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Citation 1. The written reference to legal authorities, precedents, reported cases, etc., in briefs or other legal documents. 2.
Citators A set of books which provides the subsequent history of reported decisions through a form of abbreviations or words.
CITE Common Integrated Tactics Execution (USAF term).
CITIS Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service.
CITIS (Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service) The Department Of Defense now requires contractors to have an integrated electronic document image and management system.
Citizen or Resident Test Assuming all other dependency tests are met, the citizen or resident test allows taxpayers to claim a dependency exemption for persons who are U.S.
citric acid/potassium-sodium citrate (SIH-trik A-sid/poh-TAH-see-um-SOH-dee-um SIH-trayt) A drug used in the treatment of metabolic acidosis (a disorder in which the blood is too acidic).
Citrix The server system that allows District employees to use applications such as ArcGIS and Pictometry software via the Intranet.
Citrovorum factor (sih-troh-VOR-um FAK-ter) The active ingredient in a drug used to reduce the toxic effects of folic acid antagonists (substances that block the action of…
City Gate Generally refers to the location at which gas changes ownership or transportation responsibility from a pipeline to a local distribution company or gas…
City Secretary A city clerk or, in a city that has no city secretary or clerk, the city officer who performs the duties of a city secretary.
Civil Relating to private rights and remedies sought by civil actions as contrasted with criminal proceedings.
Civil action An action brought by a party to enforce or protect private rights.
Civil Case A case where the subject is a dispute between private individuals or organizations.
Civil Dawn The time of morning at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. At this time, there is enough light for objects to be distiguishable and that outdoor…
Civil Defense Agency State and/or local agency responsible for emergency operations, planning, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for all hazards.
Civil Dusk The time at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the evening. At this time objects are distinguishable but there is no longer enough light to…
Civil Emergency Message (Abbrev. CEM) - A message issued by the National Weather Service in coordination with Federal, state or local government to warn the general public of a…
Civil law Law based on a series of written codes or laws.
Civil lawsuit A lawsuit brought by individuals, companies or agencies againist other individuals, companies or agencies to obtain relief for injuries suffered, monetary…
Civil procedure The rules and processes by which a civil case is tried and appealed, including the preparations for trial, the rules of evidence and trial conduct and the…
civision The application of cryptography to television signals. 2. Television signals that have been enciphered to preserve the confidentiality of the transmitted…
CIWS Close-In Weapon System.
CJ Cobra Judy, name of a surveillance radar.
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJTF (1) Commander, Joint Task Force. (2) Combined Joint Task Force.
CL An abbreviation used on climate outlook maps issued by CPC to indicate areas where equal chances of experiencing below-normal, normal, and above-normal…
cladding Of an optical fiber, one or more layers of material of lower refractive index, in intimate contact with a core material of higher refractive index. 2.
cladding diameter In the cross section of a realizable optical fiber, ideally circular, but in practice assumed to a first approximation to be elliptical, the average of…
cladding eccentricity See ovality.
cladding mode An undesired mode that is confined to the cladding of an optical fiber by virtue of the fact that the cladding has a higher refractive index than the…
cladding mode stripper In an optical fiber, anything used to convert cladding modes to radiation modes, thus removing them from the fiber.
cladding noncircularity See ovality.
cladding ovality Synonym cladding noncircularity. See ovality.
cladding ray See cladding mode.
Cladophora Filamentous green alga.
cladribine An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.
Claim Your request for the insurance company to pay you an amount under the terms of your policy.
claim authentication information (claim AI) left
claim mapping The act of mapping, removing or filtering, or passing claims between various claim sets.
Claim of identity A statement that a person is or is not the source of a reference in a database.
claim(s) A claim is one of the numbered paragraphs that appear at the end of a patent and defines the scope of protection given to the owner of the patent (i.e.
Claim, Dependent A claim that refers back to and further limits or restricts the breadth of another claim.
Claim, Generic A claim that describes ("reads on") a generic form of an invention. A generic claim generally reads on all the claimed species of an invention. MPEP 806.
Claim, Independent A claim that does not reference (depend from) another claim. MPEP 608.01(i).
Claim, Jepson A form of a claim with a preamble that describes what is known in the art followed by a transitional phrase such as "the improvement comprising" and then…
Claim, Markush A form of a claim that allows claiming of members of a finite group by means of a phrase like "a member selected from the group consisting of" followed by…
Claim, Multiple Dependent A claim that refers back to and depends from more than one other claim. The other claims may be refered to in the alternative only. MPEP 608.01(n).
Claim, Picture A claim that sets forth an invention in great detail. Also called a Specific Claim.
Claim, Process A claim that recites the steps of a process. The process may be a method of making something, a process of operating something or a process of using…
Claim, Product A claim that recites the elements or features of a product (i.e., a machine, an article of manufacture or a composition of matter).
Claim, Species A claim that describes ("reads on") a species of an invention. A generic claim generally reads on all the claimed species of an invention. MPEP 806.04(d).
Claimant A person who makes an insurance claim.
Claimed Invention The invention that the inventor(s) claim to have invented and for which he/she/they seek patent protection.
claims define the invention and are what aspects are legally enforceable. The specification must conclude with a claim particularly pointing out and distinctly…
Claims Adjuster A person an insurance company hires to settle claims. The adjuster can be a company employee or an independent party under contract with the company.
claims bar date Last day to file proof of claim, usually 90 days after the section 341(a) meeting of creditors.
Claims Procedure Act Effective July 1, 2003, The South Carolina Retirement Systems Claims Procedure Act provides remedies available in a dispute or controversy between the…
claims-aware application A Microsoft ASP .NET application that performs authorization based on the claims that are present in an Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)…
Clam shell gate High pressure regulating gate consisting of two curved leaves which open and close over the end of a conduit.
Clapboard Wood Siding composed of horizontal, overlapping boards, the lower edges of which are usually thicker than the upper.
Clarifier A tank used to remove solids by gravity, to remove colloidal solids by coagulation, and to remove floating oil and scum through skimming.
clarithromycin An antibiotic drug used in the treatment of infections. It belongs to the family of drugs called macrolides.
clarity Refers to the depth you are able to see an object, such as your lure, under the water.
class Article I, section 3 of the Constitution requires the Senate to be divided into three classes for purposes of elections.
Class (pipe and fittings) The working pressure rating of a specific pipe for use in water distribution systems which includes allowances for surges.
Class action A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group. Individuals seeking to maintain a class action must file a formal motion requesting…
class body The body of a class definition. The body groups the definitions of a class's members - fields, methods and nested classes.
class constant A variable defined as both final and static.
class d address Synonym (in Internet protocol) multicast address.
class header The header of a class definition. The header gives a name to the class and defines its access.
Class I Area Any area designated for the most stringent protection from air quality degradation.
Class I Areas Geographic areas designated by the Clean Air Act where only a small amount or increment of air quality deterioration is permissible.
Class II Area Any area where air is cleaner than required by federal air quality standards and designated for a moderate degree of protection from air quality…
class inheritance When a super class is extended by a sub class, a class inheritance relationship exists between them.
Class IV All other intermittent streams not meeting higher class criteria.
class method A synonym for static method.
class of emission The set of characteristics of an emission, designated by standard symbols, e.g.
class of office A ranking, assigned to each switching center in a communications network, determined by the center switching functions, interrelationships with other…
class of service A designation assigned to describe the service treatment and privileges given to a particular terminal. 2.
class scope Private variables defined outside the methods within a class have class scope. They are accessible from all methods within the class, regardless of the…
class switching The process during which a plasma cell stops producing antibodies of one class and begins producing antibodies of another class.
class variable A synonym for static variable.
class-of-service mark Synonym classmark.
Classes Component defining object types within Active Directory.
classic Administrative template A token-based file used to describe Group Policy setting information.
classic Administrative templates A collection of .adm files that provides Group Policy setting information for the items that appear in the Classic Administrative Templates folder in the…
classical Hodgkin lymphoma (KLA-sih-kul HOJ-kin lim-FOH-muh) The most common type of Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a cancer of the immune system.
Classification patents are classified (organized) in the U.S. by a system using a 3 digit class and a 3 digit subclass to describe every similar grouping of patent art.
classification of goods and services Goods and services are classified by an international system, according to international treaties to which the United States is a signatory.
Classification or Categorization The process of organizing pieces of information into topical categories. Usually, these are hierarchical trees, with the most general topics at the top…
classification system A system in which related material is filed under a major subject and its subheadings See also chain index, file classification system, subject…
Classified Information Information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13292 or any predecessor order to require protection against unauthorized…
classified record In government, a document containing information, the disclosure of which would harm the national security See also confidential record, privileged…
classifying act of analyzing and determining the subject content of a document and then selecting the subject category under which it will be filed and/or indexed See…
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) A type of network routing that uses the network mask instead of the address class to determine the destination network.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block An Internet protocol address allocation and route aggregation methodology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR_notation.
Classless Interdomain Routing An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while…
classmark A designator used to describe the service feature privileges, restrictions, and circuit characteristics for lines or trunks that access a switch.
classpath The path searched by the compiler and interpreter for class definitions. The class path may be set by a command-line argument to either, or via an…