specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease, quinine is a specific for malaria |
tail rotor anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
torque converter | converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means) |
torque wrench | a wrench that has a gauge that indicates the amount of torque being applied |
specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
particular specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general), he always reasons from the particular to the general |
derived function derivative differential coefficient differential first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x) dx |
regression coefficient | when the regression line is linear (y axb) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x), it is the slope of the regression line |
correlation coefficient coefficient of correlation correlation | a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary, it can vary from - (perfect negative correlation) through (no correlation) to(perfect positive correlation), what is the correlation between those two variables? |
product-moment correlation coefficient Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related |
multiple correlation coefficient | an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable |
biserial correlation coefficient biserial correlation | a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous |
rank-order correlation coefficient rank-order correlation rank-difference correlation coefficient rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
coefficient of concordance | a coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of things |
tau coefficient of correlation Kendall's tau Kendall rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings |
phi coefficient phi correlation fourfold point correlation | an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female) |
tetrachoric correlation coefficient tetrachoric correlation | a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy |
specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
torsion torque | a twisting force |
coefficient | a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic |
absorption coefficient coefficient of absorption absorptance | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance, the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber, absorptance equals minus transmittance |
drag coefficient coefficient of drag | the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body |
coefficient of friction | the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface |
coefficient of mutual induction mutual inductance | a measure of the induction between two circuits, the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit, usually measured in henries |
coefficient of self induction self-inductance | the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries |
coefficient of elasticity modulus of elasticity elastic modulus | (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body |
coefficient of expansion expansivity | the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure |
coefficient of reflection reflection factor reflectance reflectivity | the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface |
coefficient of viscosity absolute viscosity dynamic viscosity | a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force |
prostate specific antigen PSA | a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely, elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer |
specific | stated explicitly or in detail, needed a specific amount |
specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique, rules with specific application, demands specific to the job, a specific and detailed account of the accident |
specific | being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition, used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides, quinine is highly specific for malaria, a specific remedy, a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements |
specific | relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species, specific characters |