Browse Related Terms: A-condition, alphanumeric, arithmetic shift, asynchronous transmission, Baudot code, block character, code character, comma-free code, emoticon, end-of-selection character, equal-length code, FLAG, serial transmission, start-stop modulation, stroke, stroke edge, SYN, transliterate, WRU
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Argument based on contract.
- Browse Related Terms: A contrario, Arguendo, Breach, Ex contractu, Grievance, Implied contract, Quasi ex contractu, Quasi-contract, Rescission, Statute of frauds, Tender of performance
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Abbreviation for analog-to-digital. See analog transmission.
- Browse Related Terms: A/D, ADC, PWP, pWp0, SSB, SSB-SC, VSB
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From the date.
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architectural and engineering.
- Browse Related Terms: A&E (A/E), ACER, ARAR, AS, Hydraulics, Pan evaporation
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To draw inference that because a certain conclusion of fact is true, then a second conclusion must also be true.
- Browse Related Terms: A fortiori, affidavit, Affirmation, certification, Non assumpsit, Notary Public, Oath, On a person's own recognizance, Personal recognizance, Promisee, Promisor, Warranty
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Either the upper of lower connecting suspension piece (in the shape of an A) locking the frame to the spindle.
- Browse Related Terms: A-Frame, Air box, Ball joint, Driveshaft, Four-barrel, Fuel, Fuel Cell, Fuel pump, Intake manifold, Jet, Magnaflux, Trailing arm
A daily index of geomagnetic activity derived as the average of the eight 3-hourly a indices.
- Browse Related Terms: A Index, AVG, Climate, Composite, Maximum Sustained Surface Wind, mean, Mean Annual Temperature, Meteorology, Rogue Wave, Significant wave height, Smoothed Sunspot Number, Sustained Wind
All > Recreation > Games > Blackjack
A popular variant rule where a bonus payout for the ace and jack of spades is offered.
- Browse Related Terms: A-J Bonus, Ace adjustment, Ace poor, Ace rich, Face Cards, Paint
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A standard compression algorithm, used in digital communications systems of the European digital hierarchy, to optimize, i.e., modify, the dynamic range of an analog signal for digitizing. Note: The wide dynamic range of speech does not lend itself well to efficient linear digital encoding. A-law encoding effectively reduces the dynamic range of the signal, thereby increasing the coding efficiency and resulting in a signal-to-distortion ratio that is superior to that obtained by linear encoding for a given number of bits.
- Browse Related Terms: a-law algorithm, bit synchronization, mu-law (µ-law) algorithm, return-to-zero (RZ), signal element, SLIP, SONET, synchronization bit, synchronization code, synchronous optical network, synchronous transport signal level 1 (STS-1)
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A credit rating where the FICO score is 660 or above. There have been no late mortgage payments within a 12-month period. This is the best credit rating to have when entering into a new loan.
- Browse Related Terms: "A" Loan or "A" Paper, "B" Loan or "B" Paper, "C" Loan or "C" Paper, Fixed Expenses, mortgage interest, Serious Delinquency, Sub-Prime Loan, Variable Expenses
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From the greatest to the least.
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