ExpertGlossary terms starting with E

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  1. ethical will (EH-thih-kul …) A final personal message or document in which a person shares his or her thoughts, values, memories, life lessons, advice, and…
  2. Ethics Of or relating to moral action and conduct; professionally right; conforming to professional standards.
  3. Ethics Agreement An ethics agreement is an arrangement that an employee or nominee makes with her agency to alleviate an actual or potential conflict of interest.
  4. Ethics Counselor (EC) or Ethics Official An agency employee who is delegated agency ethics program responsibilities. In DoD, an EC is an attorney appointed in writing to perform specific ethics…
  5. Ethidium bromide A fluorescent dye used to stain DNA and RNA. The dye fluoresces when exposed to UV light.
  6. ethmoid sinus (ETH-moyd SY-nus) A type of paranasal sinus (a hollow space in the bones around the nose).
  7. Ethnobotany (ethnobotanical) The plant lore and agricultural customs of a people; the study of such lore and customs.
  8. ethyl alcohol See: ethanol.
  9. Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) A chemical compound produced in a reaction between ethanol and isobutylene (a petroleum-derived by-product of the refining process).
  10. ethylene A gaseous plant growth regulator acting on various aspects of vegetative growth, fruit ripening and abscission of plant parts. Synonym: ethene.
  11. ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (Abbreviation: EDTA). A chelating compound. Used to keep nutrients, such as iron, bound in a soluble form that leaves them still available to the plant…
  12. ethynyluracil An anticancer drug that increases the effectiveness of fluorouracil. Also called eniluracil.
  13. ETI Estimated Time of Intercept.
  14. ETIC Estimated Time for Completion.
  15. etidronate A drug that belongs to the family of drugs called bisphosphonates. Bisphosphonates are used as treatment for hypercalcemia (abnormally high levels of…
  16. etiolation An abnormal increase in stem elongation, accompanied by poor (if any) leaf development.
  17. Etiology (EE-tee-AH-loh-jee) The cause or origin of disease.
  18. ETL See: economic trait locus.
  19. ETL-type tools Extract, transform, and load (ETL) is a data-integration function that involves extracting data from outside sources, transforming it to fit business…
  20. ETM Engineering Test Model
  21. Etopophos (ee-toh-POH-fos) A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers. It is also being studied in the treatment of several other types of cancer.
  22. etoposide (ee-toh-POH-side) A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers. It is also being studied in the treatment of several other types of cancer.
  23. etoposide phosphate (ee-TOH-poh-side FOS-fate) A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers.
  24. ETR (1) Extended Test Range (Pacific Test Bed) (2) See Eastern Test Range. (3) Environmental Test Round. (4) Estimated Time to Repair.
  25. ETS Smoke that comes from the burning of a tobacco product and smoke that is exhaled by smokers. Inhaling ETS is called involuntary or passive smoking.
  26. ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a non-profit organization that establishes telecommunications standards for Europe.
  27. ETX Abbreviation for end-of-text character.
  28. EU European Union
  29. eucalyptus (YOO-kuh-LIP-tus) A type of evergreen tree that is a member of the myrtle family.
  30. eucaryote See: eukaryote.
  31. eucaryotic (adj.) See: eukaryote.
  32. euchromatin Chromosomal material that is stained less intensely by certain dyes. Thought to be the chromosomal domains which are gene-rich, since the DNA in these…
  33. EUCOM European Command. See USEUCOM.
  34. Eudora Popular email client by Qualcomm available for Windows and Macintosh. Its name was inspired by the short story "Why I live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty.
  35. EUDPD (European Union Data Protection Directive) This directive standardizes the protection of data privacy for citizens throughout the European Union (EU) by providing baseline requirements that all…
  36. Eugenics The application of the principles of genetics to the 'improvement' of humankind. Wholly discredited as a scientific approach since the Nazi period.
  37. Eukaryote An organism whose cells possess a nucleus and other membrane-bound vesicles, including all members of the protist, fungi, plant and animal kingdoms; and…
  38. euphoria (yoo-FOR-ee-uh) A feeling of great happiness or well-being. Euphoria may be a side effect of certain drugs.
  39. euploid An organism or cell having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number.
  40. EURATOM European Atomic Energy Agency.
  41. EUREKA European Research and Coordinating Agency.
  42. Euro The euro is the common currency of the European Monetary Union (EMU). The national currencies of the participating countries were replaced with euro coins…
  43. Eurobond A eurobond is an international bond sold outside of the country in whose currency it is denominated, or issued.
  44. Eurocurrency Eurocurrency is any major currency that is deposited by a national government or corporation based outside the country where the bank receiving the funds…
  45. Eurodollar Eurodollars are US currency deposited in banks outside the US, usually, but not always in Europe.
  46. European Central Bank (ECB) The European Central Bank is the central bank of the European Monetary Union (EMU), whose member countries use the euro as their currency.
  47. European Patent Convention An agreement among Eurpoean nations that establishes a regional, European patent system.
  48. European roulette This style consist of a roulette wheel which has 37 compartments and numbers from 1 to 36 with the addition of a 0.
  49. European style option A listed option that you can exercise only on the last trading day before the expiration date is called a European style option whether it trades on a US…
  50. European Wheel Roulette wheel that has only a single zero (0) and a number sequence of (clockwise starting with 0): 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25, 17, 34, 6, 27, 13, 36…
  51. EUS A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body. An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument that has a light and a lens for viewing.
  52. EUS-FNA A procedure to take a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope. An endoscope with an ultrasound probe and a biopsy needle at the end is…
  53. EUT Early User Test.
  54. Eutectic A mixture of substances that has a melting point lower than that of any mixture of the same substances in other proportions.
  55. Eutectic Salts Salt mixtures with potential applications as solar thermal energy storage materials.
  56. euthanasia (YOO-thuh-NAY-zhuh) An easy or painless death, or the intentional ending of the life of a person suffering from an incurable or painful disease at his or…
  57. Eutrophic Highly fertile waters characterized by warm, nutrient-rich shallow basins.
  58. Eutrophication The natural aging process of water bodies, by siltation and organic decomposition, which reduces both water volume and oxygen levels.
  59. EV Experimental Version
  60. EVA Extravehicular Activity.
  61. Evacet (EH-vuh-set) A form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
  62. Evacuated-Tube Collector A collector is the mechanism in which fluid (water or diluted antifreeze, for example) is heated by the sun in a solar hot water system.
  63. Evacuation The fifth of five Early Warning System components consisting of the plans, personnel, equipment, and facilities needed to move the population at risk to…
  64. Evacuation warning A public warning message that local officials would issue following declaration of Response Level III by personnel of the dam operating organization.
  65. evaluable disease Disease that cannot be measured directly by the size of the tumor but can be evaluated by other methods specific to a particular clinical trial.
  66. evaluable patients Patients whose response to a treatment can be measured because enough information has been collected.
  67. evaluation See appraisal.
  68. evaluation assurance level (EAL) One of seven increasingly rigorous packages of assurance requirements from CC (Common Criteria) Part 3.
  69. evaluation baseline Documentation that formally defines the security functions of a system or product against which its evaluation is performed [CESG].
  70. evaluation observation report (EOR) Report issued by a CLEF to report any problem, other than those already covered by an SFN, relating to the Target of Evaluation (TOE).
  71. Evaluation report (Report for Examination No. 1, first formal examination) The report of the initial SEED onsite examination.
  72. evaluation unit An organization working directly for CESG whose purpose is to perform evaluations [CESG].
  73. Evaluator left
  74. evaluator actions A component of the evaluation criteria for a particular phase or aspect of evaluation, identifying what the evaluator must do to check the information…
  75. evanescent field In a waveguide, a time-varying field having an amplitude that decreases monotonically as a function of transverse radial distance from the waveguide, but…
  76. evanescent mode A mode of the evanescent field.
  77. Evaporation The conversion of a liquid to a vapor (gas), usually by means of heat.
  78. Evaporation Pan A pan used to hold water during observations for the determination of the quantity of evaporation at a given location.
  79. Evaporation ponds Shallow man-made ponds designed to contain liquid effluents and concentrate the residual waste through evaporation.
  80. Evaporation Rate In hydrologic terms, the quantity of water, expressed in terms of depth of liquid water, which is evaporated from a given surface per unit of time.
  81. Evaporation-mixing Fog Fog that forms when the evaporation of water raises the dew point of the adjacent air.
  82. Evaporative Cooling The physical process by which a liquid or solid is transformed into the gaseous state.
  83. Evaporator Coil The inner coil in a heat pump that, during the cooling mode, absorbs heat from the inside air and boils the liquid refrigerant to a vapor, which cools the…
  84. Evaporimeter An instrument which measures the evaporation rate of water into the atmosphere.
  85. Evapotranspiration The net water loss (in vapour form) per unit area of land, both directly from the land surface, and indirectly through transpiring leaves.
  86. Evasive MRV A reentry vehicle, which maneuvers for the purpose of evading defensive weapons.
  87. EVE Evening
  88. Even Bet A wager that one of the even numbers will win the next spin.
  89. Even Money A bet that pays off at the same amount it would lose. e.g., betting $5 to potentially win $5 is an even money bet.
  90. even parity See parity, parity check.
  91. Even Up A bet that has no mathematical edge for either side. In roulette, this can only come from wheel biases and croupier biases, as all layout bets have an…
  92. event In LotusScript, an action or occurrence to which an application responds. That action can be a user-generated one, such as a mouse click; a…
  93. Event Based Contracting Support event driven acquisition strategy by linking specific contractual events to the exit criteria for the acquisition phase, or to intermediate…
  94. Event Driven Acquisition Strategy An acquisition strategy that links program decisions to demonstrated accomplishments in development, testing, and production.
  95. event log The default location (/var/adm/cmconcl/eventlog) where events are logged on the monitoring Continentalclusters system.
  96. Event Management System (EMS) A subsystem that controls the generation and propagation of events in the Data ONTAP kernel.
  97. event script A script attached to a particular event. Examples in LotusScript are Initialize, Queryopen, and Postopen. When the event occurs, the script runs.
  98. Event Service A Windows NT service that is installed by Exchange Server 5.5. This service allows programmers to write programs that use Exchange's Event Handler to…
  99. Event sink A piece of code that is activated by a defined trigger, such as the reception of a new message.
  100. event source This is a name assigned by the user to reference a DBMS table containing event data for use with the dynamic segmentation commands.