decision determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
judgment judgement judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
final judgment final decision | a judgment disposing of the case before the court, after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment |
Bakke decision | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action, the Court ruled in that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy |
decisiveness decision | the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose, a man of unusual decisiveness |
absorptivity absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
sun protection factor SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
releasing hormone RH releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
gene cistron factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain, it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons, it is considered a unit of heredity, genes were formerly called factors |
cognitive factor | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result |
determinant determiner determinative determining factor causal factor | a determining or causal element or factor, education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life |
clincher decisive factor | a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively |
decision making deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
decision determination conclusion | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration, a decision unfavorable to the opposition, his conclusion took the evidence into account, satisfied with the panel's determination |
factor | an independent variable in statistics |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
criterion standard | the ideal in terms of which something can be judged, they live by the standards of their community |
factor analysis | any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors, beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data |
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire PF | a selfeport personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits |
decision table | a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each |
clincher determiner determining factor | an argument that is conclusive |
standard criterion measure touchstone | a basis for comparison, a reference point against which other things can be evaluated, the schools comply with federal standards, they set the measure for all subsequent work |
decision | the outcome of a game or contest, the team dropped three decisions in a row |
decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred, had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent |
split decision | a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous |
factor | anything that contributes causally to a result, a number of factors determined the outcome |
administrator decision maker | someone who administers a business |
agent factor broker | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
coefficient of reflection reflection factor reflectance reflectivity | the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface |
factor | any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together |
conversion factor | factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units |
factor of proportionality constant of proportionality | the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y, usually written y kx, where k is the factor of proportionality |
prime factor | the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity |
divisor factor | one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer, what are the factors of ? |
multiplier multiplier factor | the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied |
scale factor | a number used as a multiplier in scaling |
time-scale factor | the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process |
equivalent-binary-digit factor | the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary, on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes .N binary digits |
common divisor common factor common measure | an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly |
greatest common divisor greatest common factor highest common factor | the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers |
correction fudge factor | a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
safety factor factor of safety | the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use |
rheumatoid factor | autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
tumor necrosis factor tumour necrosis factor TNF | a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages), has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis) |
hyaluronidase spreading factor Hyazyme | an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids |
coagulation factor clotting factor | any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation |
fibrinogen factor I | a protein present in blood plasma, converts to fibrin when blood clots |