numbers pool
numbers game
numbers racket
numbers | an illegal daily lottery |
| characteristic | a distinguishing quality |
| characteristic device characteristic | any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions |
sex characteristic
sexual characteristic
sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic
primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
feature
characteristic | a prominent attribute or aspect of something, the map showed roads and other features, generosity is one of his best characteristics |
peculiarity
distinctive feature
distinguishing characteristic | an odd or unusual characteristic |
eigenvalue
eigenvalue of a matrix
eigenvalue of a square matrix
characteristic root of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant |
Bernoulli's law
law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
Numbers
Book of Numbers | the fourth book of the Old Testament, contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt |
| characteristic | the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the characteristic is |
frequencyesponse curve
frequencyesponse characteristic | (electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency |
characteristic curve
characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
| tidal wave | a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun |
| tidal wave | an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide |
| tidal wave | an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon, a tidal wave of nausea, the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave, a tidal wave of crime |
tidal bore
bore
eagre
aegir
eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
tidal flow
tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
| tidal zone | an area subject to tidal action |
| tidal basin | a basin that is full of water at high tide |
tidal river
tidewater river
tidal stream
tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
| characteristic | typical or distinctive, heard my friend's characteristic laugh, red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn, stripes characteristic of the zebra |
| tidal | of or relating to or caused by tides, tidal wave |