ExpertGlossary terms starting with C

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  1. Cueing Data Cueing data is a subset of object tracks within a sensor elements coverage volume.
  2. Cuesta An elongated ridge formed by gently tilting sedimentary strata. The landform has a steep slope (escarpment or cliff) where the strata are exposed on their…
  3. Cuestionar a los miembros del jurado Cuestionar uno a uno a los miembros del jurado para conocer si aprueban un veredicto anunciado.
  4. CUFRA Cumulus Fractus
  5. CUI Common User Interface.
  6. Cui bono For whose benefit.
  7. Cull Any item of production picked out for rejection because it does not meet certain specifications.
  8. Cull (verb) To remove a document from the collection to be produced or reviewed. See Data Filtering, Harvesting.
  9. Cull section A log cut from a tree that is rejected because of defects making it unsuitable for conventional forest products.
  10. Cull trees Live saw-timber and pole-timber size trees which do not contain a merchantable sawlog due to poor form, quality, or undesirable species.
  11. culling A method of removing and releasing lighter-weight fish from a livewell so the heaviest or tournament limit is retained.
  12. Culpa Fault or guilt.
  13. cultigen A cultivated plant species with no known wild progenitor.
  14. Cultivar (Abbreviation: cv). An inteRNA tionally accepted term denoting a variety of a cultivated plant.
  15. Cultural and Society The characteristics of societies and cultures. For example, resources describing natural settlements, anthropology, archaeology, traditional beliefs…
  16. Cultural Competence The knowledge, understanding, and skills to work effectively with individuals from differing cultural backgrounds.
  17. Cultural disturbance See Cultural modification
  18. Cultural Heritage The cultural resources that reflect the nation's maritime history and traditional cultural connections to the sea, as well as the uses and values they…
  19. Cultural modification Any human-caused change in the land form, water form, vegetation, or the addition of a structure which creates a visual contrast in the basic elements (e.
  20. Cultural patrimony Ancestral heritage and entitlement.
  21. Cultural Resource A tangible entity that is valued by or significantly representative of a culture, or that contains significant information about a culture.
  22. Cultural resource(s) Any building, site, district, structure, or object significant in history, architecture, archeology, culture, or science.
  23. Cultural resources Archaeological sites, structures, or features; traditional use areas; and Native American sacred sites or special use areas that provide evidence of the…
  24. Cultural tourism Travel for the purpose of learning about cultures or aspects of cultures (NEAP, 2000).
  25. Culture (KUL-chur) The beliefs, values, and behaviors that are shared within a group, such as a religious group or a nation.
  26. culture alteration A term used to indicate a persistent change in the properties of a culture's behaviour (e.g.
  27. Culture medium Any nutrient system for the cultivation of cells, bacteria or other organisms; usually a complex mixture of organic and inorganic nutrients.
  28. culture room A dedicated room for maintaining cultures, often in a controlled environment.
  29. cultured cell A human, plant, or animal cell that has been adapted to grow in the laboratory.
  30. cultured cell line Cells of a single type (human, animal, or plant) that have been adapted to grow continuously in the laboratory and are used in research.
  31. Culvert A pipe or small bridge for drainage under a road or structure. A conduit for the free passage of surface drainage water under a highway, railroad, canal…
  32. Cum With.
  33. cum-dividend A term applied to stock at a time when the purchaser will be entitled to a forthcoming dividend.
  34. cumulative dose In medicine, the total amount of a drug or radiation given to a patient over time; for example, the total dose of radiation given in a series of radiation…
  35. Cumulative effects Effects on the environment resulting from actions that are individually minor but that add up to a greater total effect as they take place over a period…
  36. Cumulative impacts The impacts assessed in an environmental impact statement that could potentially result from incremental impacts of the action when added to other past…
  37. cumulative index An index in which successive entries are added or interfiled as the records collection grows
  38. Cumulative Loss Total Realized Losses as of a measurement date. This does not include implied writedowns, which are not recognized as losses.
  39. Cumulative Match Characteristic (CMC) A method of showing measured accuracy performance of a biometric system operating in the closed-set identification task.
  40. Cumulative sentences Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively, rather than concurrently. See consecutive sentences.
  41. cumulative transit delay The total transit delay applicable for a data call obtained by summing the individual transit delays of all component portions of the data connection. [T1.
  42. Cumulative voting With this method of voting for a corporation's board of directors, you may cast the total number of votes you're entitled to any way you choose.
  43. Cumuliform Descriptive of all clouds with vertical development in the form of rising mounds, domes, or towers
  44. Cumuliform Anvil A thunderstorm anvil with visual characteristics resembling cumulus-type clouds (rather than the more typical fibrous appearance associated with cirrus).
  45. Cumulonimbus A cloud belonging to a class indicative of thunderstorm conditions characterized by large, dense towers that often reach altitudes of 30,000 feet (9000…
  46. Cumulus (Abbrev. CU) - detached clouds, generally dense and with sharp outlines, showing vertical development in the form of domes, mounds, or towers.
  47. Cumulus Buildups Clouds which develop vertically due to unstable air. Characterized by their cauliflower-like or tower-like appearance of moderately large size
  48. Cumulus Congestus A large, towering cumulus cloud with great vertical development, usually with a cauliflower-like appearance, but lacking the characteristic anvil of a…
  49. CUP A case in which cancer cells are found in the body, but the place where the cells first started growing (the origin or primary site) cannot be determined.
  50. cup anemometer An instrument used to monitor wind speed. Wind rotation of cups generates and electric current calibrated in wind speed.
  51. Cupola A small dome on a base crowning a roof
  52. cupping (KUP-ping) A procedure in which a rounded glass cup is warmed and placed upside down over an area of the body, creating suction that holds the cup to the…
  53. Curador Ad Litem Persona designada por el tribunal para ocuparse de los intereses de un menor o de un incompetente.
  54. Curb stop (curb cock) A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building.
  55. curcumin A yellow pigment of the spice turmeric that is being studied in cancer prevention.
  56. Cure To bring your credit account current by paying all past due accounts.
  57. Cure Period The period ending on the 6th day after election day (for most elections), during which a voter who voted provisionally due to failure to present one of…
  58. curettage (kyoo-reh-TAHZH) Removal of tissue with a curette (a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge).
  59. curette (kyoo-RET) A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.
  60. Curia Court.
  61. curie A unit of radioactivity, equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 3.7 x 1010 disintegrations per second.
  62. Curie (Ci) The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material.
  63. curing The elimination of a plasmid from its host cell. Many agents which interfere with DNA replication, e.g.
  64. curly brackets See block.
  65. Curly Tail A trademark for a brand of curved-tail soft-plastic lures.
  66. curly-tailed grub A curved-tail soft plastic bait often fitted on a jighead.
  67. Currency A form of money, something (such as coins or bills) generally accepted as a way of measuring value, as a way to trade value, and as a way to pay for goods…
  68. Currency fluctuation A currency has value, or worth, in relation to other currencies and those values change constantly.
  69. Currency swap In a currency swap, the parties to the contract exchange the principal of two different currencies immediately, so that each party has the use of the…
  70. Currency trading The global currency market, where roughly $1.9 trillion a day changes hands, is by far the largest financial market in the world.
  71. Current A horizontal movement of water. Currents may be classified as tidal and nontidal.
  72. Current (Electrical) The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes.
  73. Current (I) The movement of electrons through a conductor, measured in amperes.
  74. Current account (international) Record of transactions in goods, services, income, and unilateral current transfers between residents and nonresidents.
  75. Current Assumption Whole Life A variation of universal life insurance, this product involves fixed premiums and fixed death benefits. Its cash value growth depends on market conditions.
  76. current billing The combined amount of changes billed, excluding arrears. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  77. Current dollar See Current-dollar estimate
  78. Current Dollars The value or purchasing power of a dollar that has not been reduced to a common basis of constant purchasing power, but instead reflects anticipated…
  79. current filing basis In applications under §§1 and 44 of the Trademark Act, the applicant may claim more than one basis, and may add or substitute a basis after filing the…
  80. Current Meter Device used to measure the water velocity or current in a river.
  81. current monthly income The average monthly income received by the debtor over the six calendar months before commencement of the bankruptcy case, including regular contributions…
  82. current package The "package" in which the current statement is compiled. Scan backwards in the text of your program through the current lexical scope or any enclosing…
  83. Current payments to the rest of the world The sum of imports of goods and services, income payments to the rest of the world, and current taxes and transfer payments to the rest of the world.
  84. Current receipts from the rest of the world The sum of exports of goods and services and income receipts from the rest of the world.
  85. current record See active record.
  86. Current return Current return, also called current yield, is the amount of interest you earn on a bond in any given year, expressed as a percent of the current market…
  87. Current surplus of government enterprises The current operating revenue and subsidies received by government enterprises from other levels of government less the current expenses of government…
  88. Current tax receipts Tax revenues received by government from all sources. It is the sum of personal current taxes, taxes on production and imports, taxes on corporate income…
  89. Current taxes and transfer payments to the rest of the world Payments consisting of business current transfer payments to the rest of the world (net), plus nonresident taxes paid by domestic corporations to foreign…
  90. Current transfer payments Payments consisting of government social benefits and other current transfer payments to the rest of the world.
  91. Current transfer receipts Government net transfer receipts from businesses and from persons. These receipts largely consist of deposit insurance premiums, net insurance…
  92. current working directory See "working directory".
  93. Current yield The annual rate of return that an investor purchasing a security at its market price would realize.
  94. Current-dollar estimate The market value of an item. It reflects prices and quantities of the period being measured. Related terms: Chained-dollar estimate.
  95. Current/non-current There are numerical limits on the number of immigrant visas that can be granted to aliens from any one foreign country.
  96. currently selected output channel The last "filehandle" that was designated with select(FILEHANDLE); "STDOUT", if no filehandle has been selected.
  97. Curse A Spell or effect that makes a target weaker.
  98. cursor A graphic pointer used with a mouse to point to a location on a terminal screen.
  99. Curtailable load Electricity deliveries that are subject to interruption by the grid operator.
  100. curtailments The borrower's privilege to make payments on a loan's principal before they are due.