ExpertGlossary terms starting with M

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  1. MCE Mission Control Element.
  2. MCF An abbreviation for one thousand cubic feet of natural gas with a heat content of 1,000,000 Btus, or 10 therms.
  3. MCG Midcourse Guidance.
  4. MCI Midcourse Interceptor.
  5. MCL See Maximum contaminant level
  6. MCLOR Marine Corps LORA Model (USMC ILS term).
  7. MCM Multi-Chip Module. 178
  8. MCOTEA Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation [Command].
  9. MCP (1) Materiel Change Package (US Army term). (2) Military Construction Program.
  10. MCPDM Marine Corps Program Decision Making.
  11. MCRDAC Marine Corps Research, Development & Acquisition Command.
  12. MCS Abbreviation for multiple cloning site. See: polylinker.
  13. MCSS (1) Midcourse Surveillance System. (2) Military Communications Satellite System.
  14. MCT Mercury Cadmium Telluride (cf. HgCdTe ).
  15. MCTE Mission, Course of Action, Task, and Element Control Directives.
  16. MCTL Militarily Critical Technologies List.
  17. MCTR Missile Control Technology Regime.
  18. MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) A reference to the T.120 protocol that allows clients to connect to data conferencing sessions.
  19. MCV Mission Capable Vehicle.
  20. MD Mesoscale Discussion- When conditions actually begin to shape up for severe weather, SPC (Storm Prediction Center) often issues a Mesoscale Discussion…
  21. MD5 message-digest algorithm meant for digital signature applications where a large message has to be compressed in a secure manner before being signed with…
  22. MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm #5) The message digest algorithm used in PGP is the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, placed in the public domain by RSA Data Security, Inc.
  23. MDA Abbreviation for multiple drop array. See: microdroplet array.
  24. MDAHWG Missile Defense Ad Hoc Working Group.
  25. MDAP Major Defense Acquisition Program.
  26. MDART Missile Defense Activities Review Team.
  27. MDB (message database) An instance of a database implemented in Exchange server. A single MDB is normally identified as being public or private depending on the type of data…
  28. MDBIC Missile Defense Barrel Integration Center.
  29. MDC Midcourse Data Center, Advanced Research Center, Huntsville, AL.
  30. MDCI Multi-Discipline Counterintelligence.
  31. MDDC Missile Defense Data Center, USASSDC, Huntsville, AL.
  32. MDE (Magnetic Disc Emulation) Software that makes a jukebox look and operate like a hard-drive such that it will respond to all the I/O commands ordinarily sent to a hard drive.
  33. MDF Abbreviation for main distribution frame.
  34. MDFY Modify
  35. MDL 101,731 A drug that belongs to a family of drugs called ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors.
  36. MDLS models
  37. MDNGT midnight
  38. MDP Manufacturing Data Package.
  39. MDR (1) Medium Data Rate ( TelComms /Computer term). (2) Milestone Decision Review. (3) Multi-national Defense Research.
  40. MDSC Missile Defense Scientific and Technical Information Center.
  41. MDSTC Missile Defense and Space Technology Center.
  42. MDT Moderate (or) Mountain Daylight Time
  43. MDTD Mean Downtime Documentation (ILS term).
  44. MDTOA Mean Downtime for Outside Assistance (ILS term). 179
  45. MDTOR Mean Downtime for Other Reasons (ILS term).
  46. MDTT Mean Downtime for Training (ILS term).
  47. MDW Mass Destruction Weapons.
  48. MDX-010 A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer.
  49. MDX-060 A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the treatment of some lymphomas.
  50. ME/VA Mission Essential/Vulnerable Area
  51. MEA Mission Effectiveness Analysis (JFACC term).
  52. meaconing A system of receiving radio beacon signals and rebroadcasting them on the same frequency to confuse navigation.
  53. MEADS See Medium Extended Air Defense System.
  54. meal plan A guide to help people get the proper amount of calories, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in their diet. See also food exchanges.
  55. Mealworms Small beetle larvae often used for catching crappies or sunfish.
  56. Mean A statistics term. The average value in a set of measurements. The mean is the sum of a set of numbers divided by how many numbers are in the set.
  57. Mean annual increment The annual average growth rate for a tree, computed over its entire life cycle.
  58. Mean Annual Temperature The average temperature for the entire year at any given location.
  59. Mean Areal Precipitation (abbrev. MAP)- The average rainfall over a given area, generally expressed as an average depth over the area.
  60. Mean Daily Temperature The average of the highest and lowest temperatures during a 24-hour period.
  61. Mean Depth The average depth of water in a stream channel or conduit. It is equal to the cross-sectional area divided by the surface width.
  62. Mean Doppler Velocity Reflectivity-weighted average velocity of targets in a given pulse resolution volume. Usually determined from a large number of successive radar pulses.
  63. Mean Low Water (MLW) - A tidal datum. The average of all the low water heights observed over the National Tidal Datum Epoch.
  64. Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) - A tidal datum. The average of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the National Tidal Datum Epoch.
  65. Mean number The average number.
  66. mean power (of a radio transmitter) The average power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during an interval of time sufficiently long compared with the lowest…
  67. Mean Power Output (of a Wind Turbine) The average power output of a wind energy conversion system at a given mean wind speed based on a Raleigh frequency distribution.
  68. Mean Sea Level (MSL) - The arithmetic mean of hourly water elevations observed over a specific 19-year tidal epoch.
  69. Mean sea level (MSL) The arithmetic mean of hourly water elevations observed over a specific 19-year tidal epoch.
  70. mean survival time The average time that patients in a clinical study remained alive. The time is measured beginning either at diagnosis or the start of treatment.
  71. mean time between failures (MTBF) A measure of the reliability of an item. Defined as the total functioning life of an item divided by the total number of failures within the population…
  72. mean time between outages (MTBO) In a system, the mean time between equipment failures that result in loss of system continuity or unacceptable degradation.
  73. mean time to repair (MTTR) The total elapsed time for corrective maintenance divided by the total number of corrective maintenance actions during a given period of time.
  74. Mean Time to Restore System (MTTRS) A measure of the system maintainability parameter related to availability and readiness.
  75. mean time to service restoral (MTSR) The mean time to restore service following system failures that result in a service outage.
  76. Mean Wind Speed The arithmetic wind speed over a specified time period and height above the ground (the majority of U.S.
  77. Meander Big bend and loops in a river channel as the river snakes through a flat land area.
  78. Meander Belt The area between lines drawn tangential to the extreme limits of fully developed meanders.
  79. Means for Claim A patent claim that recites an element as a means for accomplishing a particular function. MPEP 2181.
  80. Means Plus Function Language See Means for Claim.
  81. means test Section 707(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code applies a "means test" to determine whether an individual debtor's chapter 7 filing is presumed to be an abuse of…
  82. Means-Plus-Function Claim See Means for Claim.
  83. Means-tested Public Benefits Assistance from a government unit. Benefits include food stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and…
  84. MEASAT Malaysia East Asia Satellite.
  85. measles virus (MEE-zulz VY-rus) The virus that causes measles (a highly contagious disease marked by fever, cough, and raised red spots on the skin).
  86. measurable disease A tumor that can be accurately measured in size. This information can be used to judge response to treatment.
  87. Measure A question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters’ will.
  88. Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) The quantitative expression (sometimes modified by subjective judgment) of the success of a system in achieving a specified objective.
  89. measured blocking threshold A value for measured blocking above which there is a statistically significant probability that the design blocking objective is not being met. [T1.
  90. Measured Ceiling A ceiling classification applied when the ceiling value has been determined by an instrument, such as a ceilometer or ceiling light, or by the known…
  91. measured-rate service Telephone service for which charges are made in accordance with the total connection time of the line.
  92. measurement period See performance measurement period.
  93. MEC Mission Essentially Code (ILS term).
  94. Mechanic Someone who uses sleight-of-hand in order to cheat at cards.
  95. Mechanical equipment Includes, but not be limited to, heating, venting and air conditioning equipment, water tanks and their supporting structures, satellite dishes, stair and…
  96. mechanical splice Of optical fibers, a splice, i.e., permanent joint, accomplished by aligning the mating fibers in some kind of mechanical fixture.
  97. Mechanical Systems Those elements of building used to control the interior climate.
  98. Mechanical Turk Amazon.com program which allows you to hire humans to perform easy tasks that computers are bad at.
  99. mechanically induced modulation Optical signal modulation induced by mechanical means. Note: An example of deleterious mechanically induced modulation is speckle noise created in a…
  100. mechanically intermateable connectors Connectors that are mechanically mateable, without creating mechanical damage, and without regard to attenuation properties.